Conferences and video conferences

March 2025

Thursday, March 19, 6:30 p.m., Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris: lecture “Gagaku, ‘musica practica’ for the heart and body” by Seiko Suzuki.

February 2026

Friday, February 20, starting at 1:30 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: event in tribute to Robert van Gulik (lecture and roundtable discussion).

Monday, February 9, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d’Heidelbach: lecture on the book The Early Middle Ages in China by its author, Pablo Blitstein.

2024

Friday, December 13, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture by Manuela Moscatiello, head of the decorative arts collections after 1800 at the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, on her latest book, "The Refinement of Kyoto: Prints and Paintings by Katô Teruhide," followed by a book signing.

Monday, December 9, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture by Nicolas Engel, curator of the Afghanistan-Pakistan collections at the Musée Guimet.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture by Faith Beasley on the book "Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal: Enlightening Conversations on India in the Time of the Sun King," followed by a book signing. Book signings

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture by Pierre Sevaistre on the book “Christians and Japanese: A History of Catholicism in Japan,” followed by a book signing.

Thursday, September 19, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture by Étienne de la Vaissière on the book “Central Asia 300-850: Routes and Kingdoms,” followed by a book signing.

Sunday, June 23, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Musée Guimet: conversation at the Musée Guimet between Yan Pei Ming and Donatien Grau, followed by a book signing at the museum shop.

Thursday, June 13, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Musée Guimet: “Meeting with Richard” Kan,” honorary member of the SAMG and one of the world’s leading collectors of monochrome Chinese porcelain (translated in English)

Monday, June 3, 2024, 6:30 p.m., Zoom (online): videoconference “100 Years After the Indochina School, Where Is Contemporary Vietnamese Art Heading?” by Linh An, founder of Asian Art Bridge

Monday, May 27, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d'Heidelbach: A discussion about the book “Japan - The Flight Towards Modernity” with Pierre-Antoine Donnet, former editor-in-chief of Agence France-Presse, followed by a book signing at the museum shop.

Thursday, May 16, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d'Heidelbach: A lecture, “EMILE GUIMET (1836-1918): Founder of the Guimet Museum,” with Hubert Guimet, Emile Guimet’s great-grandson.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 6:30 p.m., Zoom (online): A videoconference on the book “Kenzô Tange & the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts” with Adrien Bossard, Director of the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts and the Lympia Cultural Center.

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d'Heidelbach: a discussion about the book “The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World” with Marie Favereau, academic and co-curator of the Genghis Khan exhibition in Nantes, followed by a book signing at the museum shop.

Friday, April 19, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Musée Guimet: Lecture “Chinese Monochromes” with Claire Déléry, Curator of the Chinese Ceramics Department at the Musée Guimet, as part of the Musée Guimet’s upcoming major exhibition, “At the Heart of Color.” Masterpieces of Chinese Monochrome Porcelain (8th-18th centuries) – June 12 to September 16, 2024.

Monday, March 18, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: Lecture “Narrating and Collecting India from the 13th to the 20th Century” with Samuel Berthet, researcher at the Centre for Human Sciences in New Delhi and specialist in political and cultural history.

Thursday, February 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: Discussion about the book “China in Detail” with Françoise Sabban, Emeritus Director of Studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS).

Saturday, January 20, 2024, 2:30 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: Meet Jean-Luc Coatalem, author of the book “A Room at the Mekong Hotel,” followed by a book signing at the Museum bookstore.

2023

Friday, December 1, 2023, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture “Painted Ceramics of the 15th-16th Centuries: The Ink Bottle” by Pierre Baptiste, Chief Curator of Heritage – Southeast Asia Section at the Guimet Museum

Thursday, November 30, 2023, 11:00 a.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: lecture on Xuanzang by Jean-Pierre Drège: “From India to China: Portrait of a Transmitter of Buddhism”

Friday, October 13, 2023, 2:30 p.m., Pelliot Room at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture by Muriel Jolivet, author of the book “The Last Shamans of Japan: Encounters with the Invisible in the Land of the Rising Sun”

Monday, September 25, 2023, 2:00 p.m.: lecture “How is China Preparing for the Olympic Games?” By Jean Loh

Thursday, May 25, 2023, 2:00 PM, Auditorium of the Guimet Museum, in partnership with AFAO and Les Belles Lettres: lecture on "Ayurveda, Between Origin and Current Relevance" by Michel Angot

Thursday, April 20, 2023, 10:30 AM, Salon Pelliot of the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture "Treasures of Himalayan Art in the Collections of the Guimet Museum" by Thierry Zéphir, Research Engineer – Himalayan World Section at the Guimet Museum

