Fondation Napoléon

The Fondation Napoléon is a foundation, registered as a French non-profit organisation (reconnue d'utilité publique) on 12 November 1987. Its mission is 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 supports research on the history of the two French Empires, most notably by awarding annually six research grants for French-language and non-French-language PhD candidates.[1] It also awards annual History Prizes [2] for works of excellence whose subject is closely related to the two French Empires (in French and other European languages). The Fondation also supports the organisation of academic conferences, Napoleonic bicentenary and sesqui-centenary commemorations, Napoleonic book publication and Napoleonic exhibition catalogues.

Save Longwood, Napoleon's House on St Helena

In December 2010, the Fondation launched an international appeal to save Napoleon's house on the island of St Helena.[3] The funds collected were to be used to pay for the restoration of the buildings in which Napoleon and his entourage lived in exile on St Helena from 1815 to 1821. The appeal is supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4]

Publication of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte

In 2002, the Fondation launched its grand project to publish the most complete version ever of the General Correspondence of Napoleon I (fifteen volumes completed by 2018).[5] This project is in partnership with the French Archives nationales, the French Archives du Ministère des Affaires étrangères, and with the support of the Fondation La Poste. The end result will be the publication of fourteen volumes and more than 40,000 letters, all with commentary and checked as much as possible against originals in public and private collections. Volume 8, containing letters for the year 1808 and the war in Spain, was published in November 2011 by Editions Fayard.

Libraries
  • The Napoleonic Digital Library[6] (online since 2010) - downloadable e-texts (books, offprints, etc.)
  • The Fondation Napoléon's library, the Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre / Fondation Napoléon, open to the general public.[7]

Websites
  • napoleon.org[8] (founded in 1996), provides the general public with accurate details on the history of the First and Second Empires (articles, close-ups, biographies, image database...) and a Magazine (Just published, Interviews, What's on...). This site is entirely bi-lingual (English/French) and updated daily. The Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre library catalogue can be accessed from this site.[9] A weekly news bulletin[10] keeps readers up to date.
  • napoleonica.org,[11] founded in 1999, hosts digitised archival documents related to the history of France's First Empire: Archives of the French Conseil d'État (Council of State), Correspondence of Vivant Denon (first director of the Louvre Museum), documents related to the Proclamation of the First Empire, etc.

E-review
  • Napoleonica La Revue[12] (founded in 2008) is a bi-lingual international peer-review periodical of articles on the two Napoleonic empires. It is hosted by Cairn.info

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.[13]

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. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. "The Correspondence of Napoleon". Fondation Napoleon. 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  6. "Bibliothèque-Library - Bibliothèque numérique Digital Library". Fondation Napoléon. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  7. "Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre Library". Fondation Napoleon. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. "napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon". napoleon.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  9. "Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Martial Lapeyre on napoleon.org". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. "napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon". napoleon.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  11. "Napoleonica, archives et documents napoléoniens". www.napoleonica.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  12. "Revue Napoleonica. La Revue - Cairn.info". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  13. "Press". Fondation Napoleon. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
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