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“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 […]

For beginning and improving writers, this workshop runs over two days and continues on Tuesday 1 August, with local author and creative writing tutor Amanda Addison. All resources provided. The Nelson & Norfolk exhibition (Norwich Castle Museum, 29 July – 1 October) with its first class exhibits and beautiful works of art, along with class exercises and […]

A sound and light show with as a backdrop the Hôtel des Invalides, the last resting place of Napoleon. From 14 June to 2 September, at 10:30 pm each night, except on Sundays English performance on Mondays and Thursdays French performance on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays Website and tickets

Detailed programme of the French week 2017. Summary of this years programme Sunday, May 28th – appointment at Alberts Falls – the first stage of the pilgrimage of the Empress Eugenie after leaving Maritzburg on April 29th, 1880; Monday, May 29 – Msunduzi Museum. Guided visit to the exhibition “Prince Impérial” in the Msunduzi Museum. […]

“Napoleon on St Helena”, drawn from Ennio Coltorti’s translation of “La dernière salve”, a masterpiece signed by Jean Claude Brisville, represents with great tension and dramatic irony the clash between Napoleon and his jailer Hudson Lowe, with Ennio Coltorti (Napoleon), Roberto Mantovani (Hudson Lowe), Silvia Scozzi (soprano), Antonella Moles (pianoforte). Organized by the Cultural Association […]

Paris > At 6.30pm on Friday 5 May in the Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides, there will be a mass in memory of Napoleon I and of the soldiers who died for France, in the presence of HIH the Prince Napoleon. (Mass open to the public, subject to availability). Earlier, at 6pm, in the crypt of the […]

The principal languague of the event is French but at least one of the papers will be in English. Event organized by: CHERPA (IEP d’Aix-en-Provence), UMR 7268 ADèS Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Éthique & Santé (faculté de Médecine de Marseille, France) Dates of the Symposium: 27 – 28 April 2017 in Marseille, France, at the Faculty of […]