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international symposium <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

in memoriam<\/em> Hugues Heumen Tchana<\/a>
18-20 november 2026, paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16 and 17 november, pre-program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

museum visits in Paris and networking
open only to project members<\/p>\n\n\n\n

program<\/summary>\n

16.11.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


10:00 Visit of the permanent exhibition, mus\u00e9e de la musique, Cit\u00e9 de la musique Philharmonie de Paris.
With Thomas Guindeuil, curator of the African, American, Asian and Oceanic Collections, and Percussion.
Limited amount of places, upon registration only, open only to project members<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20:30 Maison des Afriques\/Fondation Lucien Paye
Evening with the association AlterNatives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17.11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:30 and 15:00 Visit of the exhibition Violence silencieuse.<\/em> Sous le regard de Rom\u00e9o Mivekannin<\/em> at mus\u00e9e du quai Branly Jacques Chirac
With Ga\u00eblle Beaujean, Head of the Africa Heritage Unit, curator of the exhibition.
Limited amount of places, upon registration only, open only to project members<\/em><\/em>, duration of the visit : one hour<\/em> each<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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18 november, mus\u00e9e du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac,
th\u00e9\u00e2tre Claude L\u00e9vi-Strauss<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

international conference of the Provenance Research Fund
in French and English, no simultaneous interpretation
public event, free entry with online registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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registration for in person participation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
program<\/summary>\n

9:30 welcoming participants<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

09:45 official opening of the symposium<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

opening remarks by the partner institutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15 can provenance research renew relationships? perspectives from museums and universities in Benin, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and Guinea<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

round table with
Francis Tagro<\/a>, mus\u00e9e des civilisations de C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and project AFRITEX
Amirou Cont\u00e9<\/a>, mus\u00e9e national de Guin\u00e9e and projects PROVGUI, REPATGUI
Didier Hou\u00e9noud\u00e9<\/a>, universit\u00e9 d\u2019Abomey-Calavi and projects MATRIMOINES\/REMATRIATIONS, AFRITEX, PROVGUI, REPATGUI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moderated by Chlo\u00e9 Leprince, France Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:15 provenance and restitutions: between independence and interdependence?<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

round table with
Elise Pape<\/a>, EHESS and project PROHUMSTRA
Lars Fr\u00fchsorge<\/a>, L\u00fcbeck Museums and project DIASKW
Adama Ayikou\u00e9<\/a>, minist\u00e8re du Tourisme, de la Culture et des Arts du Togo, projects PHOTOTOGO and PRESAT
Robyn Humphreys<\/a>, University of the Western Cape and project HERA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moderated by Elgas, RFI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:15 lunch offered by projet SPHINX Sorbonne Universit\u00e9 France 2030<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

upon invitation only<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:45 from pilot phase to results: figures and shared knowledge<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

activity report presented by Julie Sissia<\/a>, Provenance Research Fund and Centre Marc Bloch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00 collaborative provenance research<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

round table with
Marie-Yvonne Curtis<\/a>, universit\u00e9 Sonfonia Conakry and projects PROVGUI, REPATGUI
Louis Fagbohoun<\/a>, \u00c9cole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure de Natitingou and projects COULEURS, ODAYO
Daouda Keita<\/a>, mus\u00e9e national du Mali and project PROBAMA
Bernard M\u00fcller<\/a>, projects MATRIMOINES-REMATRIATIONS, PERFORM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moderated by Beno\u00eet de l\u2019Estoile<\/a>, mus\u00e9e du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac and project PROBAMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:00 what provenance research for the future?<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

round table with
Jean-Paul Lawson<\/a>, CY Cergy Paris Universit\u00e9 and projects AFRITEX, RESOTISSUS
Emmanuelle Cadet<\/a>, AlterNatives and project REPARER L\u2019ABSENCE
Jo\u00ebl Zouna<\/a>, Institut national d\u2019histoire de l\u2019art and projects AA2GM and PERFORM
Saskia Cousin<\/a>, universit\u00e9 Paris Nanterre and project MATRIMOINES\/REMATRIATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

moderated by Felicity Bodenstein<\/a>, Sorbonne Universit\u00e9 and Provenance Research Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:00 conference by Souleymane Bachir Diagne<\/a><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

conference by Souleymane Bachir Diagne<\/a>, Columbia University and Provenance Research Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:30 break<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

