From September 24 to 25, the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco is organizing an international and multidisciplinary conference. This conference will focus on the reign of Albert I, Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889, until his death on June 26, 1922.
This conference will offer you the opportunity to meet historians and scientists in numerous round tables. These distinguished guests will discuss the ongoing work and the new fields of research on the actions of Prince Albert I. It will be divided into three areas of study by the Committee: the learned prince, the humanist prince, and the patron prince. This is of great importance for the current Prince Albert II to pay tribute to his great-great-grandfather, linking past, present, and future in a substantial research effort.
Admission is entirely free. Here is the program for the weekend:
Saturday, September 24
- 9 AM: Participant reception
- 9:45 AM: Opening to the public
- Welcoming the public by Xavier Mauduit and Olivier Lascar. Welcome words from Robert Calcagno and Robert Fillon.
- Speech by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince
Round Table 1: Activism and Exercise of Power
- 10:30 AM – Éric Anceau: The French years of Albert I of Monaco: from the Second to the Third Republic, passing by the Second Empire.
- 10:50 AM – Jean-Marc Hovasse: A prince among the crowd. Albert I at the funeral of Victor Hugo.
- 11:10 AM – Vincent Duclert: The prince’s Dreyfus supporters. The reception in Monaco of Abbé Pichot, Commander Forzinetti, and Commissioner Tomps.
- 11:30 AM – Alain Bottaro: The prince and his neighbors. Prefects and local elected officials of the Alpes-Maritimes under the reign of Albert I of Monaco (1889-1922).
- 11:50 AM – Fabrice Blanchi: The emergence of consultative institutions or the beginnings of civil society representation in the Principality of Monaco (1907-1920).
- 12:10 PM – Didier Linotte and Didier Ribes: Fundamental rights and freedoms in the 1911 constitution. The Supreme Court, a pioneering creation.
Round Table 2: Images and Representations of Power
- 2:30 PM – Laurent Stefanini and Christian Charlet: From the ocean to the opera. Numismatics in Monaco under the reign of Prince Albert I.
- 2:50 PM – Thomas Blanchy: Celebrating the Prince. The celebrations of Albert I in Monaco, from the advent to the “jubilee” (1889-1914).
- 3:10 PM – Thomas Fouilleron: “His Highness Roll-in-the-Dough.” Albert I of Monaco and his caricature.
- 3:30 PM – Stéphane Lamotte: A crime at the heart of Belle Époque Monaco. The so-called “red suitcase” affair (1907).
- 3:50 PM – Marc Durand: The prince and his notary. The Parisian deeds of Albert I of Monaco.
Round Table 3: Influence and International Engagements
- 4:40 PM – Jean-Rémy Bézias: The paradoxes of a prince. Albert I of Monaco and the colonial fact (1866-1922).
- 5 PM – Ulrich Tiedau: Albert I and the movement for the federation of Europe before 1914.
- 5:20 PM – Yuliya Smyk: A bridge between the East and the West: the meeting of two pacifists. Albert I and Mirza Riza Khan.
- 5:40 PM – Yves Kinossian: Healing men: a princely will. The temporary hospitals of Monaco (1914-1919).
- 8:30 PM – Theatrical reading of excerpts from “The Career of a Navigator” by Charles Berling.
Sunday, September 25
Round Table 4: Scholarly Life and Scientific Work
- 8:30 AM: Participant reception.
- 9 AM – Anne-Marie Moulin: The discovery of anaphylaxis, a “mystery” of life extracted from the marine world (Albert I).
- 9:20 AM – Henry de Lumley and Elena Rossoni-Notter: From the archaeological universe of Prince Albert I. A significant contribution to the rise of prehistoric research.
- 9:40 AM – Arnaud Hurel: Albert I through the lens of anthropology.
- 10 AM – Philippe Taquet and Isabelle Morin-Joffre: Albert I of Monaco, member of the Academy of Sciences.
- 10:20 AM – Victor Dos Reis: Albert I of Monaco and Francisco Alfonso Chaves, wandering meteorologist and world photographer.
Round Table 5: Artistic Culture and Patronage
- 10:50 AM – Bruno Moysan: Representing the Revolution in a principality around 1900. “Thérèse” (1907) by Jules Massenet.
- 11 AM – Alain Quella-Villéger: The elusive portrait. Princess Alice of Monaco seen by her contemporaries.
- 11:20 AM – Véronique Thuin: The architectural and urban evolution of Monaco under the reign of Albert I: the implementation of a model still relevant today.
- 11:50 AM – Célia Bernasconi: The Monte Carlo Opera between 1900 and 1920, a laboratory for scenographic art.
Round Table 6: Sports and Outdoor Life
- 2 PM – Georges Vigarello and Yvan Gastaut: A sporting sovereign. Sports during the time of Prince Albert I of Monaco.
- 2:20 PM – Michaël Bloche: The “Tour de France” of a prince in the Belle Époque. The motorcycle routes of Albert I of Monaco (1903-1905).
- 2:40 PM – Yves Giraudon: The career of a hunter. Prince Albert I of Monaco, a pioneer in ecological hunting.
- 3 PM – Patrick Van Klaveren: Monaco, Spain, and France join forces for nature conservation in the Pyrenees and participate in the momentum to create national parks in Europe.
- 3:20 PM – Paul Dietschy and Didier Gayraud: Monaco, a laboratory for mechanical and aerial sports. The exploits of Santos-Dumont, Léger, and Rougier.
- 3:40 PM – André Labarrère: Technology and geopolitics. The Monaco motorboat races.
Concluding Round Table
4:15 PM to 5 PM: Stéphane Bern, Erik Orsenna, Jean-Paul Pelegrinetti.
For more information: https://www.oceano.org/non-classee/commemoration-albert-ier-colloque-multidisciplinaire-au-musee-au-oceanographique-le-24-et-25-septembre/