2021 Année Napoléon > The Bibliothèque Nationale de France (French National Library)
As part of the commemorations of the death of Napoleon I in 1821, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France is organising a study day devoted to Napoleon’s interest in public education.
Updated on 10 March 2021
For further information, please visit the website of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (link in French).
Study Day > “Napoleon and public Education”
12 March 2021, 10am – 6pm, online
As part of the commemorations of the Year of Napoleon 2021, a study day will look back on Napoleon’s educational work, beyond the two great works of the creation of lycées (high schools) in 1802 and the foundation of the Université impériale (Imperial University) in 1806.
This study day deals with the reorganisation of the educational system during the First Empire not only from the point of view of its institutions, but also from that of the actors and the content of the teaching. Napoleon’s relationship with libraries is also highlighted.
The study day will be be broadcast online via the BnF’s Youtube channel. To listen to the talks, follow this link
Study day organised by Mr Fabien Plazannet, Director of the Department of Philosophy, History, Humanities at the BnF, with Jacques-Olivier Boudon, Professor at the Sorbonne and President of the Institut Napoléon, and Thierry Lentz, Director of the Fondation Napoléon.
10h: Introduction by Thierry Lentz, director of the Fondation, Marie de Laubier, director of collections at the BnF and Jacques-Olivier Boudon, Professeur at the Sorbonne, President of the Institut Napoléon
10h15-11h: Les hommes de l’enseignement: Roederer, Fourcroy, Fontanes (Thierry Lentz)
11h-11h30: Les cadres de l’enseignement sous le Consulat et l’Empire (Philippe Marchand)
Break (11h30-11h45)
11h45-12h30: L’enseignement de l’économie (Serge Schweitzer)
12h30-13h: Enseigner l’histoire: le projet d’Ecole spéciale d’histoire (Fabien Plazannet)
Lunch (13h-14h30)
14h30-15h15: Les écoles militaires sous l’Empire (Jacques-Olivier Boudon)
15h15-16h: Vu de l’étranger: le modèle féminin des Maisons d’éducation de la Légion d’honneur (Rebecca Rogers)
Break (16h-16h15)
16h15-16h45: La modernisation de la Bibliothèque nationale sous l’Empire (Charles-Éloi Vial)
16h45-17h30: La Bibliothèque de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène (Jacques Jourquin)
17h30: Musical conclusion by Peter Hicks (Fondation Napoléon) (with Laure Dautriche, violin)
Any last minute changes will be announced here.
The study day will be be broadcast online via the BnF’s Youtube channel. To listen to the talks, follow this link or click on the video below.
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The institution which used to be known as the “Bibliothèque Royale” (created by the Kings of France from Charles V onwards), then the “Bibliothèque Nationale”, today preserves more than 35 million documents of all kinds (370,000 manuscripts, 16 million printed books and periodicals, 15 million graphic works, 3 million audiovisual documents, 900,000 maps and plans, 650,000 coins, medals and objects,…) covering all subjects.
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