The first proceedings of colloquia organized by the musée du quai Branly are on-line.

colloquia dedicated to anthropology and art history 

The department of research and teaching of the musée du quai Branly has offered one to two colloquia, of international importance, each year since its opening in 2006.

colloquium proceedings

These collective publications reproduce the discussions. The proceedings are composed of articles selected by the department team, in collaboration with the scientific directors of each of the events.

Art history and anthropology

• co-publication INHA / musée du quai Branly

The colloquium proposed addressing the relationships between art history and anthropology after the opening of the musée du quai Branly in Paris (June 2006). The method chosen was to invite art historians and anthropologists to jointly consider during the same colloquium works of art and their methods to understand them...

read Art history and anthropology colloquium proceedings

Publications in progress

Some past and future colloquia will soon be published on-line :

• From anatomical collections to religious objects: conservation and exhibition of human remains in museums” (colloquium held February 22 and 23, 2008)

• Performance, art and anthropology” (colloquium held March 11 and 12, 2009)

• Rituals and power at Teotihuacan” (colloquium held October 8 and 9, 2009)

• Black literature” (colloquium held January 29 and 30, 2010)