International Napoleonic Society
Ninth International Napoleonic Congress
Napoleonic Europe At Its Peak
4–8 July 2011
Den Helder
The Netherlands
P R O G R A M
Sunday 3 July
10:00 Navy Days with Napoleonic Re-enactment and Military Tattoo at Navy Base
Monday 4 July
09.00 Transport from hotels to Fort Kijkduin by minibus
09:15-09:45 Press conference to open congress
09:30 Registration at Fort. Kijkduin
10:00 Opening Ceremony
The Honorable Koen Schuiling, Mayor of Den Helder
Mr. Piet Kamphuis, Director of the Netherlands Institute of Military History
President, International Commission for Military History
Mr. J. David Markham, President, International Napoleonic Society
Session I Piet Kamphuis, The Netherlands, Chair
10:30 Matthew Flynn, USA, Napoleonic Warfare in the Atlantic World
11:00 General Henri Paris (*), France, La strategie et la tactique militaire de Napoléon
11:30 Break
11:45 Pip Barnard, The Netherlands, The History of the Fortifications on Texel
12:15 Christiaan van der Spek (*), The Netherlands, Louis Bonaparte’s Dutch army, 1806-1810
12:45 Discussion
13:00 Lunch Sponsored by Stelling Den Helder
14:15 Guided Tour of Fort Kijkduin and Visit of Educational Workshops Around the Fort
17:00 Cocktail reception at Fort Kijkduin, sponsored by Stelling Den Helder
18:00 Dinner/Barbecue at Fort Kijkduin, sponsored by Stelling Den Helder
21:00 Departure to Hotels by minibus
Tuesday 5 July
09:00 Transport by minibus from hotels to Fort Erfpins
09:30 Coffee and Tea
Session II Matthew Flynn, USA, Chair
10:00 Marijke Eysbertse (*), The Netherlands, From Den Helder to Australia - a Napoleonic Connection
10:30 Kurt Raveh (*), The Netherlands, From Den Helder to the Holy Land - In the Search of Napoleon
11:00 Coffee and Tea
11:15 Doina Harsanyi (*), The Netherlands, How Not to Make a Revolution: The Duchies of Parma/Piacenza Within the Napoleonic Order
11:45 Johan Joor, The Netherlands, The Continental System and Napoleonic Holland: Motor of Napoleonic Policies and Key Factor of Protest
12:15 Discussion
12:30 Lunch in Fort Erfpins, sponsored by the City of Den Helder
Session III Kees Turnhout, The Netherlands, Chair
14:00 Dennis Potts (*), USA, Quatre Bras: Dutch Courage Saves the Day
14:30 Jackson Sigler (*), USA, The Dutch-Belgian Forces and Leaders at Waterloo
15:00 Thomasz Klauza, Poland, Polish Influences in the Napoleonic Guard Red Lancers
15:30 Break
15:45 Tadeusz Klupczynski, Poland, Fighting Against Nature: Walcheren, 1809
16:15 Erez Levanon (*), Israel, Napoleon: Luck, Fortune and Superstitions
16:45 Discussion
17:15 Guided tour through Fort Erfprins
18:30 Cocktail Reception and Dinner, sponsored by the City of Den Helder
21:30 Return to hotels by minibus
Wednesday 6 July
09:00 Transfer from hotels by minibus to Grand Hotel Beatrix
09:30 Tour sites of Stelling van Den Helder, the Sea Dyke and the Harbor with the Jutterexpress and English-speaking Guides
11:30 Lunch in Willemsoord, Café Njoy (no host)
Session IV Allon Klebanof, Israel, Chair
13:00 Ivane Menteshashvili (*), Georgia, Napoleon's Sabre at the Georgian National Museum. Emperor's 1er Chasseur a Cheval
13:30 Isis Wirth, France, Napoleon and Jacques Louis David
14:00 William Chew III (*), Belgium, The Easel and the Eagle: Rembrandt Peale Views Napoleonic France
14:30 Break with Coffee and Tea
