At the origins of the École française de Rome: humanist knowledge, international collaboration and Roman sociability.

SERIES: An International Capital: Rome and Foreigners 
SPEAKER: Brigitte Marin, Director of the École française
DATE: Thursday 18 July, 6 p.m.

As is well known, Rome is an exceptional place for the concentration of foreign academic institutions. The conference aims to analyse the circumstances that led to the creation of the École française de Rome, an institute for research and research training in history, archaeology and the social sciences. From the earliest years of its existence, the destiny of this national institution has been shaped by the potential for scientific collaboration offered by the city of Rome, the links established with local society and its location in the Palazzo Farnese, where the École has coexisted with the French embassy in Italy for one hundred and fifty years. More specifically, three successive decrees, issued between 1873 and 1875, reflect France's long relationship with Rome and its antiquities, the development of archaeological knowledge and international political events. 

Brigitte Marin has been director of the École française de Rome since 2019 and full professor of Modern History at the University of Aix-Marseille, directrice d'études at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and foreign associate of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of the National Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts in Naples. Her studies concern the urban, social and cultural history of modern Italy, and more specifically that of the city of Naples in the 18th century.

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