Programme
3 pm – Opening by Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon, and President of the Committee for the edition of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon
3.10 pm – Introduction by Professor Jean Tulard, member of the Institute, Vice-President of the Committee for the Edition of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon
3.30 pm – The publication of the General Correspondence: an editorial adventure (Thierry Lentz, Director of the Napoleon Foundation, Secretary General of the Committee for the Edition of Correspondance générale de Napoléon)
3.50 pm – Presentation of the fifteenth and final volume (François Houdecek, project manager of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon)
4.10 pm – Projection of an extract from the film “Austerlitz” (Abel Gance)
4.15 pm – History of the publication of Napoleon’s Correspondence (Professor Jacques-Olivier Boudon, University of Paris-Sorbonne, President of the Institut Napoléon)
4.35 pm – the Correspondence and history of Napoleon (Patrice Gueniffey, Director of Studies at EHESS)
4.55 pm – Conclusion by Professor Jean-Claude Casanova, member of the Institute, Vice-President of the Committee for the Edition of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon