Heritage Days 2024: visit and meetings with academics at the Dosne-Thiers Foundation

The Journées du Patrimoine 2024 will be held on September 21 and 22 across France and in other European countries. This year's event will focus on "Living Heritage", celebrating skills and traditions, and "Sports Heritage", in connection with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
As every year, thousands of monuments, museums and historic sites will open their doors offering guided tours, exhibitions and special events, enabling visitors to discover the cultural and historical wealth of the regions. The Dosne-Thiers Foundation, for example, is organizing free tours and meetings with academics for the occasion.

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The Fondation Dosne-Thiers is a cultural institution located in Paris, in the Saint-Georges district, at 27 place Saint-Georges. It occupies the neoclassical mansion that was once the residence of Adolphe Thiers, the first president of the Third French Republic. The Foundation, created at the end of the 19th century, houses an extensive library specializing in 19th-century French history, with a particular focus on the period of the French Revolution and the Second Empire. The Fondation Dosne-Thiers is also a research center and a venue for cultural events, conferences and exhibitions related to history and heritage, which you can visit freely during the Journées du Patrimoine 2024, as well as talk to academics present for the occasion.

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• Self-guided tour of the Hôtel Dosne-Thiers and meetings with academics
  September 21 and 22
  

  Presentation of the Fondation
  The Fondation Dosne-Thiers hotel, owned by the Institut de France, was bequeathed in 1905 by Félicie Dosne, sister-in-law of Adolphe Thiers, to create a library devoted to 19th-century French history, which now welcomes students and researchers in a setting eminently conducive to study.
  The Fondation is home to the Centre de recherches humanistes (Fondation Thiers), which awards grants to young doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences.
  The Hôtel de la Fondation boasts vast, elegant rooms with natural daylight, enabling prestigious events to be held.
  
  Schedule for September 21 and 22, 2024
  
  10am - 6pm
  Free tour of the hotel and the Thiers library
  Concert on Frédéric Chopin and Pauline Viardot, performed by the Nadia et Lili Boulanger lyric singing class of the Conservatoire du 9ème arrondissement, preceded by a lecture by Pierre Brunel, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
  (Saturday and Sunday, 11am-12:30pm)
  
  Historical presentations
  by Michel Güet, 9th district heritage guide
  (Sunday: 2:30pm and 4:30pm)
  
  Conversations chez M.Thiers
  with academics
  
  Saturday September 21 and Sunday September 22, 2-6pm
  
  Conversations hosted by François d'Orcival, journalist and curator of the Hôtel Dosne-Thiers, historian Georges-Henri Soutou and journalist and historian Michel de Jaeghere (Académie des sciences morales et politiques).
  This year's program revolves around the theme: "Wars and Crises"
  
  Saturday, September 21
  
  2:15 pm
  "Culture in the face of world disorder",
  Xavier Darcos, Académie française, Académie des sciences morales et politiques, Chancelier de l'Institut de France
  
  3:30 pm
  " The strength of our roots"
  Catherine Bréchignac, Honorary Permanent Secretary of the Académie des sciences
  
  16h45
  "The Hundred Years' War: feudal war, national war? "
  Jacques Verger, member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, director of the Centre de recherches humanistes-Fondation Thiers
  
  Sunday, September 22
  
  14h
  "What place for Law in today's conflicts?"
  Georges-Henri Soutou and Serge Sur, members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
  
  15h30
  " Les urgences politiques à venir "
  Alain Duhamel, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
  
  16h45
  " Les libertés dans le monde d'aujourd'hui "
  Bernard Stirn, Secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie des sciences morales et politiques
  
  (No reservation possible, 140 places available,
  salle Edouard Bonnefous)