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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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Covid-19: new health guidelines
As of 14 March 2022, the presentation of a “vaccination pass” and the wearing of a mask are no longer mandatory in most places open to the public in France (see details in English here, or in French on the official government website). Everyone can, however, choose to wear a mask at the Fondation Napoléon premises, for […]
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Symposium “Napoléon III et l’économie” (Napoleon III and the economy)
The symposium “Napoleon III and the Economy”, organised by the Banque de France, the Fondation Napoléon and the Sorbonne, will take place on 12 and 13 May 2022, in the auditorium of the Cité de l’Économie (Citéco). The number of available seats is limited to 50. Admission: 20€/person. Registrations from 15 March to 28 April 2022: […]
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Prix Spécial 2021 awarded by the Académie Nationale de Bordeaux for the catalogue Dessiner pour Napoléon
The Fondation Napoléon and the Archives Nationales have received one of the two “Prix Spécial 2021” from the Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux, for the collective work catalogue of the exhibition “Dessiner pour Napoléon“, published by Michel Lafon (2021). This prize was presented on 3 March 2022 to Irène Delage, […]
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New organisation of the Fondation Napoléon team
Since 1 January 2022, a new organisation of the Fondation Napoléon team has been put in place. By decision of the President Victor-André Masséna Prince d’Essling, Thierry Lentz has taken on the title of Director General of the Fondation Napoléon. Alongside Pierre Branda (appointed Academic Director in charge of Heritage and International Affairs), Irène Delage […]
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Obituary > Flavien Bertran de Balanda (1979-2022)
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the sudden death of the historian Flavien Bertran de Balanda. A researcher at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and the Centre d’Histoire du XIXe Siècle (“Centre for Nineteenth-Century History”) at the Sorbonne, he was involved in the research project “Violence(s) et légitimité(s). Redéfinitions conceptuelles […]
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