The Poincaré Seminars, named for the mathematician and theoretical physicist Henri Poincaré, were founded in 2001. They are nicknamed "Bourbaphy" for their inspiration by the Bourbaki Seminars.^[1]

The goal of this seminar is to provide information on topics of current interest in physics. Its way of working is directly inspired by the Bourbaki Seminar in mathematics. A series of pedagogical talks aims at explaining a topic of current interest both from a theoretical and an experimental point of view, possibly complemented by a historical introduction. A booklet with the contributions of the speakers is distributed on the day of the seminar. The seminar aims at a general audience of mathematicians and physicists and does not require any specialized knowledge.

• Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2003), Vacuum Energy - Renormalization (Poincaré Seminar 2002), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 30, Birkhäuser Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7643-0579-6, MR 2164890
• Jean Dalibard; Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2004), Bose-Einstein condensation - Entropy (Poincaré Seminar 2003), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 38, Birkhäuser Verlag, ISBN 3-7643-7106-4, MR 2164890
• Benoît Douçot; Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Pasquier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2004), The Quantum Hall Effect (Poincaré Seminar 2004), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 45, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Thibault Damour; Olivier Darrigol; Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2005), Einstein, 1905-2005 (Poincaré Seminar 2005), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 47, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier; Jean-Michel Raimond; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2005), Quantum Decoherence (Poincaré Seminar 2005), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 48, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Thibault Damour; Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2006), Gravitation and Experiment (Poincaré Seminar 2006), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 52, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier; Jean-Michel Raimond; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2007), Quantum Spaces (Poincaré Seminar 2007), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 53, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2007), The Spin (Poincaré Seminar 2007), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 55, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2009), Biological Physics (Poincaré Seminar 2009), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 60, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier; Thomas Halsey; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2009), Glasses and Grains (Poincaré Seminar 2009), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 61, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier, ed. (2010), Time (Poincaré Seminar 2010), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 63, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier; Stéphane Nonnemacher; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2010), Chaos (Poincaré Seminar 2010), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 66, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Bertrand Duplantier; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2012), Henri Poincaré, 1912-2012 (Poincaré Seminar 2012), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 67, Birkhäuser Verlag
• Olivier Darrigol; Bertrand Duplantier; Jean-Michel Raimond; Vincent Rivasseau, eds. (2013), Niels Bohr, 1913-2013 (Poincaré Seminar 2013), Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol. 68, Birkhäuser Verlag

• English pages about Bourbaphy at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique