P R O G R A M
INTERNATIONAL NAPOLEONIC SOCIETY
Seventh International Napoleonic Congress
Napoleon, Europe and the World
We encourage all people interested in this era to attend this Congress, whether or not they wish to give a paper. |
8 – 12 June 2009
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada
PROGRAM
Monday 8 June
08:30 Registration
09:00 Opening Ceremony
Mr. J. David Markham, President, International Napoleonic Society
Madame Danielle Champagne, Directrice des Communications au Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal
Monsieur Marcel Parent, Président du Conseil de Montréal
The Honorable Senator Serge Joyal
Madame Huguette Weider
Monsieur Mark Billings, Souvenir Napoléon
Session I Ivane Menteshashvili, Republic of Georgia, Chair
09:45 Benoît Roger, France, Discovering Poland: War as Travel during the Polish Campaign, 1806-1807 *
10:15 John Stanley, Canada, The Code Napoléon and Poland *
10:45 David Stefancic, USA, The Austro-Polish War of 1809 *
11:15 Discussion
11:30 Lunch in Montreal
Session II John Stanley, Canada, Chair
13:00 Jean Defranceschi, France, Que valent les papiers de la famille Bonaparte avant son élévation? *
13:30 Chris Franke, Canada, Researching the Napoleonic Officer: Louis Anselme Briquet, 7e hussards
14:00 Sean Richarz, USA, Composing a Napoleonic Musical *
14:30 Peter Friedman, USA, Marie Walewska – the Polish Esther *
15:15 Discussion
Tuesday 9 June
Session III Marian Hochel, Czech Republic, Chair
09:00 Mark Billings, Canada, Napoleon: A Dealer of Hope *
09:30 Jack Sigler, USA, Wellington ’s Salamanca Campaign: A French Officer’s Critique “pour encourager des autres” (And a mystery solved) *
10:00 Thomas Zacharis, Greece, Caesar Berthier, First Imperial Governor of the Ionian Islands * (The paper is read by Mike DeFeudis)
10:30 Break
10:45 Pascal Cyr, Canada, Waterloo: Origines et Enjeux *
11:15 Susan Conner, USA, La Vraie Madame Sans-Gêne: Women in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Armies *
11:45 Discussion
12:00 Lunch in Montreal
Session IV Andrey Ivanov, Russia, Chair
13:30 Rowayda Guirguis, Canada, L'Egypte après Bonaparte: Bonnes ou Mauvaises conséquences? *
14:00 Alex Grab, USA, The Italian Peninsula: Its New Face under Napoleon *
14:30 Break
14:45 Nicholas Stark, USA, The Tricoloured Shamrock: Franco-Éire Politics *
15:15 Comte François de Candé-Montholon, France, Napoléon et Montholon à Sainte Hélène
16:15 Mike DeFeudis, USA, The Grande Armée is Rallied: French Defensive Operations in Poland and Prussia, Winter 1813 *
16:45 Discussion
Wednesday 10 June
Session V Mark Billings, Canada, Chair
09:00 Ike Hay, USA, The Politics of Style: The Empire and Beyond *
09:30 Marian Hochel, Czech Republic, D. V. Denon et Le Style Empire 1802–1815: La représentationpar l’intermédiaire de l’art, la propagande politique ou le culte de la personnalité de Napoléon Bonaparte? *
10:00 Comte Alexandre de Bothuri Bàthory, USA, The "Purple Imperial" Service of Archchancellor Cambacérès, Masterpiece of the Imperial Factory of Sèvres (1805-1807), Token of Political Propaganda or Gift to Legitimate Napoleon's Claim of Royal Lineage? *
10:30 Break
10:45 Andrey Ivanov, Russia, Napoleon and Canova
11:15 Maureen MacLeod, USA, Aristocratic Women and the Practice of Religion in Napoleonic France *
11:45 William Nester, USA, Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy: The Matrix of Character and Circumstances *
12:15 Discussion
12:30 Lunch in Montreal
14:00 Tour of the Ben Weider Collection
Thursday 11 June
Session VI Benoît Roger, France, Chair
09:00 John Donaldson, Canada, The Influence of Canadian Explorer, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, on Napoleon’s Secret Strategy to Retake New France (Quebec) *
09:30 J. David Markham, USA, American Empire: Jefferson, Napoleon and the Louisiana Purchase *
10:00 Tarah Luke, USA, Politics in the American Pulpit: American Opinion of Napoleon *
10:30 Break
10:45 Nathan Jensen, USA, The Use of Technology in Napoleonic Research *
11:15 Edna Mueller, Canada, A View from the Saddle: Using Google Earth to Interpret Napoleonic Sites *
11:45 Discussion
12:00 Lunch in Montreal
12:30 Lunch in Montreal
Please spend the afternoon exploring the beautiful city of Montreal
Friday 12 June
Session VII Alex Grab, USA, Chair
09:00 Joan Blythe, USA, Ces Colosses de Gloire: Napoleon and Cromwell in Chateaubriand and Victor Hugo *
09:30 John Clubbe, USA, Beethoven contra Napoleon: The Akademie of December 22, 1808 *
10:15 Ivane Menteshashvili, Republic of Georgia, Napoleon in Lord Byron’s Poetry *
10:45 Discussion and Close of Congress
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