17:00 Un serpent au mus\u00e9e<\/em> by Zora Snake<\/a><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

performance introduced by Julie Peghini<\/a>, maison des Afriques\/fondation Lucien Paye and PERFORM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17:45 cocktail offered by minist\u00e8re de la Culture<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

upon invitation only<\/em><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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19 november, Institut national d’histoire de l’art,
salle Vasari<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

review of the 18 projects funded by the Provenance Research Fund
in French and English, no simultaneous interpretation
internal workshop, in person participation only for project members
free online participation upon registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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registration for online participation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
program<\/summary>\n

9:00 welcoming of participants<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

9:30 opening of the workshop<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

welcoming words by Marion Boudon-Machuel, INHA
introduction to the workshop by Ya\u00eblle Biro<\/a>, INHA and AA2GM<\/a>, and Julie Sissia<\/a>, Provenance Research Fund and Centre Marc Bloch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:45 materiality<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

moderated by Alexandre Girard-Muscagorry, INHA and MATRIMOINES\/REMATRIATION<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

pigments and colors<\/strong>
Louis Fagbohoun and the project team of ODAYO<\/a> and COULEURS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

textiles<\/strong>
Aboutou Konat\u00e9<\/a> and the project team of RESOTISSUS<\/a>
Avenir G\u00e9raldine Meikengang<\/a> and the project team of AFRITEX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

naturalia<\/em><\/strong>
S\u00edlvio Marcus de Souza Correa<\/a> and the CADEAU SENGHOR<\/a> project team
REPARER L\u2019ABSENCE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:15 coffee break<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

11:30 body, ceremony, performance, narratives<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

moderated by Richard Tsogang Fossi<\/a>, TU Berlin and AFRITEX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

hybrid objects, ancestral and human remains, rehumanisation<\/strong>
L\u00e9a Kemegne Simo and the project team of PROHUMSTRA<\/a>
Damiana Otoiu and the project team of HERA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

memories of bodies and gestures: narrating absence<\/strong>
PERFORM<\/a> and MATRIMOINES\/REMATRIATION<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:30 lunch offered by the provenance research fund<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

upon invitation only<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00 archives, plurality of the sources<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

moderated by Ya\u00eblle Biro<\/a>, INHA and AA2GM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

written, photographic<\/strong> and film archives<\/strong>
PHOTOTOGO<\/a> and PRESAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aur\u00e9lien Mvesso Nganti<\/a> and the project team of FANGBETI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

oral sources and methods of inquiry<\/strong>
Ismailou Bald\u00e9, REPATGUI<\/a>, PROVGUI<\/a> and PROBAMA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dealers and collectors<\/strong>
Richard Ntaka Bosenge<\/a> and the project team of DIASKW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

evening programme organised by partner institutions<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

16:00-18:00 \u201cl\u00e9gif\u00e9rer sur la protection des monuments et des objets d\u2019art dans les colonies, , INHA, salle Vasari<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

with <\/mark>Vincent Negri<\/a>, Centre national de la recherche scientifique and project REMATRIATION<\/a>
seminar \u201cLes arts d\u2019Afrique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale : spoliations, destructions, d\u00e9placements\u201d organised by Ya\u00eblle Biro<\/a>, INHA and project AA2GM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

more information here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:30-21:30 Dahomey<\/em> by Mati Diop, film screening and discussion at Sorbonne Universit\u00e9, campus Pierre et Marie Curie, grand auditorium<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

moderated by par Daniel Fi\u00e9vet<\/strong>, journalist at France Inter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

with
Felicity Bodenstein<\/strong>, Sorbonne Universit\u00e9 and Provenance Research Fund
Angelo Dan<\/strong>, ambassador of the Republic of Benin in France
Didier Hou\u00e9noud\u00e9,<\/strong> universit\u00e9 d\u2019Abomey-Calavi and MATRIMOINES\/REMATRIATIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

