Curator of Romance collections.
Cambridge
Joined October 2014
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We're delighted to announce our first Mainz Fellowship, an opportunity to to encourage the discovery, promotion and use of our European collections. Full details and how to apply here shorturl.at/wLlGg
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La 1ère guerre mondiale fut terrible pour Noyon, ravagée à 90% et occupée par l'armée allemande pendant près de 4 ans. Les photos prises après guerre témoignent de l'ampleur des destructions et du relèvement qu'il a fallu accomplir avant une nouvelle guerre, nouvelle occupation. – at Noyon, France
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As the Entente Cordiale turns 120, Drs @Cha_Faucher & @ClareSiviter reflect on the contributions made by @FrenchUoB1 colleagues to commemorate this special year in Franco-British relations
Read about the exhibition & events to enhance public awareness 👉 bit.ly/3DtRwgR
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What a wonderful event - ‘Rendez-vous at the @britishlibrary’. Many thanks to Sophie De France, @AmbascienceUK and their teams!
It was a great honour to talk among so many esteemed colleagues and to hear about all the 🇫🇷🇬🇧collaboration between the BL and France.
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Don’t miss @sciencemuseum‘s new grand exhibition Versailles: Science & Splendour🌞
Discover how the Palace of Versailles used science as a tool of power in this illuminating new exhibition. 🌕🦏⏰
📅 12 Dec 2024 – 21 Apr 2025
🎟️ sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and…
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Dr Guillaume Perissol, Head of Libraries at the Institute Francais du Royaume-Unie talks about his exhibition to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Entante Cordial at the seminar Rendezvous at the British Library.
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@Libriul Sophie Defrance is opening the seminar ‘Rendezvous at the British Library’, the afternoon programme ‘Collections in French at the British Library’.
Michel Pastoureau, expert on colour par excellence talks about the British origins of the French flag Tricolor.
Sophie Defrance retweeted
Celebrate French culture, literature and research with us this 6 December 📚
Explore our French collections with acclaimed author Michel Pastoureau, and join Professor William Marx for an inspiring talk.
🎟️Free tickets: bit.ly/BLRendezVous
ALT A cartoon illustration of a man sat on the floor in front of a shelf of books. He reads blue book 'French English dictionary' and a speech bubble reads 'the French collections or the collections in French?' A sign above reads: The French collections of the British Library'
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📌Révélations sur Platon
grâce aux nouvelles lectures des papyrus d’Herculanum !
Des fragments inédits de l’épicurien Philodeme de Gadara donnent des précisions sur ses derniers jours, le lieu de sa sépulture, corrige la date où il fut fait esclave.
👉 ansa.it//canale_scienza/noti…
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Carmen Amaya 1913-1963
was considered "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever" and was the first woman to master the intricate footwork that was often reserved for the best male dancers. Here she is dancing in 1944.
#Flamenco 💃 La Capitana
Source: romarchive.eu/en/flamenco/ca…
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Photos that don't look real but are - thread 🧵
1. Cranberry harvest by Kristina Makeeva
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Both winners of the prestigious International Booker Prize, and 2 essential voices of French Literature, authors David Diop and Marie Ndiaye are coming to the Institut français this month!
Don't miss them @ifru_london
👉institut-francais.org.uk/wha…
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Pour ceux qui se demandent ce que sont ces fleurs au sommet, c'est de là que vient l'expression "bouquet final". Une très ancienne tradition des corporations du bâtiment qui marque la fierté de l'achèvement d'un chantier.
C'est beau, non?
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📕Remembering Zola
Meet Martine Le Blond-Zola, great-granddaughter of Emile Zola, for a conversation on the celebrated novelist and journalist with Chantal Morel, co-founder of the Zola Society in London.
7 Dec - 19.00 @ifru_london
🎟️institut-francais.org.uk/eve…
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Incroyables sources découvertes par l'historien Renaud Morieux : des lettres adressées en 1757 et 1758 à des marins français faits prisonniers par les Britanniques et gardées à l'amirauté de Londres.
lemonde.fr/sciences/article/…
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🔎 Join us on Monday 20 November at @ifru_london for a one-day seminar dedicated to French Collections in British Libraries 📚🇫🇷🇬🇧
An event organised by @FranceintheUK, @britishlibrary and @FSLG25
Programme and registration (free) ⬇️
uk.ambafrance.org/20-Novembe…
