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Interview with Salikoko S. Mufwene Salikoko S. Mufwene is the Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago, and Professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the same university . He …

When we think of the brain, we immediately think of neurons... But have you ever heard of astrocytes  ? Or microglia  ? The brain is teeming with hundreds of billions of other cells, called   glial cells   , which support and participate in neuronal …

Do you use the Collège de France's digital resources ? Take part in our online survey from February 21 to June 30 2024 ! The teachers and staff at Collège de France are keen to find out more about your use of the digital services offered by the Collège de …

Louis Fensterbank, holder of the Activations in Molecular Chemistry Chair , will give his opening lecture on March 7    2024. Documents and media Download the press release Read his interview "The green chemistry project is vast and …

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability. Opening lectures Louis Fensterbank - Activations in Molecular Chemistry, an introduction March 7 2024 at 6 pm at Collège de …

National Cancer Institute Director Harold E. Varmus / Matthew Septimus (Photographer). Harold Elliot Varmus is an American oncologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1989 for his discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes. A …

Interview with Louis Fensterbank As a specialist in molecular chemistry, Louis Fensterbank is working to develop new synthesis methods that are in line with the greening of his discipline, in the face of the challenges of sustainable development and the …

Phượng Bùi Trân Women in the history of Vietnam. A historian's view As in the rest of the world, including the West, the cultural and social history of Việt Nam is not exempt from masculine writing. Despite the age-old persistence of the myth of the …

Edith Heard Epigenetics and Cellular Memory How is the information contained in our genes read, memorized and interpreted? What mechanisms control gene expression in an individual or across generations? The understanding of these mechanisms is crucial to …

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes Water in International Law: Between Singularity and Plurality Essential to human life and activity, freshwater is increasingly becoming a concern of international law. Its regulation, initially focused on rivers shared by …

Juliette Mathieu is a research associate at the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en biologie (CIRB), studying the final stage of cell division in Drosophila. In 2023, she was awarded the "  Les grandes avancées françaises en biologie  " prize by the …

The Collège de France has just published its new institutional brochure, presenting the establishment, its major missions and its organization. Today, the Collège de France is : 50 chairs in mathematical, physical and natural sciences, and in the …

Stéphanie Lacour, invited to hold the annual Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Chair , will give her opening lecture on February 29   2024. This chair is supported by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation. Documents and media Download the press …

François-Xavier Fauvelle Lecciones de la historia africana Si nunca está de más señalar que las sociedades africanas están constituidas por el mismo tejido histórico que todas las demás sociedades, el pasado de África ha permanecido desconocido durante …

Luigi Rizzi Complexity of Linguistic Structures, Simplicity of Language Mechanisms For over sixty years, researchers from across the world have been collaborating in a vast endeavour within what is known as "generative linguistics", to describe human …

Philippe Sansonetti Microbes sans frontières This book is a unique compendium of knowledge on microbes. It provides an insight into public health, the world of microbes and the complex relationships that play out at their interface in times of extreme …

Alain Supiot A Justiça no Trabalho. Algumas lições da História A justiça social, que remonta às reformas realizadas por Sólon (legislador e poeta grego do século v a. C.), organiza a sociedade segundo o princípio de equidade entre ricos e pobres. Nesta …

Interview with Stéphanie Lacour Stéphanie Lacour is a specialist in neurotechnologies and heads the Neuro-X interdisciplinary institute at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Trained as an engineer, she conceives a science based …

The Library of Indian and Central Asian Studies holds a statue depicting the birth of the Buddha, donated in 1929 by the Mahârâja and Prime Minister of Nepal Chandra Jang Bahadur Shumsher. Made of gilded bronze, inlaid with semi-precious stones and …

Stone tools from the Ranis LRJ 1) Jerzmanowice point, characteristic of the LRJ; 2) Large, spectacular bifacial points have also been discovered at Ranis. The arrival of Homo sapiens in the cold northern latitudes took place several thousand years before …

The Collège de France 2024 Prize will be awarded in the natural sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computer sciences . The theme of the year's prize 2024 is : "   Water on our planet   ". The habitable conditions of our planet depend to a large …

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability. Opening lectures Kyle Harper - Climate change and social dynamics : historical perspectives on the great challenge February 1 …

Kyle Harper, invited to occupy the annual Avenir Commun Durable chair , will deliver his opening lecture on February 1  2024. This chair is supported by the Fondation du Collège de France and its major sponsors, the Covéa Foundation and TotalEnergies. …