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The Fondation Napoléon is a registered charity committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires, and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage.
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Fondation Napoléon Study Grants 2025 > the deadline for applications is 30 September
In order to encourage academic research on the two Empires, the Fondation Napoléon awards up to eight scholarships each year to PhD students preparing a thesis on subjects relating to the First or Second Empire. The scholarships, consisting of 7,500 euros each, are awarded by the Jury of Prizes and Study Grants. The deadline for […]
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Conference: ‘Being a woman in Napoleonic times’
The Fondation Napoléon, together with its partners Le Figaro Histoire, the Institut Catholique de Vendée (ICES), the Institut Napoléon, and the editor Perrin, is organising a major conference devoted to a subject that has been largely overlooked: the place and role of women during the First Empire. The fate of women during this period is […]
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Napoleonica the journal n°9: Napoleon I: Money, Power, Geopolitics
The latest issue of Napoleonica the journal is now available on Cairn, free to consult, download or you can order a print copy for 7 €. We live in an age of global history, and this issue of Napoleonica. The Journal follows money, diplomacy, and warfare across Europe and beyond. Money, first and foremost, was the key to Napoleon’s rise […]
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Exhibition > Monaco and the Napoleons: lntertwined Destinies
This summer, from 11 July to 31 August, a major exhibition will focus on the intertwined destinies of the Napoleonic dynasty and the princes of Monaco. Under the patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the exhibition features numerous masterpieces from French public collections, the Fondation Napoléon and prestigious private collectors, recounting the astonishing […]
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4th “Recontres militaires” of Napoleonica la revue: From one Empire to another. Production, use, development and symbolism of French weaponry
The 4th edition of the military meetings organised by Napoleonica la revue “l’armement français d’un Empire à l’autre” will take place on 7 October 2025 in the Austerlitz auditorium of the Musée de l’Armée, Paris. It will explore four main themes: the production, use, development and symbolism of hand-held weapons and artillery from the First […]
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