Colloquiums
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Symposium, Aachen, August 2026
Continuing the tradition and spirit of symposia organized in recent years—notably the one held at the Palace of Versailles as part of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games—the World Horse Library seized the excellent opportunity presented by the World Equestrian Championships …
14 September 2026
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Symposium: 'From Charlemagne to the CHIO Aachen — A Journey on Horseback
Why has Germany dominated world dressage for 50 years? From Charlemagne to the CHIO Aachen — A Journey on Horseback => August 17, 2026, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Centre Charlemagne, Katschhof 1, Aachen In keeping with the spirit of …
20 July 2026
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Oliveira Symposium, october 2025
The World Horse Library has just commemorated the anniversary of the birth of the Portuguese horseman Nuno Oliveira (1825-1989). A "powerful" personality, nurtured from his youth with the principles of classical horsemanship drawn from the library of Manuel de Barros, …
20 October 2025
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Centenary of Nuno Oliveira’s Birth – Symposium
The World Horse Library is pleased to invite you to a new event, this time to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Nuno Oliveira (1925–1989). The event will take place on Friday, October 17 2025, in Saumur, within the …
04 June 2025
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Symposium, Olympic Games, Versailles, August 2024
Recording of the conference "Equestrian Sports: Games and Stakes — The Horse at the Château de Versailles from the 17th Century to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games" Opening Laurent Salomé, Alain Francqueville, Pascal Buléon, Igmar de Vos - The horse …
02 September 2024
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Conference — “Equestrian sports: Games and challenges”
The horse at the Palace of Versailles from the 17th century to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games World Horse Library Conference, August 1, 2024, Château de Versailles. Program Morning (9:00 a.m.) Opening of the conference by Ingmar de Vos, President …
10 May 2024
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An Italian-style colloquium, sept 2022
"Kidnapped", "in the stride", "lightly", these were the expressions heard at the end of the colloquium organised by the Bibliothèque Mondiale du cheval, thanks to the support of the Italian Equestrian Federation (FISE) and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). …
26 September 2022
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For the well-being of the horse - Latin equitation from the Renaissance to the future
World Horse Library Symposium – September 19 To follow the conference live: https://www.fise.it/federazione/live-streaming.html Venue: Hall of Honour of the Coni - Rome Starts: 19/09/2022 - 09:00 Ends: 19/09/2022 - 17:00 Italy takes the initiative After Paris, at Hermès in 2019, …
15 September 2022
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The certainty of an original treaty written by an unknown horseman
On 2 December, the MRSH in Caen will be hosting the second colloquium of La Bibliothèque Mondiale du Cheval, a project it has been developing for nearly four years. The first, on the works of Xenophon presented by Alexandre Blaineau, …
17 November 2021
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Colloquium, Sieur de Lugny, Caen, December 2021
Discovering a French Renaissance squire, Sieur de Lugny The morning was devoted entirely to the discovery of a French equerry of the Renaissance, Louis de Chardon, Sieur de Lugny, author in 1597 of a manuscript treatise on horsemanship and hippiatrics …
12 February 2021
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The reception of the book Art équestre, by Xenophon
How did Xenophon’s book “Art équestre ” come down to us? What was its influence on the writers who have dealt with this subject, and particularly on the Renaissance squires, most of them being Italian? This is probably the most …
06 December 2019
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Colloquium, Xenophon, December 2019
COLLOQUIUM JENOFONTE, Paris December 4 (9.30) «Xenophon’s Treatise on Equestrian Art: Otherness or Modernity? » The World Horse Library (University-MRSH of Caen) will present on December 4 in Paris, a colloquium on the work of Xenophon, studied and commented on …
25 November 2019
