Curator of Romance collections.
Joined October 2014
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Sophie Defrance retweeted
May 27
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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Sophie Defrance retweeted
Chez Monet, à Giverny - la fenêtre ouverte sur les jardins
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Sophie Defrance retweeted
21 Feb 2025
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.
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Sophie Defrance retweeted
17 Dec 2024
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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Sophie Defrance retweeted
6 Dec 2024
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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Sophie Defrance retweeted
9 Dec 2024
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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11 Dec 2024
Very proud to have initiated and organised the event "Rendez-vous @britishlibrary" with @FferranFerran @AmbascienceUK and with the support of the @FSLG25, and of Mark Storey, Trustee of the @FNL313. Thank you to all our speakers, participants, and visitors.
10 Dec 2024
Delighted to conclude with Sir Roly Keating, @william_marx , @artemis_cooper & Michel Pastoureau an extraordinary Rendez-vous with Collections in French at the British Library.
It was a wonderful afternoon exploring the wealth of works available in French!
#EntenteCordiale120
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Sophie Defrance retweeted
6 Dec 2024
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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Sophie Defrance retweeted
6 Dec 2024
@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.
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26 Nov 2024
Rendez-vous @britishlibrary to explore, enjoy and be inspired by our collections in French! @ifru_london @FranceintheUK @FSLG25 @AmbascienceUK 🎟️Free tickets: bit.ly/BLRendezVous with, among others, acclaimed author Michel Pastoureau and Professor William Marx @william_marx
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Sophie Defrance retweeted
26 Nov 2024
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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Sophie Defrance retweeted
24 Apr 2024
📌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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Sophie Defrance retweeted
23 Dec 2021
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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Sophie Defrance retweeted
14 Apr 2024
Photos that don't look real but are - thread 🧵
1. Cranberry harvest by Kristina Makeeva
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8 Apr 2024
Special thank you to my 3 new followers from UK., and more last week. fedica.com/!Libriul
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26 Feb 2024
Special thank you to my 3 new followers from France, and more last week. fedica.com/!Libriul
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Sophie Defrance retweeted
12 Feb 2024
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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