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Modification of the application guidelines for History Prizes and Study Grants
The Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoléon, which met on 24 June 2015, has adjusted the Application guidelines for History Prizes and Study Grants, namely the expansion of the historical periods concerned by the First and Second Empire prizes. The first paragraph of Article I of the Regulations therefore now reads, (changes in bold): “As part […]
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Napoleonica La Revue: n° 21 / Military History
Issue 21 of Napoleonica.La Revue has just come out. Guest-edited by François Houdecek and Alexander Mikaberidze, its overarching theme is prisoners of war during the Napoleonic period: – Éditorial/Editorial, by François Houdecek, Alexander Mikaberidze – Russian Prisoners of War after the Battle of Austerlitz, by Alexander Mikaberidze – Aux mains des Britanniques et des Espagnols. La captivité des soldats et […]
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Death of Professor Andrzej Nieuwazny
We were shocked to learn this weekend of the death of Professor Andrzej Nieuwazny, of the University of Torun in Poland, aged 55. He was one of the best European historians of the Napoleonic period and had published, in Poland, France, and in the English-language world, a great number of books and articles. Being polyglot, […]
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A Fondation Napoléon “Grand Prix” is published in English translation: Bonaparte by P. Gueniffey
Harvard University Press has just published an English translation of Patrice Gueniffey’s, Bonaparte, which was awarded the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon in 2013, the Grand Prix of political biography 2013, the Grand Prix Gobert from the Académie française 2014, and the Prix du Mémorial / Literary Grand Prix of Ajaccio 2014. Translation by Steven Rendall, April 2015, […]
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“Napoléon Ier ou la légende des arts” (Napoleon I or the legend of the Arts) extended until 9 August
In the service of national prestige and of the glory of the Empire, the arts of the First Empire still bear witness to the taste both of a sovereign and of his time, and a source of inspiration for the periods which would follow, until the present day, both in France and Europe. This exhibition (produced […]
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