Jean-Baptiste Hugo

Headshot of Jean-Baptiste Hugo
High-Res Headshot, credit: photo@claude.ferrara62018

Barricades 2024 is pleased to announce Jean Baptiste Hugo as one of our Guests of Honour for this year’s convention.

Jean Baptiste Hugo is the great-great-grandson of Victor Hugo. He has extensively photographed Hugo’s home in exile on Guernsey, which Victor Hugo decorated following his own aesthetic philosophies–in particular, the journey from darkness into light, which we see reflected throughout Hugo’s literary career. M. Hugo will share his photographs and discuss Hauteville House as a physical realization of his ancestor’s ideas.

What is Barricades?

Barricades is an online conference focused on all aspects of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables and its various adaptations! Barricades held conferences in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Barricades will be back in 2026!

Previous Guests of Honour have included Bonnie Gleicher, Nemo Martin, David Montgomery and Jean Baptiste Hugo.