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Napoleonica the journal n°8: Napoleon’s death mask – the whole story
The latest issue of Napoleonica the journal is now available on Cairn, free to consult, download or you can buy a print copy for 7 €. This monographic issue of Napoleonica the journal offers the most detailed, international account of the Emperor’s death mask ever written. It is true that early-20th-century British enthusiasts laid the foundations, but their […]
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Collection “Music and the Republic, from the French Revolution to the Popular Front”, free exhibition at the French National Archives
From 26 March to 14 July 2025, the French National Archives are organising an exhibition devoted to 150 years of close ties between music and the French Republic. Entitled ‘Musique et République, de la Révolution au Front populaire’ [Music and the Republic, from the Revolution to the Popular Front], the exhibition will be open free […]
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Conference: The Banque de France, a Granit Mass
To mark its 225th anniversary, the Banque de France and the Fondation Napoléon are organising a conference on Thursday 20 March 2025 on the theme of ‘The Banque de France: a mass of granite’. The aim of this event, which follows on from the ‘Napoleon III and the economy’ conference (proceedings published on 11 April […]
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La Bibliothèque Impériale: A new collection of primary sources by Perrin Editions with the Fondation Napoléon
Editions Perrin, France’s leading history publisher, and the Fondation Napoléon have joined forces to create the “Bibliothèque Impériale”, the little sister of the collection the “Bibliothèque de Sainte-Hélène”, which was a great success between 2020 and 2022. Each year a volume will be published containing primary sources essential to the study of the two Empires. […]
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Distinctions
By decree of 15 January 2025, Éric Anceau, historian and university lecturer in the political and social history of contemporary France and Europe, member of the Jury for the Prix et Bourses de la Fondation Napoléon, and Peter Hicks, historian and head of international affairs at the Fondation Napoléon, were made “Chevaliers de l’Ordre national […]
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