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Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Greek Polytheism: A Historical Subject Greek polytheism was not a simple collection of juxtaposed gods and goddesses, but a complex interplay between deities at different levels - local, regional and panhellenic. Significant …

Didier Fassin Social sciences in times of crisis Ecological, health, energy, economic, social, humanitarian, democratic: crises are an essential part of the contemporary world. While the social sciences can help to understand and resolve them, their role …

Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo Thinking differently about living things Human beings understand life on Earth through their senses. Our perceptions are limited, but so is our understanding of biodiversity and the dynamics that run through it, preventing us …

On Wednesday, March 27   2024 , the Square Yves Coppens was inaugurated in rue des Écoles (Paris, Ve   arrondissement), in honor of the paleoanthropologist, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France from 1983 to 2005. The ceremony was attended by   …

Audio recordings of Pr Alain Supiot's 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 lectures on " International social justice " are now available on our website as well as on major podcast platforms and the Radio France app. On our website International social justice (I) …

Hopi : katsina SakwaWakaKatsina, Katsina-Vache-Bleue, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie sociale collection, Collège de France. H. 16 cm. Katsinam are spirits from the mythology of the Hopi Indians of Arizona. There are around four  hundred of them, embodying …

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to the general public, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability. Opening lecture Peter Sloterdijk - The continent without qualities : bookmarks in the book of Europe April …

The Ancient Near East Library invites you to discover the lists of its new acquisitions from April to December 2023. Find out more Download the list of acquisitions from April to June 2023 Download the list of acquisitions from July to December 2023 Go to …

The library provides you with a list of the books it has acquired during 2023. Find out more Download the list of acquisitions Go to the Tibetan Studies Library page Tibetan Studies …

Peter Sloterdijk, invited to occupy the annual chair The Invention of Europe through languages and cultures , will deliver his opening lecture on April 4 2024. This chair is created in partnership with the French Ministry of Culture - Délégation générale …

A publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by Philippe Simon , Roache Arulanandam , Marc Fontecave and Murielle Lombard , from the Chemistry of Biological Processes laboratory , identifies a new oxygen source for important …

Fly to Amazonia and explore the Guiana forest in the company of scientists Violaine Llaurens and Vincent Debat, to learn more about these fascinating species that fascinate evolutionary specialists. Morphos are some of the most beautiful butterflies in …

View of the Villa Medici in Rome. Thomas Römer, Administrator of the Collège de France, and Sam Stourdzé, Director of the Villa Médicis -   Académie de France à Rome, signed a four-year partnership agreement on Thursday 14   March 2024, which will enable …

A book on the history and scientific heritage of the Collège de France, retracing almost a century of research on the body, a highly topical theme in this Olympic year  ! The exhibition " À bras-le-corps ! Savants et instruments au Collège de France au …

Salikoko S. Mufwene, invited to occupy the annual Francophone Worlds Chair , will deliver his opening lecture on March 28  2024. This chair is created in partnership with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie. Documents and media Download the press …

From April 25 to July 12 2024, the exhibition " À bras-le-corps ! Savants et instruments au Collège de France au XIXe    " focuses on the great figures of researchers and professors at the Collège de France, whose pioneering work explored the human and …

To mark International Women's Rights Day, the Collège de France has released a video recording from its archives of Françoise Héritier's opening lecture, delivered on February 25 1983. The second woman to be appointed professor at the Collège de France, …

The Molecules, Interactions, Materials (MIM) group is recruiting a PhD student to work on the synthesis of a family of hybrid POMs based on vacant polyoxomolybdates, transition metal ions and photosensitive ligands, and to study their photocatalytic …

Every two   weeks, a current scientific topic is explored by a researcher from the Collège de France. Shortly after its creation, the Musée du Louvre set about building up a major collection of Egyptian papyri. This exceptional heritage includes pieces …

Denis Duboule The times of the embryo At the intersection of evolutionary biology, developmental biology, embryogenesis, genetics and genomics, this opening lecture examines the different temporalities of the embryo. It also discusses recent technological …

Mathilde Touvier The role of nutrition in chronic disease prevention. A public health issue Over the course of a lifetime, we ingest around 30   tonnes of food and 50   000   liters of beverages. Epidemiological, experimental and clinical studies …

Anticipation under the Human Right to Science Publication of the proceedings of the symposium held at the Brocher Foundation in December 2022. Besson S. (guest editor), Perruso C. (assistant editor), "Anticipation under the Human Right to Science", in The …

The City of Paris library network, in partnership with the Collège de France, invites you to a new event focusing on the major intellectual and scientific issues of our time at the Marguerite Duras media library ( 20th arrondissement). The "   Collège de …

You can now find all Collège de France podcasts on the Radio France app, as part of the partnership between the two institutions. More than 150 podcast streams are available, organized by professor and chair, and enriched as new episodes are produced. …