Tuesday 9 October 2007

10.30am
Josephine at Malmaison
Dr. Alexandra Gerstein, Curator of the exhibition ‘France in Russia’ at the Hermitage Rooms

12.00noon
Napoleon and Europe: War, Empire-Building and Continental Blockade
Dr Thomas Munch-Petersen, University College London

1.00pm
Lunch

2.30pm
Visit to Apsley House with Susan Jenkins, Curator

Tuesday 16 October 2007

10.30am
“Do little Gifts”: Vivant Denon and the Sèvres Egyptian Services
Charles Truman

12.00noon
From Excavation Site to the Drawing Room: French Interiors 1790-1820
Dr Ulrich Leben, Associate Curator at Waddesdon Manor

1.00pm
Lunch

2.00pm
Luxury Furnishings of the Consulate and Empire periods
Dr Ulrich Leben, Associate Curator at Waddesdon Manor

Tuesday 23 October 2007

10.30am
Antonio Canova and the Bonapartes; A Love Affair?
Dr Satish Padiyar, Courtauld Institute of Art

12.00noon
Josephine and the Arts of Fashion in the Consulate and Empire
Aileen Ribeiro, Professor in History of Art, London University

1.00pm
Lunch

2.30pm
Visit to the exhibition “France in Russia: Empress Josephine’s Malmaison Collection” at the Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House with Alexandra Gerstein, Curator of the exhibition

Tuesday 30 October 2007

10.30am
“Perfection of a Kind”: Napoleonic Art and Josephine’s Coronation
Dr Sarah Symmons, University of Essex

12.00noon
Napoleon’s Final Exile
Martin Levy, Director, H. Blairman & Sons

1.00pm
Lunch

2.00pm
French Wallpapers in the Interior 1780-1820
Bernard Jacqué, Conservateur, Musée du Papier Peint, Rixheim

Wednesday 30 October 2007

Visit to Malmaison near Paris with an afternoon visit to be confirmed. Please apply for details and costs.

The cost of the full course is £232. The cost of the morning lectures only (lunch not included) is £132. The lectures will take place at The Medical Society of London,
Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London W1. Each day will begin at 10.30am and finish at about 3.30 pm.

To apply, please contact us.