more information here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19:00-20:00 conference \u201cTrop voir, tout avoir. Le Louvre ou l\u2019hybris de l\u2019accumulation\u201d, La Chaire du Louvre \u201cFaut-il br\u00fbler le Louvre ?\u201d Non<\/em>, auditorium du Louvre Michel Laclotte<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

conference by B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Savoy, TU Berlin and Provenance Research Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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20 november, Cit\u00e9 internationale universitaire de Paris,
fondation des Etats-Unis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

public event, free entry with online registration
in French and English, no simultaneous interpretation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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registration for in person participation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
program<\/summary>\n

10:00 opening<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

welcoming words by Blandine Sorbe<\/strong>, Cit\u00e9 internationale universitaire de Paris
introduction to the study day by Julie Peghini<\/a>, Maison des Afriques and project PERFORM and Julie Sissia<\/a>, Provenance Research Fund and Centre Marc Bloch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15 provenance research. an emerging profession?<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

round table of the collectif pluridisciplinaire de recherche de provenance<\/a> with
Elie Affouda
Esther Vihounkpan<\/a>, Universit\u00e9 Cergy Paris and REMATRIATION
Marion Bertin<\/a>, ICOFOM and HERA
J\u00e9ronime Zanmassou
Marie Marquet<\/a>, independent researcher and COULEURS
H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Ivanoff<\/a>, mus\u00e9e du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac and PROBAMA

moderated by Soizic Le Cornec, collectif pluridisciplinaire de recherche de provenance<\/a> and mus\u00e9e du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:45 break<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

12:00 European-African museum cooperation: funding calls and future perspectives<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

round table with
Jan H\u00fcsgen<\/strong>, Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste tbc<\/em>
Jean-Luc Martinez<\/strong>, minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Europe et des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res
Val\u00e9rie Mouroux<\/strong>, minist\u00e8re de la Culture tbc<\/em>
Edwige Sauzon-Bouit<\/strong>, Expertise France

Moderation tbd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:30 lunch<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

15:00 connections, reconnections: fostering sustainable networks<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

round table with
Felicity Bodenstein<\/strong>, Sorbonne-Universit\u00e9 and Provenance Research Fund
Lennon Mhishi<\/strong>, university of British Columbia
Franck Pac\u00e9r\u00e9<\/strong>, R\u00e9union des Mus\u00e9es Publics du B\u00e9nin
Barbara Plankensteiner<\/strong>, MARKK and Provenance Research Fund

moderation tbd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:30 break<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

16:45 human rights, culture rights: can memories be appeased?<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nans M\u00e9ger<\/a>, lawyer and project PROHUMSTRA
Raymond J. Dowd<\/strong>, lawyer
Damiana Otoiu<\/a>, university of Bucharest and project HERA
Marina Nzila Mubusisi<\/a>, National Museum of Namibia and Provenance Research Fund

moderation tbd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:15 break<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

18:30 lecture by Felwine Sarr<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Felwine Sarr<\/strong>, Duke University after welcoming words by Joan Anfossi Divol<\/strong>, fondation des \u00c9tats-Unis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

upon registration<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20:30 African evening with reception and DJ<\/mark><\/h2>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n
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partners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

institutional partners of the event<\/strong>

mus\u00e9e du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Cit\u00e9 internationale universitaire de Paris, Sorbonne-Universit\u00e9, projet SPHINX France 2030, Institut national d’histoire de l’art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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with the support by<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maison des Afriques\/fondation Lucien Paye, Fondation des \u00c9tats-Unis, Fondation de l’Allemagne Maison Heinrich Heine, Fondation Suisse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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institutional partners of the Provenance Research Fund<\/strong>

Centre Marc Bloch, Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung f\u00fcr Kultur und Medien, Minist\u00e8re de la Culture, Minist\u00e8re de l’Europe et des affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, Bundesministeriumf\u00fcr Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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