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 and museums in Europe: an artistic heritage in the face of war (19^th-20^th centuries)

• ÉcoNoble – The nobility living with the king: economy of curial cohabitation (1682-1789)

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 2023-2024

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

• Masters seminar “The Sorbonne at Versailles” and Preparatory class seminar for the heritage competition: “Versailles: a great museum and heritage site” from the Faculté des lettres de Sorbonne Université

• “Versailles Research Group” and Thematic Seminar “Versailles: museographic and cultural choices for a major heritage site”, seminar “Audencia” (in French), seminar “Decorative Arts Seminar (Bard Graduate Center)” (in French) y seminar “Summer School” (in French) 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 2023 (in french)

• Study day “Paris : histoire et représentations au temps de Saint-Simon” with the Société Saint-Simon (March 11, on line)

• International symposium “Penser et écrire le voyage en Europe du XVI^e au XVIII^e siècle” with the université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (March 23-24, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Versailles)

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

• Study day “Protéger le roi. France, XVII^e–XVIII^e siècles” (December 2, Versailles)

• Study days “Le stuc dans les grands décors français, de la Renaissance au XIX^e siècle” (December 11-13, Versailles, Paris and Fontainebleau)

• 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 13-15, 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