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The town of La Roche-sur-Yon (France) is organising an exhibition entitled “The Emperor in private: Napoleon I – husband, father, lover” for which the Fondation Napoléon is lending ten objects from its collection. On the occasion of this exhibition at the Museum of that town, a catalogue will also be published with the support of […]

London The V&A Museum (London, UK) celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s births with a season of events and displays, including a new addition to the jewellery collection – Queen Victoria’s stunning sapphire and diamond coronet (video), designed for her by Albert, and on display from 11 April Victoria and Albert’s Museum (13 […]

Programme (Palazzo Reale Naples): 4 pm: A presentation of the book A passo di carica, Murat, re di Napoli, ed. Luigi Mascilli Migliorini A presentation of the book Murat, Naples, Europe by Nicoletta Marini of Armenia Three brief interventions: Thierry Lentz, Renata De Lorenzo, Renata Lattuada Presentation of the MurApp smartphone application, Murat’s Naples, with […]

March-December 2019, in Autun (and on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of the arrival of Joseph and Napoleon): IMPERIAL YEAR. With talks, exhibitions, guided tours, theatre,… Read more (link in French) May-October 2019, Ajaccio: NAPOLEON YEAR. With an exhibition about Mathilde Bonaparte at the Palais Fesch Museum; an exhibition focusing on Napoleon in contemporary […]

Programme : Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène [Napoleon on St Helena] (Thierry Lentz). Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène : témoignage et manifeste politique [The Mémorial of St Helena: testimony and political manifesto] (Chantal Prévot) Le grand-maréchal Bertrand et ses Mémoires [Grand Marshal Bertrand and his Memoirs] (François Houdecek) Dans l’intimité de Napoléon : les témoignages d’Ali et de Marchand [Napoleon in […]

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 […]

The conference aims at examining the relation between religion and politics from the French Revolution to the first half of the nineteenth century, by highlighting two historical phenomena: the sacralisation of politics and the politicisation of religion. By considering the opposition, the combination and the overlapping between the sacred and the politics, and thanks to […]

Programme (see here for full details of talks): 10.00am Registration 10.30am – 11.30am Brexit at Waterloo / John Morewood 11.30am – 11.45am Break 11.45am – 12.45pm Frozen in Time / Paul F. Brunyee 12.45pm – 1.00pm View the Siborne model / War Gallery 1.00pm – 2.00pm Lunch Break 2.00pm – 3.00pm Thank God we have the Navy / Carole Divall 3.00pm […]

“During the English blockade, Napoleon I contributed greatly to the industrial and economic development of the North by passing decrees to promote the cultivation of sugar beet (1811) and the spinning of flax (1811 and 1812). The Chamber of Commerce of Lille wished to pay tribute to him by erecting a statue cast from the […]

Conversazioni Napoleoniche (Napoleonic Talks) 2017 (in Italian)   Free entrance Programme: Monday 21 August, Role of Elisa Bonaparte Baciochi as precursor in terms of health and the use of society to establish consensus, by Velia Gini Bartoli and Simonetta Pardini Tuesday 22 August, Napoleon’s Hat, an exercise in image manipulation?, by Peter Hicks Wednesday 23 […]