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from 09/11/2021 to 10/11/2021ConferenceNapoleon III and the Economy (postponed to November 2021)
► Programme (in French) ◄ SPEAKERS and SESSION PRESIDENTS: François VILLEROY de GALHAU, Governor of the Banque de France; Victor-André MASSENA, Prince d’Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon; Pierre BRANDA; Eric ANCEAU; Serge SCHWEITZER; Dominique BARJOT; Thierry LENTZ; François de COUSTIN; Hubert BONIN; Thierry CLAEYS; Matthieu de OLIVEIRA; Nicolas STOSKOPF; Arnaud MANAS; Agnès d’ANGIO-BARROS; Frédéric BARBIER; Jean-François BELHOSTE; Clémence BECQUET; Laurent THEIS; Georges RIBEILL; Marie-Françoise BERNERON-COUVENHES; Bruno MARNOT; Michel HAU; BOURILLON; Michel CARMONA; Michel CADOT; Juliette […]
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from 19/05/2021 to 20/05/2021Commemoration, Concert, Theatrical Event[2021 Année Napoléon] Death and Imperial Transfiguration: Napoleon’s Triumph(s)
Programme of the two concerts Triomphe(s) de Napoléon Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 May 2021, at 8pm – Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides Académie symphonique de Paris Jérôme Treille, direction Chœur Les Voix impériales Soloist : Véronique Chevallier Sarah Kim, organ Thierry Lentz, narrator Peter Hicks, direction La Marseillaise (version Berlioz) Allons enfants, Amour sacré, Guerriers pour toujours dans l’histoire… […]
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from 18/03/2021 to 21/03/2021Conference[Online event] Symposium on the Age of Napoleon in commemoration of the bicentennial of Napoleon’s death
CONFERENCE PROGRAM THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 4 PM EST/9 PM GMT Introductory Remarks Victor-André Masséna, Fondation Napoléon Samuel E. “Skip” Vichness, The Massena Society Alexander Mikaberidze, LSUS Opening Keynote Speech: “Napoleon: the ‘Famous Delinquent’” Michael Broers, University of Oxford FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Roundtable Discussion: The World of Napoleonic Podcasting, 2:00 – 3:45 PM EST Chair: J. […]
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from 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021CommemorationTake part in the 5 May commemorations on St Helena from a distance by laying a funeral bouquet
Access to St Helena being more than likely impossible during 2021 due to covid restrictions, this opportunity is a small comfort for all those who would have liked to attend the bicentary commemorations there this year. The flowers (known in French as “immortelles”) will be collected on the island, evoking the gift sent to Napoleon […]
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14/10/2020ConferenceFrom The Alma to Bazeilles: Navy troops in combat (1854-1870)
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from 11/05/2020 to 31/12/2020Exhibition, OtherCovid-19: Museums re-opening
Musée Napoléon Thurgovie/Napoleonmuseum – Arenenberg (link in English) 12 May 2020 Musée de l’image à Épinal (link in French): 12 May 2020 Musée Masséna (link in French): 13 May 2020 Waterloo Memorial (link in English): 20 May 2020 Musée de la guerre de 1870 de Loigny-la-bataille (link in French): end of May 2020, opening with a new exhibition “Napoleon […]
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from 13/09/2019 to 14/09/2019ConferenceWar and Peace in the Age of Napoleon
A wide ranging, international public conference on conflict and society during the Napoleonic era. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Dr Edward Coss (United States Command and General Staff College), Dr Catriona Kennedy (Univeristy of York) and Dr Robert Poole (University of Central Lancashire). This conference, organised by the British Commission for Military History, and […]
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from 26/07/2019 to 31/12/2020OtherExperience the “Retour des cendres” in 3-D at the Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe was ordered by Napoleon I in 1806. Exiled to St Helena in 1815, the Emperor died 15 years before the monument was completed (in 1836). It was in a spirit of reconciliation between all French people that King Louis-Philippe decided, in 1840, to have the Emperor’s body brought back to France on board the famous frigate Belle […]
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from 18/07/2019 to 13/07/2019ConferenceCALL FOR PAPERS: The One Hundred Days in One Hundred Hours (17th international Congress of the INS)
Organisers anticipate that many papers will concentrate on the 100 Days and perhaps Grenoble’s native son, Stendhal. As always, other papers of interest and important new research will also be considered. Topics can include military, political, social and cultural aspects of the period. Provisional programme: Monday and Tuesday, conference at La Plateforme, Wednesday conference at […]
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from 29/06/2019 to 13/07/2019Concert, Theatrical EventDonizetti’s “Daughter of the Regiment” (Saratoga Springs, New York)
Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment,” is a 1840 comic opera about a French orphan who falls for a young Swiss soldier during the Napoleonic wars. This new production which opens Opera Saratoga’s 2019 Summer Festival will feature the Argentinian bel canto tenor Santiago Ballerini in the role of Tonio. (Performances: 29 June, 1, 7 and 13 July at the […]