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C&#8217;est autour de la question d'une construction europ&#233;enne sous l'Empire que nous proposons une d&#233;marche collective et internationale pour contribuer &#224; une mani&#232;re de relance historiographique, dans le prolongement des rencontres et publications Du directoire au Consulat&#8230; Aussi appelons-nous &#224; un d&#233;cloisonnement qui fasse tomber les s&#233;parations souvent fortes entre les champs de cette histoire de l&#8217;Empire (histoire du fait militaire, de l&#8217;&#201;tat, des relations internationales, etc.) et r&#233;investisse des terrains un peu d&#233;laiss&#233;s (relations &#233;conomiques, dynamiques culturelles). Nous entendons examiner les dimensions contradictoires de l&#8217;entreprise imp&#233;riale et ses h&#233;ritages assum&#233;s ou rejet&#233;s, au-del&#224; de tout souci de comm&#233;moration de la saga napol&#233;onienne. L&#8217;&#233;chelle europ&#233;enne impose la d&#233;centration par rapport &#224; la France elle-m&#234;me et l&#8217;int&#233;gration &#224; la r&#233;flexion des diff&#233;rents cercles dans ce premier Empire fran&#231;ais et &#224; ses confins (d&#233;partements dans leurs diff&#233;rentes configurations, alli&#233;s ou ennemis europ&#233;ens mais aussi pays ext&#233;rieurs ayant &#224; voir avec l&#8217;Europe comme l&#8217;Empire ottoman par exemple). Pour autant nous &#233;viterons les juxtapositions monographiques et mettrons l&#8216;accent sur les relations entre les protagonistes et les territoires de cet ensemble. Dans le respect de ces pr&#233;alables, nous lan&#231;ons un appel &#224; communications sur les th&#232;mes et questions suivants :1. Penser l&#8217;Empire et l&#8217;EuropeQuelles sont les acceptions des termes &#171; empire &#187; et &#171; Europe &#187; aux XVIIIe et XIXe si&#232;cles ? Qu&#8217;impliquent-elles dans les modes de penser les relations entre les peuples, les droits de l&#8217;homme, la souverainet&#233; nationale ? Comment sont envisag&#233;s les rapports entre union et domination dans les perspectives imp&#233;riales ? Dans quelle mesure peut-on parler d&#8217;un projet imp&#233;rial ou d&#8217;une improvisation dominatrice ? Discerne-t-on une pens&#233;e de la conjonction Empire/Europe ? Dans ces perspectives envisage-t-on des limites &#224; l&#8217;Empire et &#224; l&#8217;Europe ?2. Harmonisation et/ou unification &#233;conomique dans l&#8217;Europe imp&#233;riale ?Quelles furent les dimensions mat&#233;rielles d&#8217;une amorce d&#8217;Europe &#233;conomique : unification des march&#233;s, infrastructures, circulations mon&#233;taires, financi&#232;res ou techniques ? Quels furent les impacts des politiques fiscales ? Comment ont &#233;volu&#233; les pratiques des fronti&#232;res (contrebande, vie quotidienne&#8230;) dans les recompositions imp&#233;riales ? Aux diff&#233;rentes &#233;chelles, quels sont les red&#233;ploiements durables en termes de secteurs d&#8217;activit&#233;s, d&#8217;&#233;changes, de modes de d&#233;veloppement, etc. ? Quelle place faut-il faire &#224; la conjoncture dans ces &#233;volutions ?3. &#201;laboration, acceptation et refus des pouvoirs et des normesDes tests comme les &#233;lections, les recrutements et les comportements des autorit&#233;s ou des fonctionnaires, les enr&#244;lements, etc. indiquent-ils plut&#244;t des comportements de refus ou d&#8217;acceptation de l&#8217;emprise imp&#233;riale ? Comment s&#8217;op&#233;r&#232;rent les transpositions des normes fran&#231;aises : abolitions des droits f&#233;odaux, normes juridiques, notariales ? Dans quelle mesure des exp&#233;riences significatives en mati&#232;re d&#8217;&#233;ducation, de cultes, de f&#234;tes amalgament-elles habitus du cru et usages import&#233;s ? Quelles sont les diff&#233;renciations territoriales, sociales ou autres dans ces processus ?4. M&#233;moires d&#8217;Empire et appartenances europ&#233;ennesComment l&#8217;Empire a-t-il &#233;t&#233; pens&#233; et re&#231;u par les Europ&#233;ens des pays protagonistes ? Quel fut l&#8217;impact effectif des brassages europ&#233;ens de l&#8217;&#233;poque imp&#233;riale : grande arm&#233;e, travail, &#233;changes culturels, etc. ? Comment furent v&#233;cues la diversit&#233; et les pratiques linguistiques ? Dans quelle mesure l&#8217;Empire a-t-il produit des m&#233;moires partag&#233;es, conflictuelles ou communes ? Les r&#233;f&#233;rences &#224; la R&#233;volution fran&#231;aise furent-elles des facteurs de clivages ou de rapprochements dans ces m&#233;moires de l&#8217;Empire ? Les dynamiques entre les identit&#233;s plurielles (locales, r&#233;gionales) et nationales s&#8217;en trouv&#232;rent-elles profond&#233;ment modifi&#233;es ?Call for papersTo those interested in the centrifugal and unifying dynamics involved in modern Europe Napoleonian Empire is a problem : was it an experience of european construction?The question, as we know, partly arises from the Memorial of Saint