The Sack of the Summer Palace, Second Opium War
Lecture by Bernard Brizay, historian and journalist. With its looting and burning in October 1860, the destruction of the Summer Palace in Beijing (the Yuanmingyuan) entered and remains [...]
Portrait of a collector of objects in 18th-century Seoul
Lecture by Daeyol KIM, University Professor, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO). In certain 18th-century paintings, notably those by KIM Hongdo [...]
Neither completely gone, nor completely here. Living with the dead
A study day will be held in the Cernuschi Museum auditorium from 12:15 PM to 18:00 PM. Six presentations will bring together researchers to discuss the many ways of living with the deceased, including presence, [...]
Laos: Sovereignty as a key issue for a landlocked country
Lecture by Anne Fort, Chief Curator of Heritage, in charge of the Central and Southeast Asian collections at the Cernuschi Museum. As part of the annual trip of the Society of [...]
From the mountains of Sichuan to the gardens of Malmaison: the history of the Chinese rose in France, between the search for Chinese otherness and the construction of a French identity
Lecture by Diane Margerit, a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, specializing in history and geography, and a senior civil servant who has worked in urban planning and heritage. This lecture [...]
Daido Moriyama to the letter
Lecture at 18:00 PM by Jean-Kenta GAUTHIER, specialist in Japanese photography, who sits on the selection committee for the Paris Photo galleries and participates in the Paris Photo and Art fairs [...]
The art of metal in Vietnam: renewal of forms under French influence at the beginning of the 19th century
Lecture at 18:00 PM by Anne Fort, Chief Curator of Heritage, in charge of the Central and Southeast Asian collections at the Cernuschi Museum. On the occasion of the Vietnamese summer which [...]
The scholar's stones can speak, but do you know how to listen to them?
Lecture at 18:00 PM by Joseph Roussel, member of the SAMC, researcher specializing in scholar's rocks. Mysterious and fascinating, scholar's rocks have been admired in China for over a century.
The Noh stage, a landscape open to dreams
Lecture at 18:00 PM by Véronique Brindeau, author and professor of Japanese music history at INALCO. In Noh theatre, the stage is a simple cypress wood platform. The text is the only element [...]
The circulation of knowledge between France and China in the 20th century
Lecture at 18:00 PM by Stéphanie Homola, anthropologist and research fellow. Stéphanie Homola's work on the circulation of knowledge between France and China in the 20th century focuses [...]
