Created in the spring of 2013, the Fondation Napoléon’s Cercle d’études was renamed “Napoleonica les conférences” in 2022, as part of the development of the Fondation Napoléon’s Napoleonica academic program. The name has changed, but the objective is the same: to allow specialists in Napoleonic topics to present their work and reflections to an enthusiastic public, in a friendly atmosphere which encourages an exchange of points of view between historians.

Organisation and programme of events

Napoleonica les conférences is presided over by Robert Bresse, formerly Director of the Musée de l’Armée, President of the Fondation de la France Libre since April 2011, and also a board member of the Fondation Napoléon since January 2015. Each year, there are three seasons of lectures, in spring, autumn and winter.

September-December 2024 programme (in French; updated 5 September 2024)

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To sign up and come to the lectures

To attend lectures you must first sign up. Sign up begins at a precise date indicated in the programme: sign up requests received before this date will not be accepted. Your request will be confirmed by email.

Owing to the limited number of seats, sign up requests will be dealt with on a first-come-first-served basis. Given the high demand for places, those signed-up must attend the lectures, or give notice if they cannot do so.

The secretary of the Cercle is Michel Inglebert, and he is assisted by Emmanuelle Duprez.

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Lectures are held at

Fondation Napoléon
Espace Gourgaud
7 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
75005 Paris

with the exception of the musical lectures (see programme for details).

Public transport

Metro: Line 5 (Saint Marcel or Campo-Formio), Line 7 (Les Gobelins)
Bus: Numbers 67 or 91 (Saint Marcel – Jeanne d’Arc)
Vélib’: 5105 (8 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire), 13006 (5 rue Duméril)