International appeal for a French Centre d'histoire internationale contemporaine
The BDIC is launching a a Support Network for the reunification of the BDIC Library (Bibliothèque de documentation internationale contemporaine - Paris, Nanterre) and its Museum (Musée d'histoire contemporaine - Paris, Hôtel des Invalides)
Freely open to all readers - students, historians, academics, journalists, documentary film makers, all those with an interest in contemporary history - the BDIC is not only a library and a documentation centre, but also a focal point for the diffusion of historical research, and a cultural institution with an international role.
But its current physical division into two parts (Library and Museum) has become a real obstacle to its future development and the fulfilment of its original purpose.
The reunification of the BDIC will help to offer better facilities to its many readers, historians and scholars, but also the wider public seeking a better understanding of contemporary issues.
Almost a century after the creation of the BDIC, a new Centre d'histoire internationale contemporaine will continue its original purpose into the 21st century.
Thanks to public funding, a pre-program for the construction of a new building has already begun and has been validated by all the relevant government ministries and authorities.The plan is for a new BDIC to be built in Nanterre, in a regeneration zone situated between the University and the town, to form a new prestigious scientific and cultural pole in western Paris.
Funding must now be secured rapidly for a new Centre d'histoire internationale contemporaine.
Detailed background information in French and English is available on the webpages of the Association des amis de la BDIC.
We need your help!
Back the BDIC appeal for a new BDIC and join its Support Network!
Please send your declaration of support to:
BDIC / Comité de parrainage, 6 Allée de l'Université
92001 Nanterre Cedex - France
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backs the appeal in favour of a new BDIC
This form can also be completed online, on the BDIC website (www.bdic.fr)
For more information, please contact Franck Veyron,
BDIC, Bibliothèque de documentation internationale contemporaine
6, Allée de l'Université 92001 Nanterre Cedex - France
Tel: +33 / (0)1.40.97.79.22
Fax: +33 / (0)1.40.97.79.40
URL: www.bdic.fr