9 - 2023 - Société Jersiaise

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Since its foundation in 1873, the Société has used publishing as means to share knowledge of Jersey’s history, culture and environment. Our publishing output forms a key part of our educational purpose.

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The Lord Coutanche Library supports the work of the Société Jersiaise by collecting and preserving material relating to Jersey's history, prehistory and natural environment.

Photographic Archive

The Photographic Archive (SJPA) contains over 125,000 items dating from the mid-1840s to the present day. It is the Island’s principal collection of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography

Field Archaeology

The Société Jersiaise archaeologist is privately funded by a generous benefactor, which is a wonderful gift, for which the Société Jersiaise are extremely grateful.
Blog Series

The “exhilarating journey” of change, modernisation and the future of the Société Jersiaise
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The Canadian Red Cross parcels that ‘saved Jersey lives’ during the Occupation
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Ès Jèrriais, en Jèrriais: The Société Scholar who taught himself Jersey’s indigenous language
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The Polymath’s Journey
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Rules & Reports
150 Years of Société Jersiaise

New Publication

Société are pleased to announce our latest publication Le Premier Livre de l’Histoire des Isles, written by Jean Poingdestre and translated by N. P Molyneux.

Archaeology Department

In addition to organizing the archaeology conference, Hervé participated in the 29th EAA (European Association of Archaeologists) Annual Meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the

Archaeology Conference

Our conference, titled “Archaeology in Jersey: Exploring the Future of Research” took place from September 8th to 10th, 2023. It was organized in collaboration with