Key dates in January 2025

Agir pour l'éducation - Reenchanting maths at school

A series of conferences on mathematicsorganized by Stanislas Dehaene, Stéphane Mallat and Pierre-Michel Mengeras part of the Agir pour l'éducationinitiative . Notoriously difficult, but also a source of beauty, mystery and enthusiasm, mathematics is losing interest among many students. Even more worrying is the fact that, over the past thirty years or so, surveys have shown a steady decline in student performance, particularly in numeracy and problem-solving, which, according to the TIMSS survey, now places France at the bottom of the European league table.

"The cognitive foundations of mathematics: universal and early intuitions" by Elizabeth Spelke
Lecture on January 22, 2025 from 5:30 pm to 7 pm at the Collège de France (Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

The Comédie-Française at the Collège de France

The Collège de France and the Comédie-Française are organizing a series of seven meetings during which professors and actors will discuss the science of theater, what it means to play, to direct, to say verse and prose, to embody life and society, to take to the stage to speak of the world and to the world.

"Comédie-Française and Collège de France: two democratic utopias?" by Éric Ruf, William Marx & Thomas Römer

" Wines, oils and perfumes : an archaeological journey around the ancient Mediterranean

From October 28, 2024 to January 31, 2025, the exhibition "Wines, Oils and Perfumes: An Archaeological Journey Around the Ancient Mediterranean" presents numerous objects from the Louvre's Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, as well as archaeological discoveries from major sites in Roman Gaul, Italy, Greece and Egypt, at two Collège de France sites, Marcelin Berthelot and Cardinal Lemoine (Institute of Civilizations).

From October 28, 2024 to January 31, 2025 at the Collège de France and the Institute of Civilizations.

Free conferences, open to the public without reservation, are offered to extend the discovery of the exhibition:

"The Champagne Wine Museum and Regional Archaeology. When archaeology becomes child's play... Mediation and promotion for a broad public" by Laure Ménétrier
Lecture on January 14, 2025 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm at the Institute of Civilizations of the Collège de France, salle Françoise-Héritier.

"Biomaterials of tomorrow: biomimetic polymers and biohybrids" - Sébastien Lecommandoux

This lesson will explore recent advances in the field of biopolymers, in particular biomimetic and biohybrid polymers.

January 16, 2025 at 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

"Random geometries and applications" - Nalini Anantharaman

This symposium will provide a non-exhaustive overview of random geometries, covering aspects ranging from the most abstract to concrete applications in imaging and telecommunications.

January 28 and 29, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, room 5).

"The beginnings of Jewish philosophy in Antiquity" - René Bloch

January 22, 23 and February 5, 12 2025 from 5pm to 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).

"The reader in Greek literature" - Thomas Schmitz

January 23 and 30, 2025 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).