Fondation NapolÉon and its research partnerships |
Within the framework of its task of promoting and supporting historical study of the two Napoleonic Empires, the Fondation Napoléon has been pursuing a policy of partnership with higher education institutions and research centres in France and abroad since 2000.
 A beacon partnership:
The Fondation NapolÉon and the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, at the Florida State University, USA
For several years now the Fondation Napoléon has been cultivating a close relationship with the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at the Florida State University in Tallahassee. In September 2007, the two institutions signed a general partnership agreement.
 This makes provision for the two institutions to develop, within the framework of their historical research and dissemination of Napoleonic history in any form, their academic collaboration and to share where possible their resources, with a view to promoting and disseminating historical research on the Napoleonic period. In particular, they will combine their resources and expertise to organise:
- joint events, such as conferences, colloquia, historical research meetings;
- academic exchanges, such as collaborations on research, publications, and contacts between librarians and libraries;
- reception of students to include giving them the opportunity to pursue their studies, possibly even considering the possibility of setting up study grants and post-doctoral training programmes; and any other joint action likely to further the objective of the agreement.
Furthermore, the Fondation Napoléon and the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution undertake to:
- offer a special welcome to students of Florida State University and researchers from the Fondation Napoléon, in particular by giving them easier access to the Bibliothèque d’Etudes et de Recherches (Fondation Napoléon) and to the Napoleon Collection (Strozier Library, Florida State University);
- establish, in a form yet to be decided, regular interchanges between librarians, in the form of bibliographical searches or exchange of information;
- promote the activity of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution on the website www.napoleon.org and promote the activity of the Fondation Napoléon on the website fsu.history.edu/napoleon.
For further details, contact Peter Hicks, international relations manager at the Fondation Napoléon, at: hicks(at)napoleon.org
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