As part of its research programme “The representation of history in the collections of the Museum of the Palace of Versailles”, the Centre de recherche du château de Versailles wishes to publish articles related to this subject on the Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles.
Louis-Philippe’s History Galleries in Versailles, planned in 1833 and inaugurated in 1837, continued to be enriched up until the Fourth Republic. The collections contain 7,000 paintings (including 1,200 historical scenes) and 1,500 sculptures.
Dismantled in 1892, when Pierre de Nolhac became curator of the Museum of the Palace of Versailles, only certain sections of the History Galleries were open to the public during the 20th century. A major architectural and museographic refurbishment is planned to start in 2022 as part of the master plan of the Établissement public de Versailles. It will be preceded by a research programme to prepare and orientate the museographic project to reorganise the collections of the History Galleries: this is the context of this symposium.
Five themes will contribute to the ideas about ways in which these galleries can be made more accessible to the public. Indeed, in spite of its gaps, this collection offers strong evidence of a specific view of the history of France that the Museum of the Palace of Versailles should analyse and question today.
First, article proposals (abstracts of about 5 000 characters) should be addressed to Alexandre Maral in French or in English. These proposals will be reviewed by the scientific committee.
If the proposals are accepted by the scientific committee, the full articles will be examined both by the latter and by two members of the Centre de recherche du château de Versailles’s peer review committee (or by external scholars appointed by the scientific or peer review committee if necessary).
Article proposals must be submitted before the end of 2021. Authors must send:
The final articles will be 40 000 characters maximum (bibliography and footnotes included).
Authors should comply with the editorial guidelines of the Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles (in French).