A conference about the figure of a historian member of the Action française tears the Institut de France apart

On October 20, during a solemn session, Antoine Triller, the perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences, publicly criticized the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences for hosting a colloquium on historian Jacques Bainville. This incident marks a significant breach of decorum within the Institut de France, which has existed for 230 years. Triller emphasized the independence of each academy while highlighting their shared history and collective responsibility. He expressed the Academy of Sciences' strong disapproval of the actions taken by the other academy.