The colloquium will be held in the Salle du Conseil of the Hôtel Pinet, 15 Rue de l'Hôtel Dieu, Poitiers. Hôtel Pinet, the building of which was completed in 1668 by Jean Pinet, the Receiver General of finances at the time, has previously been a residence of the King, a criminal court, a civil and military hospice and a seminary. It is today the headquarters of the presidence of the University of Poitiers.