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 ans 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 “Les politiques du patrimoine entre la France et l’Allemagne face aux destructions de la Seconde Guerre mondiale” by Frauke Michler as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (23 June, online)

• Conference “Les sciences à Versailles” by Hélène Delalex as part of the European Venous Forum congress, 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