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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.
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.
On 16 September, Dr Jacques Palombo, a trustee of the Fondation Napoléon, suddenly passed away. As a long-time activist in the associative world, he had been a member of the Board of Trustees and the Standing Committee of the Souvenir Napoléonien for some fifteen years. They appointed him as one of its representatives on the […]
Jean-François Lemaire died on 3 September at the age of 92. This student and friend of Jean Tulard was a medical doctor and had a Phd in history. In addition to his activities as a medical expert, he lectured on medicine in the 19th century at the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes from 1989 to 2001. He […]
The Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoléon has granted a subsidy for the publication of the catalogue of the exhibition “Un palais pour l’Empereur, Napoléon I à Fontainebleau”, which runs from 15 September 2021 to 3 January 2022. The exhibition and its catalogue bear the label “2021 Année Napoléon” organised by the Fondation Napoléon […]
We were saddened to learn of the death of Thierry Choffat on 7 September at the age of 53. He was a lecturer in social law at the University of Lorraine, but also one of the best specialists in the history of Bonapartism after Sedan and had published numerous articles and books, including Les Francs-Comtois […]
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 […]