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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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Partnership with the Archives Nationales
On Monday 14 December, 2015, a partnership agreement was signed at the Fondation Napoléon’s offices in Paris between the Archives Nationales (the French National Archives) and the Fondation Napoléon, represented respectively by the Director of the Archives Nationales, Françoise Banat-Berger and the President of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André Massena, Prince of Essling. The partnership provides the […]
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“Cercle d’études” lecture series : Winter Programme 2016
The new series of “Cercle d’études” lectures at the Fondation Napoléon, begins on 12 January 2016. You can find all the details here (in French).
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Research Grants 2015: the winners
FIRST EMPIRE RESEARCH GRANTS • Marjorie ALAPHILIPPE, Marie-Félix Faulcon (1758-1843): Un littérateur poitevin en Révolution. PhD in History, supervised by Professors Frédéric CHAUVARD (University of Poitiers) and Pierre SERNA (University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne). • Dorothée LANNO, Les scènes de l’intimité domestiques dans les arts figurés en France (1780-1815). PhD in History, supervised by Professor Martial GUEDRON (University of […]
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History Prize Winners 2015
On 9 November, 2015, the Fondation Napoléon Grand Prix Jury selected the following winners: First Empire Prize Franck FAVIER, Berthier, l’ombre de Napoléon, Paris, Editions Perrin Second Empire Prize Viviane DELPECH, Abbadia, le monument idéal d’Antoine Abbadie, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes Jury Prize Hervé DUMONT, Napoléon. L’épopée en 1000 films, Lausanne, Ides et Calendes […]
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History Prize 2015 : the candidates
On the 9 November, the Jury of the Fondation Napoléon Prize will choose the 2015 prize-winners from the following books: Consulate – First Empire – Caroline Bonaparte. Sœur d’Empereur et reine de Naples, by Florence de Baudus, Perrin – Lettres d’un Roi. Correspondance du Maréchal Murat, by Louis-Sampion Bouglione, Les éditions du Cirque – La […]
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