Activities of the year

Research

Research Programmes

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

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

• Châteaux and museums in Europe: an artistic heritage in the face of war (19^th-21^th century)

Scientific projects and applied research

• Letters de Marie-Antoinette (LMA)

• Project IMMERSAILLES, socio-spatial study of the accommodation at the Palace of Versailles during the Ancien Regime

• Historic repository of France under the Ancien Régime

• Project VERSPERA

Academic courses and training 2025-2026

• Research seminar “Versailles: art and history” for students of the Centre de recherche’s partners

• Masters seminar “The Sorbonne at Versailles” and Preparatory class seminar for the heritage competition “Versailles: a great museum and heritage site” and Summer school of the doctoral school 433 “Concepts et Langages” from Sorbonne Université

• “Versailles Research Group” and Thematic Seminar “Versailles: museographic and cultural choices for a major heritage site” from the École du Louvre

• Master’s seminars “Versailles: a history in perspective” (DYPAC laboratory) and “Versailles and the 19^th century” (CHCSC laboratory) from the université of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

• University diploma “Expertise of works of art” from Panthéon-Assas université

In addition to these educational and training activities organised on a regular basis by the Centre de recherche, a number of whole-day or part-day training sessions are being hosted at the request of our partners.

Symposia, study days and conferences in 2026 (in french)

• Conference “L’Hôtel national des Invalides et le musée de l’Armée dans la deuxième guerre mondiale” by Sylvie Le Ray-Burimi as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (27 January, online)

• Conference “Le duc d’Aiguillon : grandeur, exil et mécénat au siècle des Lumières” by Delphine Desbourdes and Adrien Enfedaque, with la Société Française d’Étude du Dix huitième Siècle (31 January, château de Versailles)

• Conference “La sauvegarde à l’œuvre. Protéger le patrimoine français durant la Grande Guerre” by Solène Amice as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (10 March, online)

• Study day “Saint-Simon et les femmes” with the Société Saint-Simon and the scientific support of SIEFAR (11 April, château de Versailles)

• Conference “Une douloureuse répétition ? L’impact des Occupations sur les musées nord-français et belges (1914 et 1940)” by Anne Labourdette as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (19 May, online)

• International symposium “Copyright, ArtificiaI Intelligence and Cultural Heritage Institutions”, in conjunction with the European Copyright Society and the laboratoire DANTE of the université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (29 May, château de Versailles)

• International symposium “Jardins des Lumières” with the château de Versailles and the École nationale supérieure du paysage of Versailles (18 June, ENSP-Versailles ; 19-20 June, château de Versailles)

• Conference “Le patrimoine architectural à l’épreuve de la Seconde Guerre mondiale : dynamiques franco-allemandes entre destruction et reconstruction” by Frauke Michler and Antoine Beaudoin as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (23 June, online)

• Conference “Les sciences à la cour de Versailles” by Hélène Delalex as part of the European Venous Forum, with Sorbonne Université (27 June, château de Versailles)

• Journée d’études “Manière de faire et art de montrer. Enjeux et potentiels d’une reconstitution virtuelle des jardins de Versailles” with the université de Stuttgart (22 September, château de Versailles)

• Conference “Le musée Carnavalet pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale : Quelles missions et quelles activités pour un musée sous l’Occupation ?” by Néguine Mathieux and Aurore Prioux as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (29 September, online)

• International symposium “Cartographier les espaces aristocratiques : domaines, forêts, jardins (Europe, XVIe-XIXe siècles)” within the framework of the 2025 call for applications for funding of a study day or a “young researcher” symposium of the Centre de recherche (22-24 October, château de Versailles)

• Conference “Le musée de Sèvres face à la guerre ” by Judith Cernogora and Christine Vivet-Peclet as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (24 November, online)

• Conference “Louise-Marie de Gonzague” by Chantal Grell (26 November, château de Versailles)

• Virtual research workshop “The diplomatic world in Paris, 17^th–18^th centuries: cultures and networks. Sources held outside France” (16 December, online)

Consult our calls for papers

Publications

• Our publications in preparation

• Our calls for publication

• List of upcoming publications that we support

Databases

• Feeding data into our online databases

• Development of our new databases

• Feeding data into our digitised corpora