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Presentation The patterns of biodiversity that we observe today, are the result of the historical interplay of complex evolutionary processes operating at all scales of time (from mutation to speciation), space (from the local displacement of single cells …

Auguste Bartholdi, "Jean-François Champollion", 1875. Scroll down for English version. This sculpture was conceived in 1865 by Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), who was both fascinated by Egypt (which he had discovered on a trip in 1855-1856) and a fervent …

Presentation The Anthropology Division of the Institute of Civilizations at the Collège de France comprises the Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale and the Claude-Lévi-Strauss Library. Founded in 1960 by Claude Lévi-Strauss, then Professor of Social …

Presentation Back to the Collège de France prize The Prix du Collège de France 2023 will be awarded in the field of Letters, Humanities and Social Sciences. The theme of the 2023 prize is : "   Rencontres des civilisations   ". The prize is worth …

Presentation Overview The hippocampus is a limbic structure that plays a critical role in the formation, consolidation and recall of various forms of memory, including episodic and spatial memory. How do such complex cognitive functions emerge from the …

Back to the Digital dissemination of knowledge page Main channels Opening lectures and special events A selection of lectures and conferences at the Collège de France. Colloques All audio recordings of Collège de France conferences. Mathematics and …

Back to the Chair home page Presentation Founded in 1872 by Paul Meyer and Gaston Paris, Romania is a French journal devoted to the study of Romance languages and literature up to the Renaissance. It publishes studies on literary and cultural history, …

With : Roger Chartier, Professor at the Collège de France, Dominique Pestre and Kapil Raj, Directors of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Writing the history of science  The history of science has undoubtedly been one of the …

With : Roger Chartier, Patrick Boucheron, professors at the Collège de France and Romain Bertrand, director of research at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI). A witchcraft trial in Manila in 1577 This first conversation in the …

With : Collège de France professors Roger Chartier and Patrick Boucheron, and Christiane Klapisch-Zuber. The good thief and the good death Our third " Débat d'histoire " finds its theme in a magnificent book that Christiane Klapisch-Zuber has just …

With : Roger Chartier, Professor at Collège de France and François Laroque, Professor Emeritus at Université Paris III. Shakespeare or " man-ocean " In his William Shakespeare, published in 1864 as a huge preface to the 18-volume translation by his son …

With : Roger Chartier, Patrick Boucheron, professors at the Collège de France and Pierre-Antoine Fabre, director of studies at EHESS. Representation and presence. The image of religion The recent publication of a book by Alphonse Dupront, entitled L'image …

With : Roger Chartier, Professor at Collège de France and Jean Canavaggio, Professor Emeritus at Université Paris X-Nanterre and former Director of Casa de Vélazquez. Cervantes in the first person The last History Debate of this academic year (but we'll …

With : Roger Chartier, Professor, Collège de France ; Guillaume Calafat, Senior Lecturer, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and Romain Bertrand, Professor, Sciences Po. Community cosmopolitanism We meet again today for a new series of Débats …

With : Roger Chartier, Professor at the Collège de France ; Antonella Romano, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Director of the Centre Alexandre Koyré and Stéphane Van Damme, Professor at the European University …

With : Roger Chartier, Professor at the Collège de France and Esteban Buch, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Music and dictatorship Today's history debate takes the form of a conversation with Esteban Buch, Director …

With : Roger Chartier and Pierre Briant, honorary professors at the Collège de France. Alexander's stories In chapter XXXVI of the Second Book of Essays , Montaigne compares the " three excellent men " whom he puts " above all others " : Homer, …

With : Roger Chartier, Honorary Professor at the Collège de France and Giordana Charuty, Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études en sciences sociales. Thoughts of the end of the world. The work of Ernesto de Martino This " Débat …

With : Roger Chartier, Honorary Professor at the Collège de France, and Serge Gruzinski, French historian specializing in Latin America. The subject of this November 2017 History Debate is the " globalization of history ", understood as the making of …

" It seemed to me that the Collège de France website, a magnificent tool for the transmission of knowledge, could, or should, take on the task of providing a forum for discussion of the latest research. Under the title "Débats d'histoire" and, for the …

Back to the Chair home page 2017-2018 France University of Nantes On November 13 and 14, 2017, two courses on : Penser les populismes du XXIe  siècle. Go to the University of Nantes website France Sciences Po Grenoble On November 28 and 29, 2017, two …

Back to the Chair home page 2018-2019 Canada Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver November 12-16, 2018, two lectures at : Infectious diseases of the future ; How typhoid vaccination saved World War One. …

Back to the Chair home page 2019-2020 France Bordeaux University In spring 2020, a series of lectures at : Hybrid materials : history, chemistry, applications ; bio-inspired materials . Go to the Bordeaux University website Mexico El Colegio Nacional, …

Back to the Chair home page 2015-2016 Strasbourg University of Strasbourg. Institute of Roman History April 21 and 22, 2016 from 9 h to 11 h and from 15 h to 17 h, two lectures on : The sacred wood of the Arvales brothers. Forty years of research. MISHA …