The Collège de France , located Marcellin-Berthelot place, in the Latin Quarter of Paris (V {{E}} district) is a Grand establishment of teaching and research. It exempts courses not high level diplômants in scientific, literary and artistic disciplines. Teaching free and is opened with all without inscription, which in fact a place with share in the French intellectual life. To be appointed professor at the Collège de France is regarded as a high distinction in French higher education.

History

Its foundation goes up at the time of François I {{er}}, when in 1530 its “Master of bookstore”, the large translator of ancient works Guillaume Budé, suggests to him instituting a college of “royal readers”, laic paid by the King, charged with teaching disciplines that the Université of Paris was unaware of. Two posts of professor were initially created, for the Greek and for the Hebrew , then this number passed quickly to ten with the teaching of the French right, of the Latin , the Mathématiques and the Médecine. Consequently the royal College, whose currency is “ Docet omnia ” ( It teaches all ), will remain one of the places of excellence of the transmission of the knowledge in France.

Initially called “royal College”, he knew various names (“imperial College”), before receiving his current name in 1870.

Missions

At present, the College is divided into five whole of disciplines (mathematical sciences, physical sciences, natural science, philosophical and sociological sciences, historical, philological and archaeological sciences). It counts 54 pulpits, energy of the “cellular communications” (Jean-Pierre Changeux) to the “differential equations and systems dynamic” (Jean-Christophe Yoccoz) while passing by the “history of the syncretisms of the end of the Antiquity” (Michel Tardieu), for which it is necessary to associate the many European scientific celebrities which are regularly invited. Since 2004, a new pulpit of artistic creation was instituted.

The Collège de France exempts courses not high level diplômants in these scientific and literary disciplines. Teaching free and is opened with all without inscription, which in fact a place with share in the French intellectual life. A famous photograph shows the crowd which came to listen to there Henri Bergson and of which a part was to follow the course, or to try to do it, since the outside of the room (open windows).

Antenna

There exists an antenna of the Collège de France located in Europôle Mediterranean of the Alpine laburnum at Aix-en-Provence, in bond with the Université Paul-Cézanne - Aix-Marseilles {{III}}. This appendix is devoted to the climatic risks and sismo-tectonics and accommodates, inter alia researchers Xavier Pichon (pulpit of Géodynamique) and Edouard Bard (pulpit of evolution of the climate and the ocean).

Pulpits

The pulpits of the college of France are not immutable and have a great diversity in their denomination. Since its creation under François I {{er}}, which gives at this single institution an extraordinary flexibility, they can evolve/move according to the assets of science and research. This evolution appears at the time of the departure of the holder (death, retirement). It is very open because sciences can succeed the letters and the letters with mathematics. The assembly of the professors decides these evolutions and allots a pulpit to a scientist, not exclusively on her academic qualifications - without this element being however the rule - but initially on the fame and the importance of her work.

  • mathematical Sciences:

  • Physical sciences:
  • Natural science:
    • Evolution of the climate and the ocean: Edouard Hand-barrow
    • Chemistry of the molecular interactions: Jean-Marie Lehn
    • Chemistry of the condensed matter: Genetic Jacques Livage
    • and cellular physiology: Christine Petit
    • Biology and genetics of the development: Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas
    • Immunology molecular: Philippe Kourilsky
    • Physiology of perception and the action: Alain Berthoz
    • Neuropharmacologie: Jacques Glowinski
    • experimental Medicine: Pierre Corvol
    • Biology historical and evolutionism: Armand De Ricqlès
    • Genetic human: Jean-Louis Mandel
    • experimental cognitive Psychology: Stanislas Dehaene
  • philosophical and sociological Sciences:
    • Philosophy of the language and knowledge: Jacques Bouveresse
    • Philosophy of biological and medical sciences: Anne Faggot-Largeault
    • Philosophy and history of the scientific concepts: Ian Hacking
    • History of the syncretisms of the end of Antiquity: Michel Tardieu
    • Anthropology of nature: Philippe Descola
    • Theory economic and social organization: Roger Guesnerie
    • comparative legal Studies and internationalization of the right: Mireille Delmas-Marty
    • Study of literary creation in English language: Michael Edwards
    • Rationality and social sciences: Jon Elster
  • historical, philological and archaeological Sciences:
    • modern Literatures of Europe néolatine: Carlo Ossola
    • Theory linguistic: Claude Hagège
    • Ages of Europe to the Neolithic era and the Bronze Age: Jean Guilaine
    • History of the Indian world: Gerard Fussman
    • History of modern China: Pierre-Etienne Will
    • National antiquities: Christian Goudineau
    • Turkish History and Othoman: Gilles Veinstein
    • Civilization Pharaonic: archeology, philology, history: Nicolas Grimal
    • History and civilization of the world achéménide and the empire of Alexandre: Pierre Briant
    • Religion, institutions and company of ancient Rome: John Scheid
    • Languages and Indo-Iranian religions: Jean Kellens
    • Literatures of medieval France: Michel Zink
    • History of medieval and modern European art: Roland Recht
    • Modern history and contemporary of the policy: Pierre Rosanvallon
    • Assyriologie: Jean-Marie Durand
    • Modern history of the Arab world: Henry Laurens
    • Épigraphie and history of the Greek cities: Denis Knoepfler
    • modern and contemporary Literature: History, critical, theory: Antoine Compagnon
    • Artistic creation: Pascal Dusapin and ARIANE Mnouchkine (associated professor for 12 months)

Large lecturers

See also the List of the professors at the Collège de France since 1530
Pierre Bourdieu, which taught there, qualified it “place of sacralization of the heretics”. Among the professors having taught at the Collège de France, one can quote:

Moreover, let us mention the professors distinguished by the Nobel Prize:

like by the Medals Fields:

and the first Price Abel:

Only one teacher is elected by his pars for each discipline, which it will have the role of representing.

The conferences of the Collège de France are not televised on the French territory. Certain professors ensure part of their conferences in France or abroad. Some are however diffused on France Culture ()

Libraries of the College

Since 1936, the College gathered the works in its possession in a general library, specialized libraries developing near some pulpits.

Its library of Egyptology is specialized on the Pharaonic Egypt, the Christian Egypt, on hieroglyphic linguistics , hieratic, demotic and Copte S, on the history and the archeology of Egypt and the Nubie. It preserves the scientific funds of files of the full professors of the pulpit and French and foreign Egyptologists.

Egyptology

The Collège de France shelters the seat of the French company of Egyptology (secretariat: entry 22 rue des Bernardins, Paris 5th).

The building

The principal building is produced by the architect Jean-François Chalgrin in 1780. It is surrounded by modern buildings of laboratories. Two other buildings are reserved for the Collège de France in Paris, close to the Pantheon and to the ministry for Research.

See too

External bonds

  • Official site

  • History of the Collège de France

Random links:Medieval rock'n'roll | Eon of Star | Worship (sociology) | Thin animals of the Night | Phoenix of Manchester