Events

Symposia, Study Days and conferences

The symposia, study days and conferences organised by the Centre may extend over one or more days; these events bring together both French and foreign participants, and almost all are open to the public upon registration.

The themes addressed are directly linked to the Centre’s research activities, and consequently the proceedings or a selection of the most relevant papers may be published.

Four options are available:

• symposium / study day organised prior to a programme to establish the current state of knowledge and to specify the issues;

• symposium / study day / conference held as part of a programme to broaden the thinking and/or evaluate a particular stage;

• symposium / study day held at the end of the programme to assess the research that has taken place;

• symposium / study day / conference not linked to a programme, but related directly to the Centre’s key research areas.

Furthermore, when the subject is in the same field as its own scientific research, the Centre may decide to host a symposium or a study day. Depending on the organising institution, these days may or may not be open to the public.

Finally, the Centre can also participate in symposia or study days outside the walls, in France or abroad, by contributing to the development of the program and providing financial support for the organization of the event.

2026 programming (in french)

Conference “L’Hôtel national des Invalides et le musée de l’Armée dans la deuxième guerre mondiale” by Sylvie Le Ray-Burimi as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (27 January, online)

Conference “Le duc d’Aiguillon : grandeur, exil et mécénat au siècle des Lumières” by Delphine Desbourdes and Adrien Enfedaque, with la Société Française d’Étude du Dix huitième Siècle (31 January, château de Versailles)

Conference “La sauvegarde à l’œuvre. Protéger le patrimoine français durant la Grande Guerre” by Solène Amice as part of the lecture series “Patrimoines culturels en temps de guerre – hier, aujourd’hui et demain” (10 March, online)

Study day “Saint-Simon et les femmes” with the Société Saint-Simon and the scientific support of SIEFAR (11 April, château de Versailles)

Symposium on respecting the rights of third parties, on the one hand, and the rights that can be claimed, on the other, by cultural institutions, in conjunction with the European Copyright Society and the laboratoire DANTE of the université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (29 May, château de Versailles)

International symposium “Jardins des Lumières (1750-1800)” with the château de Versailles (18-20 June, château de Versailles)

Conference “Les sciences à Versailles” by Hélène Delalex as part of the European Venous Forum congress, with Sorbonne Université (27 June, château de Versailles)

Journée d’études “Manière de faire et art de montrer. Enjeux et potentiels d’une reconstitution virtuelle des jardins de Versailles” with the université de Stuttgart (22 September, château de Versailles)

International symposium “Cartographier les espaces aristocratiques : domaines, forêts, jardins (Europe, XVIe-XIXe siècles)” within the framework of the 2025 call for applications for funding of a study day or a “young researcher” symposium of the Centre de recherche (22-24 October, château de Versailles)