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 6:00 PM, online via Zoom: videoconference on "The Departmental Museum of Asian Arts in Nice" by Adrien Bossard, Heritage Curator and Director of the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts in Nice

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 6:00 PM, via Zoom: videoconference "Collections and Collectors of Chinese Art at the Museum of Arts "Decorative Arts" by Béatrice Quette, curator in charge of Asian and non-Western collections at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

2021

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 2:30 p.m.: lecture by Mr. Jean Loh: "Chinese photography: from birth to death?" An Attempt at a Critical Retrospective

Monday, November 8, 2021, 6:00 PM: Videoconference by Mr. Pierre Haski: "The New Cold War in Asia"

Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 6:00 PM: Videoconference by Mr. Quentin Devers, Research Fellow, Archaeology of Ladakh, Research Center on the Civilizations of East Asia, CNRS, on the theme "A History of Ladakh Through Its Archaeological Heritage"

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 6:00 PM: Videoconference by Ms. Sophie Makariou, President of the Guimet Museum, on the theme "Afghan Heritage, 20 Years Later"

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 6:00 PM: Videoconference by Christine Cayol on the theme: "Creating and Drawing Inspiration in China"

Thursday, March 25, 2021, 6:00 PM: Videoconference by Lorène Durret, Director of the Friends of Marc Riboud Association, "Marc Riboud's Journey to the Orient, 1955-1957"

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 6:00 p.m.: Videoconference by Vincent Lefèvre, Chief Curator of Heritage and Director of Conservation and Collections at the Guimet Museum, "Human Portraits and Divine Images in India"

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 6:00 p.m.: Videoconference by Sophie Makariou, President of the Guimet Museum, "From Yesterday's 'Philosophical Factory' to Today's Forum: The Legacy of Emile Guimet's Project"

Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 6:00 p.m.: Videoconference by Cyrille Javary, "Yin Yang, the Treble Clef of Chinese Thought"

2025

Monday, December 15, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d’Heidelbach: lecture “Yabusame, Galloping Towards the Gods” by Jean Donnadieu.

Friday, November 28, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Guimet Museum: lecture “The Diplomat and the Return of Asia to the International Stage” by Claude Blanchemaison, former French Ambassador to Vietnam, India, and Russia.

Friday, October 24, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Guimet Museum: “Pierre Loti’s Orient,” a presentation by Gilles Luneau, journalist and filmmaker, and Alain Quella-Villéger, historian.

Monday, September 1, 2:30 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: “France - Cambodia: Such a Long Friendship” by Jacques Pellet, former French Ambassador to Cambodia.

Tuesday, September 2, 2:30 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: Lecture by Pierre Baptiste, Director of Collections and Conservation at the Guimet Museum and co-curator of the exhibition “Royal Bronzes of Angkor, an Art of the Divine.”

Thursday, July 3, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: “Representations of Real Landscapes in Korean Painting” by Maël Bellec, Curator of Chinese and Korean Arts at the Cernuschi Museum | Museum of Asian Arts of the City of Paris.

Wednesday, June 4, 7:00 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: “8th Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature”

Friday, June 6, 6:00 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: “Rendez-vous aux Jardins – An Initiatory Journey in the Taoist Mountains”

Tuesday, June 17, 6:15 p.m., National Institute of Art History: “A Masterpiece of Qing Dynasty Chinese Cartography at the INHA”

Thursday, June 26, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: “Indonesia Through the Lens of Photography 1860–1890” by Pascale Jacquemin

Wednesday, May 14, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture on “Chinese Porcelain Pagodas” by Delphine Miroudot, curator in charge of extra-European collections at the National Ceramics Museum in Sèvres, and Louise Détrez, Curator of Ancient Ceramics and Glassware at the National Library of France (BnF)

Friday, May 23, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture on “The Reuse of Coromandel Lacquer by European Cabinetmakers in the 18th Century” by Nicole Brugier of Ateliers Brugier

Saturday, May 24, 2025, 2:00 p.m., Auditorium of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: “Monsieur Loo and the Asian Art Collections: Life, Heritage, and Ethics” by our President, Geraldine Lenain

Wednesday, April 30, 8:00 p.m., Guimet Museum: film screening: “Davy Chou’s Golden Sleep”

Monday, April 29, 6:00 p.m., Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris: Opening conference for the exhibition "The Ecology of Things"

Friday, April 25, 8 p.m., and Saturday, April 26, 4 p.m., Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris : Performance "Tap into the Light"

Friday, April 18, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: Conference on the book "The Great Game - Beijing Facing Central Asia"

Tuesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m., on Zoom: Conference "News from the Museum of Asian Arts in Nice: Current and Upcoming Exhibitions and Projects," including the exhibition on the Chinese artist Sanyu, "The Line at Work," by Adrien Bossard, Director of the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts and the Lympia Cultural Center in Nice

Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 p.m., Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris: conference “Exhibitions, a way to understand the world”

Wednesday, March 12, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: Conference "The HikarIA Project: Artificial Intelligence at the Service of the Study and Enhancement of Old Photographs of Japan"

Thursday, February 27, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: Conference by Jean-David Levitte "A Life with China"

Saturday, February 22, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Guimet Museum: Launch of the lecture series on Asian religions, dedicated this semester to Southeast Asia, with 5 lectures from March to June on different themes

Wednesday, February 12, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: Conference "Travelers of Hell." Figures of History and Legend in the Paintings of the Ten Kings of the Chinese Dark World by Vincent Durand-Dastès

Thursday, February 6, 7:30 p.m., Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris : Film screening of "Du rififi chez les samouraïs" (Warring Clans)

Monday, February 3, 2:00 p.m., Bibliothèque Nationale de France (François Mitterrand site, Small Auditorium): Off-site lecture "Where Does Chinese Power Stand? An Overview"

Monday, January 27, 2025, 2:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Musée Guimet: Lecture on the book "Les Arts Moghols" with Jean-Baptiste Clais, Corinne Lefèvre, Amina Okada, and Harit Joshi. Followed by a book signing at the Musée Guimet shop.

Thursday, January 23, 5:30 p.m., Bibliothèque Nationale de France (François Mitterrand site, room 70): off-site conference "Extraordinary Journey in Asia (Literary translations of Jules Verne in Japan, China and Vietnam)"

2022

Friday, December 16, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. in the Salon Pelliot of the Hôtel Heidelbach: Lecture “Afghanistan and the Guimet Museum: A Century of Archaeology and Exchange” by Nicolas Engel, Curator of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Collections at the Guimet Museum

Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. in the Salon Pelliot of the Hôtel Heidelbach: Lecture “Travels of Furniture Styles from China.” "Towards Europe and Vice Versa: A Mutual Admiration" by Laurent Colson

Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom: Videoconference by Martina Köppel-Yang, co-curator of Yang Jiechang's carte blanche exhibition at the Guimet Museum, on contemporary Chinese art: "There Is No Ink / L'encre n'existe pas. Réflexions sur une matrice culturelle"

Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. – Hôtel Heidelbach, Salon Pelliot: Lecture "Porcelain, Textiles, and Furniture of the East India Companies: Chinese and Indian Decorative Arts, Reflections of the Crossroads of Worlds" by Brigitte Nicolas, Chief Curator of Heritage, Director of the Museum of the East India Company in Lorient

Thursday, June 9, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. – Guimet Museum Auditorium: Lecture "Pierre Loti, Traveler in Asia" by Jean-Claude Perrier, Writer-journalist, Editor of the complete travelogues of Pierre Loti (7 volumes published by Classiques Arthaud)

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 6:00 PM: Videoconference “Emile Guimet and Asian Arts at the Musée des Confluences” by Hélène Lafont-Couturier, Director of the Musée des Confluences in Lyon

Thursday, April 14, 2022, 2:30 PM, Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d’Heidelbach: Lecture “The Last Maharaja of Indore” by Géraldine Lenain, President of the Friends of the Guimet Museum

Thursday, March 10, 2022, 2:30 PM, Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d’Heidelbach: Lecture “Sociability in Scholars’ Gardens in Ancient China” by Antoine Gournay, Professor of Art History and Archaeology The Far East, Sorbonne University

Thursday, February 10, 2022, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel d’Heidelbach: lecture “André Malraux’s Indian Paradox” by Jean-Claude Perrier, journalist, writer, publisher, and traveler

Thursday, January 20, 2022, 6:00 p.m.: videoconference “Hampi: Sacred India, Glorious India” by Professor Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat and Vasundhara Kavali-Filliozat on Hampi, followed by a book signing

2020

Friday, October 16, 2020, 2:30 p.m., Guimet Museum Auditorium: lecture on "The Last 40 Years That Transformed China," by Caroline Puel, author and specialist in China and contemporary Chinese art.

Thursday, September 17, 2020, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture "Coromandel Lacquer Screens," by Nicole Brugier.

Thursday, February 6, 2020, 2:30 p.m., Salon Pelliot at the Hôtel Heidelbach: lecture "Emile Guimet and the History of the Guimet Museums," by Hubert Guimet.

Monday, January 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m., at the Maisons du Voyage: lecture "François Boucher's Imagined China."