Fondation Napoléon

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The Fondation Napoléon was registered as a French non-profit organization (reconnue d'utilité publique) on 12 November 1987. The foundation aims to encourage and support study and interest in the history of the First and Second French Empires, and to support the preservation of Napoleonic Heritage.

Mission and activities

The Fondation Napoléon promotes research of the history of the two French Empires, most notably by awarding six research grants to French and non-French Ph.D. candidates. [1] It also awards an annual History Prize [2] for outstanding works on subjects related to the two French Empires (in French and other European languages). The foundation also helps to organize academic conferences, bicentennial and sesquicentennial commemorations, Napoleonic book publishing, and exhibition catalogues.

Save Longwood, Napoleon's House on St Helena

In December 2010, the foundation launched an international appeal to save

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4]

Opposition to the removal of the Statue of Napoleon in Rouen

In September 2020,

statue of Napoleon with a statue or work of art dedicated to the recently deceased feminist Gisèle Halimi. The plans were strongly opposed by the leader of the city's opposition, Jean-François Bures. Historian and director of the Fondation Napoléon, Thierry Lentz, called the plans "cancel culture" and argued that Napoleon was a benefactor of Rouen, making him more locally relevant than Halimi.[5] In December 2021, a survey of 4,080 residents found that 68% wanted the statue to remain, and the city council said it would respect the result.[6] Later in December 2021, the statue was registered as a monument historique
(historic monument in English).

Publication of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte

In 2002, the Fondation launched a project in partnership with the French

Editions Fayard, containing letters from the war in Spain
in 1808.

The project was completed in 2018 with the publication of the fifteenth and final volume.[7] The project now aims to digitise all volumes to be viewed online, with the entire collection due to be available by the end of 2023. The first volume was due to be made available online from May 2022.[7][citation needed]

Libraries, web sites and e-review

Libraries

  • The Napoleonic Digital Library[8] has been online since 2010 and provides downloadable e-texts (books, offprints, etc.)
  • The Fondation Napoléon's library, the Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre/ Fondation Napoléon, is open to the general public.[9]

Websites

E-review

Art and historical memorabilia collection

The Fondation Napoléon organises exhibitions of its collection of fine art and historical memorabilia, etc. (Exhibitions includes Paris (2004), São Paulo, (2003) Brazil, Monterrey Mexico (2005), Minden (2006) Germany ) and loans items from the collection to prestigious exhibition worldwide. For details, see the Press packs.[15]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Research grants on napoleon.org". Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ "History Prizes". Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ "St Helena Appeal". Fondation Napoleon. 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "Save Napoleon's House on St Helena". Fondation du Patrimoine [fr]. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. ^ Lentz, Thierry (27 September 2021). "Statue of Napoleon in Rouen: "It is a question of respecting our history"". Fondation Napoléon. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. ^ Lang-Roth, Cédric (13 December 2021). "Rouen : la statue de Napoléon va faire son retour sur le parvis de l'hôtel de ville" [Rouen: statue of Napoleon will make its return to the forecourt of the city hall] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The Correspondence of Napoleon". Fondation Napoleon. 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "Bibliothèque-Library - Bibliothèque numérique Digital Library". Fondation Napoléon. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre Library". Fondation Napoleon. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. ^ "napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon". napoleon.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Martial Lapeyre on napoleon.org". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  12. ^ "napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon". napoleon.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Napoleonica, archives et documents napoléoniens". www.napoleonica.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Revue Napoleonica. La Revue - Cairn.info". Cairn.info. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Press". Fondation Napoleon. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

External links

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