The Winter School from the Ecole du Louvre
Candidatures : du 31 octobre au 21 novembre 2024.
Applications: October 31 to November 21, 2024.
Journée de rentrée
Mardi 14 janvier 2025 09h45Candidatures
Début des inscriptions 31 octobre 2024When?
On-Campus: January 14 – 24, 2025
Overview, key feature and objectives
The Winter School, based on the same concept as the Summer School, is an intensive educational program that will be organized in Paris (France) and offered in English.
A long time an instrument in the hands of art historians researching the History of collecting and of ownership of the most valued art objects, Provenance research has become in the last decade a tool and a method used by museums and heritage institutions worldwide and applied to all kind of collections. Issues such as authenticity and asserted ownership have been renewed and challenged by major ethical and historical questions related to the political and cultural contexts in which collections, mainly in Western countries, have been acquired, interpreted and displayed.
The Ecole du Louvre has taken stock of this emerging significant trend in museums and heritage practices and, consequently, has developed the first and still only interdisciplinary full MA program degree in France and now, a Winter School.
Key features and objectives include:
The main objective is to equip a new generation of museum and heritage professionals with a comprehensive set of tools and body of knowledge relating specifically to collecting art objects, ensuring their lawful circulation and transfer, studying their archives and documentation and, ultimately, fostering robust scientific responses to issues and challenges – including ethical issues- posed by the global context.
The other global objectives are :
- Intensive learning: allows participants to deepen their knowledge in a specific field over a short period of time.
- Skills enhancement: ideal for acquiring or strengthening specific skills, whether academic, professional, or personal.
- Networking: this short intensive program will attract participants from a variety of backgrounds, offering unique opportunities to network with peers, teachers and industry professionals.
- Exploring new subjects : allows participants to explore areas they might not have the opportunity to study during their university year.
Pre-requisites
This introductory level program offers an overall view of provenance research. It is suitable for students and young professionals initiated in art history and/or law, both in museums, international institutions and on the art market.
The program also welcomes applicants with experience in the field, who are seeking to refresh their skills, and to gain concrete real-life applications.
Assessment
This is an accredited program. Students seeking credit are encouraged to consult their home institution to validate credit transfer.
For those who’d like to be assessed, should they provide: Individual summary of the essential elements on one of the topics covered in the intensive program, with additional research.
Fees and funding
Fee information by email [email protected]
When your application is accepted, a mail will be sent to your email address to explain the process of payment.
How to apply?
To apply to the Winter School, please complete the online form below.
By November 21st, 2024, you will need to provide:
- An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- A short cover letter (1 page maximum)
A swift reply will be given by November 30th, 2024.
Contact us
Program
9:45 am
- Introduction to the Winter School by Ms. Claire Barbillon, Director of the Ecole du Louvre
- Welcome coffee
10:00 am-12:00 pm
- Presentation of Provenance Research curriculum within the core curriculum of the Ecole du Louvre, by Ms. Isabelle Anatole-Gabriel and Ms. Anne-Solène Rolland.
- Introduction to the Winter School: organization, schedule, field trips
- Students’ introduction round
2:00-4:00 pm
- General introduction:
- Definition and History of the notion of Provenance, by Ms. Catherine Chevillot
- Issues at stake with Provenance research in museum institutions, by Ms. Isabelle Anatole-Gabriel and Ms. Catherine Chevillot
5:00-6:30 pm
- The Counterfeit issue
- Visit at the Rodin Museum
9:30-11:00 am
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Cultural looting during World War II
Mr. David Zivie, Head of the mission for the research and restitution of Nazi-looted art held in French museums, French Ministry of Culture
11:00 am-12:30 pm
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Cultural Looting in Europe: Presentation by Vienna Museums of the Gurlitt cases (ZOOM)
Moderated by Ms. Emmanuelle Polack
2:30-4:30 pm
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Presentation of international mechanisms/data bases for tracing looting in war times: Irak, Syria, Ukraine
By Noémie Gundogar et Thomas Leclaire, OCBC (Central Office for Combating Trafficking in Cultural Property)
9:30-11:30 am
- Visit of Orsay Museum
2:00-4 :00 pm
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Visit of the Near Eastern antiquities department of the Louvre Museum
Mr. Morgan Belzic, Responsible for securing acquisition procedures. Member of the French archaeological mission in Libya, Musée du Louvre.
4:30-5:30 pm
- Wrap-up session
9:30-11:30 am
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Fighting illicit trafficking of archeological goods
Mr. Vincent Michel, Archaeologist
11:30 am-1:00 pm
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Methodology of provenance research: data management and digital tools
3:00-5:00 pm
Human remains & sacred objects: Policies of care and repatriation
- Human remains:
- Sacred objects:
Ms. Lise Puyo, Anthropologist, University of Paris-Nanterre
9:30-11.30 am
- Visit of Guimet Museum
2:00-4:00 pm
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Visit of the Musée de l’Homme
Ms. Aurélie Clemente Ruiz, Director of musée de l’Homme
9:30-11:30 am
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Provenance and memory: the role of the Archives
2:00-4:00 pm
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Museum and restitution
By Ms. Catherine Chevillot
9:30-11:30 am
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Study case: Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Ms. Anne-Solène Rolland, Director of Heritage and collection department, Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
1:30-3.30 pm
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War-takings and political agreements
Ms. Lucie Paraponaris, Provenance Research Manager, musée de l’Armée
Mr William Lotin, Lawyer, musée de l’Armée
4:00-5:00 pm
- Wrap-up session
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1-day visit to Brussels at Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale (AfricaMuseum)
By the director of AfricaMuseum
2:00pm – 4:00 pm
- Welcome coffee
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Final round table: Provenance as an ethical, diplomatic and political question: the way forward
With Ms. Nicole Berlin (Wellesley College), Mr. Franck Ogou (Ecole du Patrimoine Africain), Ms. Julie Sissia (Centre Marc Bloch), Ms. Isabelle Anatole-Gabriel, Ms. Catherine Chevillot, and Ms. Anne-Solène Rolland.
