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Prix Chateaubriand 2016 Award Ceremony: Thierry Lentz
On Thursday 23 February 2017, Gabriel de Broglie, Chancellor of the Institute, Patrick Devedjian, President of the General Council of the Hauts-de-Seine, and Marc Fumaroli, of the Académie Française, of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, and president of the jury of the Prix Chateaubriand, presented Thierry Lentz with the 30th Chateaubriand Prize for […]
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ICES-FONDATION NAPOLÉON : international colloquium”Napoleon and Law”
As part of the Chaire Napoléon, the Catholic Institute for Advanced Studies (ICES) is hosting an international colloquium on the theme of “Napoleon and Law: Law and Justice during the Consulate and the Empire”, to be held on 14, 15 and 16 March 2017 in its Richelieu Amphitheatre. It is co-organised by the Fondation Napoléon, […]
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Reappointments to the board of Trustees of the Fondation Napoléon
As every three years, the Board of Trustees of the Fondation Napoléon met on 10 January 2017 to re-elect its officers, under the presidency of Count Nicolas Walewski, statutorily acting President. On this occasion, exceptionally, the meeting was held at the offices of the Souvenir Napoléonien. Victor-André Masséna, Prince of Essling, and Olivier Fouquet were reappointed […]
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Patronage: Restoration of the tomb of Caroline Murat, Florence
On 16 November, a mass was celebrated in the Church of Ognissanti in Florence, on the occasion of the opening to the public of the funerary chapel of Caroline Murat, recently restored. The ceremony was attended by Isabelle Mallez (Honorary Consul of France), HRH Prince Murat, members of the Murat family, Presidents of the Napoleonic Souvenir […]
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History Prizes and Study Grants 2016 : the prizewinners
On 8 November 2016, the jury for the Fondation Napoléon History Prizes selected the following publications : First Empire Prize Michel VERGÉ-FRANCESCHI, Pozzo di Borgo. L’ennemi juré de Napoléon, Paris, Payot Jury Prize Jean-Paul KAUFFMANN, Outre-Terre, Paris, Éditions des Équateurs Extraordinary Jury Prize Marie-Hélène BAYLAC, Hortense de Beauharnais, Paris, Perrin Presentation (in English) of the award-winning books. Discover also the […]
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