Published on 25 November 2024
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The major events of December 2024

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability.

December events at Collège de France

Exhibition

"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 lectures, open to the public without reservation, are offered to extend the discovery of the exhibition:

"Rome and Corsica or the impossibility of an island" by Gaël Brkojewitsch
Lecture on December 3, 2024 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm at the Institute of Civilizations, Collège de France, salle Françoise-Héritier.

"Au fil de la truelle. Archaeology through the eyes of documentary filmmakers" by Jean-François Dars & Anne Papillault
Lecture on December 18, 2024 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm at the Institute of Civilizations of the Collège de France, salle Françoise-Héritier.

Next lecture: January 14, 2025.

Colloques

"One hand, many scripts: aspects of polygraphism" - Jean-Luc Fournet

December 5, 2024 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheatre).

"Paul Veyne at the Collège de France" - Dario Mantovani, Vinciane Pirenne-Delorge & John Scheid

December 10, 2024 at Collège de France (site Marcelin Berthelot, salle 2).

"Family educational strategies" - Pierre-Michel Menger

December 17, 2024 at Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

Guest speakers

"Thoughts and Things" - David Papineau

December 2 and 9, 2024 from 2 to 3 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, room 2).

"Dimitte voces, accipe sensus! Hieroglyphics in the Renaissance or the utopia of a universal language and writing" - Jean Winand

December 5 and 12, 2024 from 2pm to 3pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, room 5).

"Measuring glaciers": Fanny Brun's interview with Natacha Triou

Interview with Fanny Brun, glaciologist and winner of the Collège de France Award 2024, with Natacha Triou, producer of the program La science, CQFD on France Culture.

December 12, 2024 from 6pm to 7pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).