Put Another Way: What Is Metaphor?

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Ecosystem diversity and functioning

Sandra Lavorel

Foucault's presence

When Michel Foucault was asked in 1966 which painting best represented philosophy as he saw it, he replied without hesitation that it was Klee's, for "he makes the act of painting the unfurled, scintillating knowledge of painting itself".

From the quantum Hall effect to moiré materials : topology and geometry of quantum materials

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Non-Relativistic Limits of Einstein's Theory and Applications

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The Earth, a dynamic planet: a tribute to Xavier Le Pichon

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Peasantry and capitalism in Europe

Peasantry and capitalism lecture series

The body of law, "Corpus Iuris": Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (series)

Roman law metaphors lecture series

Functional ecology to understand ecosystem dynamics in a changing world

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Thinking with Foucault

When Michel Foucault was asked in 1966 which painting best represented philosophy as he saw it, he replied without hesitation that it was Klee's, for "he makes the act of painting the unfurled, scintillating knowledge of painting itself".

Conferences " Prehistory : between utopia and reality "

From April 29 to July 19, 2026, the Collège de France's major exhibition "Préhistoire: entre utopie et réalité" (Prehistory: between utopia and reality) invites us to a disturbing face-to-face encounter with our most distant ancestors, between what we know about them... and what it says about us.

Coupled quantum fluids and Josephson junctions

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Oxidative Stress in Cancer-Therapy Response

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Effects of environmental change on ecosystem functioning

Sandra Lavorel

Mithra in dialogue

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Inheriting the future

Le futur en héritage : second edition

Touraj Daryaee

Touraj Daryaee has been invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Frantz Grenet. He will give a series of four lectures in English.

Changing Biblical Interpretation?

What does the biblical book Chronicles have to do with changing biblical interpretation in a context of social-political transformation, such as the South African context? This question is closely related to another question that should be answered in the negative: "Is the meaning of the Bible fixed and valid for all historical circumstances?"

Food sovereignty and agro-ecological transition in Europe

Food sovereignty and agro-ecology lectures