TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AT THE FESCH LIBRARY +Added to my favoriteItem already present

Presentation

To mark the 300th anniversary of Pascal Paoli's birth, the exhibition will look at this great historical figure through the informed eyes of Dorothy Carrington, writer and donor to the Fesch Library. Visitors will be able to discover a selection of Lady Rose's personal archives, complemented by previously unpublished documents from the Fesch Library's 18th and 19th century Corsican collections.

Over the next three months, the Library is offering visitors the chance to meet Lady Rose and her intellectual legacy in archaeology, ethnology, history, myth and literature. The exhibition is free of charge and can be viewed during library opening hours, Monday to Friday, from 1.30pm to 5.30pm.

The joyful mix of documents and intimate objects (teapot, typewriter) alongside his handwritten and photographic archives may come as a surprise. But it is in the image of Lady Rose scribbling and drawing in her notebooks "her discoveries", collecting photographs, newspaper cuttings and congratulatory cards in her albums. The literate woman, on the other hand, can be seen behind her personal library of books that cradled her childhood, nurtured the aspiring writer and accompanied the researcher in her favourite subjects. Among them, the historic figure of Pascal Paoli played an important role as she began her scientific research.

To uncover Dorothy Carrington's legacy, a team was formed:

Francis Beretti, Associate Professor of English, Emeritus Professor at the University of Corsica

Pascale Sageaud, Associate Professor of English, Faculty of Law and Economics, Limoges

Hélène Paolini-Saez, Director of the Regional Archaeology Laboratory

Joseph Cesari, Archaeology Curator, DRAC

To illustrate the exhibition, a series of lectures will be given. It will begin with a talk by Pascale Sageaud, Professor of English, on "Dorothy Carrington, an explorer of inner and outer worlds" on Thursday 30 October at 5.30pm in the Heritage Library. Free admission subject to availability (maximum 50 places).