15:00 Tsvi Yeshurun, Israel, Napoleon’s Medals: A Prelude to Fame
15:30 Ron Soffer, Israel, The Napoleonic Code: Napoleon’s Most Lasting Legacy
16:00 Kevin Rodriguez (*), USA, Napoleon, the Emperor of the People
16:30 Discussion
17:00 Walk to Harssens Peninsula and tour of Fort Harssens with English-speaking guides
18:15 Cocktail Reception at the Naval Officers Club, Sponsored by Naval Officers Club
19:00 Dinner at the Naval Officer’s Club, no host
21:30 Departure to hotels by minibus
Thursday 7 July
08:30 Transport by minibus to Texel ferry (walk from Hotel Lands End)
09:30 Departure by ferry to Texel Island
10:00 Arrival on Texel and bus transport to Fort de Schans
11:30 Trip by bus to Harbor Oudeschild, followed by a short walk to Maritime Museum
13:00 Trip by bus to Fort Lunette, followed by lunch at the fort sponsored by the Texel City Council
14:00 Bus tour of historical sites on Texel Island
15:00 Departure by ferry to Den Helder
15:30 Transport by minibus to hotels
18:30 Transport from hotels to Grand Hotel Beatrix by minibus
19:00 Cocktail Reception sponsored by the INS
20:00 Gala Dinner sponsored by the INS
22:00 Transport to hotels by minibus
Friday, 8 July
09:00 Transport from hotels to the Royal Navy Institute
09:30 Coffee and Tea
Session V Tadeusz Klupczynski, Poland, Chair
10:00 J. David Markham (*), USA, Parisian Politics: Napoleon’s Defeat After Waterloo
10:30 Edna Mueller (*), Canada, The Use of Google Earth to Illustrate Napoleonic History
11:00 Break
11:15 Allon Klebanoff (*), Israel, The Battle of Camperdown: The Swansong of the Dutch Navy
11:45 Kees Turnhout (*), The Netherlands, The Royal Netherlands Navy in 2011: Bringing Worldwide Security on and from the Sea
12:15 Discussion
13:00 Lunch at the Royal Navy Institute (INS)
14:15 Guided tour of the Royal Navy Museum
16:30 Appetizers aboard the Schorpioen and closing remarks (sponsored by Navy Museum and Kampanje Catering)
17:00 Press conference to close Congress
17:30 Transport to hotels by minibus. Dinner on your own.
Saturday, 9 July
Optional tour of the historical sites related to the 1799 battle in the north of Holland (tentative)
The International Napoleonic Society
Europe Discovers Napoleon: 1793 – 1804
Cittadella of Alessandra Italy 21 – 26 June 1997
Napoleon and the French in Egypt and the Holy Land 1799 – 1801
In cooperation with the Israeli Society for Napoleonic Research
Tel Aviv – Yafo – Jerusalem – Acco 4 – 10 July 1999
Napoleon’s Campaigns and Heritage
In cooperation with the Napoleonic Society of Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia 12 – 18 June 2000
Imperial Glory: Austerlitz and Europe in 1805
In cooperation with the city of Dinard, France
Dinard, France 9 – 16 July 2005
Napoleon and Poland 1807 – 2007
In cooperation with the
Słupsk Pedagogical Academy and the Polish Historical Society
Słupsk, Poland 1 – 5 July 2007
Napoleon and the Mediterranean
In cooperation with the City of Ajaccio,
the General Council of Southern Corsica, and the Territorial Collective of Corsica
Ajaccio, Corsica, France 7 – 11 July 2008
Napoleon, Europe and the World
In cooperation with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montréal, Québec, Canada 8-12 June 2009
Napoleon and the Transition to the Modern World
Corinthia Palace Hotel and Spa
San Anton, Malta 12-16 July 2010
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