Activities in 2020-2021

Research

Research Programmes

• Networks and sociability at the court of France, 17^th-18^th centuries

• Court identities and the myth of Versailles in Europe: perception, adherence and rejection (18^th-19^th centuries)

• The representation of history in the collections of the Museum of the Palace of Versailles

• ANR-DFG “Architrave”

Scientific projects ans applied research

• Experimental Virtual Archaeological-Acoustics — Versailles

• Seminar “Meetings of princes in Europe”

• Creation and online publication of a historic thesaurus of France under the Ancien Régime

• Project VERSPERA

• Research programme “The Garde-Meubles of Europe”

• Scientific collaboration with the Domaine de Chantilly

Centre participation

• The privileged perfumers, suppliers of the court of Versailles (17^th-18^th centuries)

• Music in the grands decors of the Palace of Versailles

• Inventory of plant species introduced into the national territory: archaeophytes and neophytes of France

Academic courses and training 2020-2021

These activities are solely for the students of partner institutions, registered through their professor.

• Masters Seminar “The Sorbonne at Versailles” and Seminar for preparatory class: “Versailles: un grand site muséal et patrimonial” from the Faculté des lettres de Sorbonne Université

• “Versailles Research Group” and Thematic Seminar from the École du Louvre

• Masters Seminar “Versailles: une histoire en perspective” from the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

• Thematic day “Versailles” by the Institut national du patrimoine

Symposia, study days and conferences in 2021 (in french)

• International symposium “Conjugalités et extraconjugalités à la cour de France, Moyen Âge-XIXème siècle” (February 15-16, 2021, Paris - Sorbonne)

• Study day Saint-Simon (March 13, 2021, château de Versailles)

• International symposium “Entre unité et division : Fêtes et cérémonies en Europe du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle” (April 15-17, 2021, château de Versailles)

• Study day on festivals and Vatel (April 24, 2021, Domaine de Chantilly)

• International symposium “Entre admiration et rejet : la perception de l’art français par les étrangers au tournant des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles” (May 5-7, 2021, Paris - INHA)

• International symposium “Quelle souveraineté pour la nation (1789-1790) ?” (May 26-28, 2021, château de Versailles)

• Study day “Les châteaux-musées et la guerre” (June 3, 2021, château de Versailles)

• International symposium “Le mythe de Versailles et l’Europe des cours, XVIIe-XXe siècles” (June 17-19, 2021, château de Versailles)

• International symposium “Entretenir la présence du Prince : la gestion des sites royaux (XIVème-XIXème siècles)” (September 15-17, 2021, château de Versailles)

• Symposium “Le parfumeur : évolution d’une figure depuis la Renaissance” (October 14-15, 2021, château de Versailles).

Consult our calls for papers.

Publications

• Publications in preparation

Consult our calls for publication.

Databases

• Feeding data into our online databases

• Development of our new databases

• Feeding data into our digitised corpora