Helena, in which Napoleon appears deeply concerned about administrative and legal harmonization, attached to the construction of a &#171; European association &#187;, a &#171; common nation &#187; ; even if the assertion has elements of myth, it nevertheless reveals the problematic of possible linkages, deliberate or implicit -and their limits-, within the Empire and within Europe.It is around this question that we propose a joint and international approach to contribute to a kind of historiographical revival, a continuation of the meetings and publications of From the Directoire to the Consulate &#8230; Therefore, we appeal for decompartmentalization to overcome the partitions, often inflexible, between the various fields of the Empire history (military history, national history or history of international relations, etc.) and to re-open partly-abandoned subjects (economic relations, cultural dynamics, and so on). We expect to examine the conflicting dimensions of the imperial enterprise itself and its heritages assumed or denied, quite apart from any concern of commemoration of the Napoleonic saga. The European scale imposes a refocus away from of France itself and integrates into the study the different circles, inside this first French Empire and on its borders (French &#8220;departments&#8221; in their various configurations, European allies or enemies but also other countries dealing with Europe such as the Ottoman Empire for instance). However, we shall avoid monographic juxtapositions and shall emphasize the relations between the protagonists and the territories of this group.In accordance with these prerequisites, we call for papers on the following topics and questions:1. Rethinking the Empire and EuropeHow are the terms &#8220;Empire&#8221; and &#8220;Europe&#8221; accepted in 18th and 19th centuries? What do they imply for modes of thinking, relations between people, human rights, national sovereignty? How are the relationships between union and domination seen from the imperial perspectives? To which extent can we speak of an imperial project or of improvised domination? Do we detect a notion of the connection Empire/Europe? In these perspectives are limits envisaged to the Empire and to Europe?2. Harmonization and/or economic unification in Imperial Europe?What were the material dimensions of the beginnings of economic Europe: unification of markets, infrastructures, currency, financial or technical movements? What were the impacts of fiscal policies? How did border practices evolve (smuggling, everyday life, etc) in the imperial reorganizations? On the various scales, what are the sustainable redeployments in terms of business sectors, exchanges, modes of development, etc.? What is the role of the economic situation in these developments?3. Elaboration, acceptance and refusal of powers and standardsDo tests such as elections, recruitment and the behaviours of authorities or officials, enlistment, etc., indicate refusal or acceptance of the imperial influence? How did the transformations of French standards take place: abolition of feudal rights, legal and notarial rules? In what measure do significant experiences in education, religions, holidays, combine local habits and imported customs? His Empire integrated elements from different european territories ? What are the territorial, social or other differentiations in these processes?4. Memories of the Empire and notions of belonging to EuropeHow was Empire thought and received by the Europeans of different countries? What was the effective impact of the European mingling in the imperial era: the Grande Arm&#233;e, employment, cultural exchanges, etc.? How was linguistic variety experienced in practice? To what extent did the Empire produce shared, conflicting or common memories? Were the references to the French Revolution factors of division or of linkage in these memories of the Empire? Were the dynamics between plural (local, regional) and national identities profoundly modified?Comit&#233; d&#8217;organisation/ Organizing Commmittee / Organisatiecomit&#233;:F. Antoine (Archives g&#233;n&#233;rales du Royaume, UL Bruxelles), S. Aprile (U. Lille 3-IRHiS), L. Brassart (U. Lille 3-IRHiS), M. de Oliveira (U. Lille 3-IRHiS), J.-J. Heirwegh (UL Bruxelles), J.-P. Jessenne (U. Lille 3-IRHiS), A. Jourdan (U. Amsterdam), R. Leboutte (U. Luxembourg), H. Leuwers (U. Lille 3-IRHiS), I. Moullier (ENS-LSH Lyon), N. Petiteau (U. Avignon).Comit&#233; scientifique / Scientific Committee_/ Wetenschappelijk comit&#233; :L. Antonielli (U. Milan), J.-R. Aymes (U. Paris 3), D. Bell (Princeton U.), J.-P. Bertaud (U. Paris 1), M. Biard (U. de Rouen), R. Blaufarb (Florida State U.), J.-O. Boudon (U. Paris 4, Institut Napol&#233;on), P. Bourdin (U. de Clermont-Ferrand), M. Broers (Oxford U.), W. Demel (U. M&#252;nich), A. Forrest (York U.), H. Hasquin (UL. Bruxelles) E. La Parra Lopez (U. Alicante), A.-M. Rao (U. Naples), M.P. Rey (U.Paris 1), P. Serna (U. Paris 1, IHRF). 