Archives and Libraries - From Napoleonic history to its narrative
On Saturday 6 May 2023, the Forum of the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities will be held at the Palazzo Reale in Milan (Italy).
Registration: https://bit.ly/3KJHCI5
Information on the Forum
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - FROM NAPOLEONIC HISTORY TO ITS NARRATIVE
The symposium organised by the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities, the Directorate of Palazzo Reale and the Centro di Documentazione Residenze Reali Lombarde. The theme of the exhibition is the importance of archives and libraries in telling and transmitting the history of the Napoleonic era.
Tommaso Sacchi, Deputy for Culture of the Municipality of Milan, will open the meeting with Domenico Piraina, Director of the Palazzo Reale of Milan, Vincent Chauvet, President of the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe Destination Napoleon , Charles Bonaparte, founder of the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities and of the Destination Napoleon itinerary, and Marina Rosa, President of the Documentation Centre of the Royal Residences of Lombardy.
The round table, coordinated by Roberto Race, an expert in business strategy and communication, will address the importance of Napoleonic history and its transmission with the participation of Charles Bonaparte, the president of Museimpresa and of the Fondazione Assolombarda Antonio Calabrò, the journalist and writer Sergio Valzania, the director Giovanni Piscaglia, author of the film Napoleon in the name of art. The event will be attended by the Deputy Mayor of Milan Tommaso Sacchi, the director of the Destination Napoleon itinerary and expert in European cultural policies Eleonora Berti, the historian specialising in the Napoleonic era, professor of contemporary history at the Università Orientale in Naples and member of the Destination Napoleon scientific committee Luigi Mascilli Migliorini.
The heads of the most important archives and libraries will be the protagonists of the day: from Jörg Ebeling, from the German Centre for Art History in Paris, to Elisabeth Caude, director of the Château de la Malmaison Museum, Paolo Rondelli, responsible for the State Archives of San Marino, Carmela Santoro, from the State Archives of Milan, Monica Guerracino, for the Archives of Lucca, Monja Faraoni, from the Cosway Archives of Lodi, Gloria Peria, director of the associated management of the Municipal Archives of Elba, Francesca Sandrini, of the Glauco Lombardi Museum of Parma, and for the Milanese institutions Marzia Dina Pontone, of the National Library of Braidense, Alessandra Mignatti, of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Isabella Marelli, of the Brera Art Gallery, and Simone Percacciolo, of the Palazzo Reale.
practical information
- Conference: "Archives and Libraries - From Napoleonic History to its Narrative
- Date and time: Saturday 6 May 2023 at 09:30
- Venue: Conference room, 3rd floor, Palazzo Reale. Piazza del Duomo 12, 20122 MILAN
- Conference in Italian
- Participation is free, subject to registration
- Registration: https://bit.ly/3KJHCI5
