Key dates in January 2022

Jean-Jacques Hublin : Homo sapiens, an invasive species

January 13 2022 from 6 pm to 7 pm at the Collège de France (Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

After five years as visiting professor in the international Paleoanthropology of the Homo genus chair, Jean-Jacques Hublin now holds the permanent Paleoanthropology chair.

Paleoanthropologist and author of numerous works on the evolution of Neanderthals and the African origins of modern man, Jean-Jacques Hublin has played a pioneering role in the development of virtual Paleoanthropology, which makes extensive use of medical and industrial imaging techniques, and computer technology to reconstruct and analyze fossil remains. He is also interested in the evolution of growth rhythms and brain development in hominids, and in the history of his discipline.

Daniel Lincot : Photovoltaic solar energy and energy transition

January 20 2022 from 18 h to 19 h at the Collège de France (amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre).

CNRS researcher Daniel Lincot has been involved in photovoltaic solar energy research since 1978, where he has contributed to significant advances. His specialty is the interface between chemistry, materials and photovoltaics. He is the author of over three hundred publications and twenty-two patents.

He has been invited to hold the Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Chair for 2021-2022.

Jean-Michel Chaumont : La concurrence des victimes, 25 ans plus tard (2 conferences)

Invited by the Collège de France assembly, at the suggestion of Prof. Henry Laurens, Jean-Michel Chaumont is Professor of Sociology at the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics at the Catholic University of Louvain. The author of the controversial book La Concurrence des victimes will give a series of two lectures on the extension of the domain of struggle and the concepts of victim and hero in society.

January 5 and 12 2022 from 15 h to 17 h at the Collège de France (amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre).

Yadh Ben Achour : What is a political revolution ?

The concept of revolution is based on specific historical situations. It's a concept that allows us to think about a general phenomenon of discontinuity in history, which in turn encompasses several concrete situations. Political revolutions have a single common denominator: a break in the way societies are governed. Beyond that, an incalculable diversity of species.

A number of international speakers will address the concept of political revolution, including historians, sociologists, political scientists, writers and philosophers.

January 20 2022 at the Collège de France.

Since 1885, thanks to an endowment from the family of mathematician Claude-Antoine Peccot, the Collège de France has awarded its annual prize to young mathematicians under the age of 30 who have distinguished themselves in the field of theoretical or applied mathematics.

This year, recent laureates Antoine Song, Emmanuel Lecouturier (postponed) and Pierrick Bousseau will each give a series of four lectures showcasing their recent research.

From January 3 to February 7 2022 at the Collège de France.