Activities in 2023

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

• Châteaux et musées en Europe : un patrimoine artistique à l’épreuve de la guerre (XIXe-XXe siècles) [waiting for the translation of the associated page]

• ÉcoNoble – La noblesse chez le roi : économie d’une cohabitation curiale (1682-1789) [waiting for the translation of the associated page]

Scientific projects ans applied research

• Doctoral Award “Marie-Antoinette: A queen of letters”

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

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

• Project VERSPERA

Academic courses and training 2022-2023

• Research seminar “Versailles : art et histoire” for students of the Centre de recherche’s partners (in French)

• Masters seminar “La Sorbonne à Versailles” and Preparatory class seminar for the heritage competition: “Versailles: un grand site muséal et patrimonial” from the Faculté des lettres de Sorbonne Université

• “Versailles Research Group” and Thematic Seminar “Versailles: choix muséographiques et culturels pour un grand site patrimonial” from the École du Louvre

• Master’s seminars at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines “Versailles: une histoire en perspective” (DYPAC laboratory) and “Versailles and the 19^th century” (CHCSC laboratory) [waiting for the translation of the associated page]

• Diplôme d’université « Expertise des œuvres d’art » de Panthéon-Assas université [waiting for the translation of the associated page]

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 2023 (in french)

• Study day “Le Paris de Saint-Simon” with the Société Saint-Simon (March 11, château de Versailles)

• Symposium “Récits de Voyage” with the université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (March 24, Versailles)

• International symposium “L’opéra de cour en France (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles). Goût, espaces, pratiques” with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (June 16-17)

• International symposium “Mazarin et les pays du Nord” with the université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and the université de Rouen Normandie (June 22-24, Versailles)

• Study day “Protéger le corps du roi” with the université Gustave Eiffel (November 25, Versailles)

• International symposium “Le roi de guerre: de l’incarnation militaire du pouvoir dans l’Europe moderne” with the université de Picardie Jules Verne and the CY Cergy Paris Université (December 14-15, 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