Conferences - Craftsmanship in Paris

Throughout the year, the Archives de Paris organize conferences in conjunction with the Comité d'histoire de la Ville (CHVP).

For a third season, the Archives de Paris and the Comité d'histoire continue their exploration of the Paris of crafts and arts and crafts, focusing on the ^19th and ^20th centuries. Lectures will examine the gestures and skills of craftsmen and their place in an industrializing economy.

Gestures, know-how and organization in contemporary Parisian trades

Thursdays, 5pm to 6:30pm.
Free lectures, without prior registration, subject to availability of 100 places.

• February 6, 2025
  The stage jewel and its archives as a reflection of live performance.
  by Anaëlle GOBINET-CHOUKROUN, PhD in art history, University of Strasbourg, ARCHE laboratory
• March 13, 2025
  Thejewelry and goldsmithing industry in Paris, 1860-1914: a social approach.
  by Samy MECELLAH, PhD student at Université Paris 1 Sorbonne - Centre d'histoire sociale des mondes contemporains
• March 27, 2025
  Art and industry in the heart of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine: the Desfossé et Karth wallpaper factory (1851-1947).
  by Armandine MALBOIS, PhD student in art history - EPHE - PSL, SAPRAT, École du Louvre
• April 10, 2025
  The upholsterer-decorator trade in ^19th-century Paris.
  by Justine LÉCUYER, PhD in art history, Sorbonne Université - Centre André-Chastel
• June 26, 2025
  Sylvie Gaudin (1950-1994), a contemporary glass painter in a century-old family studio in Montparnasse.
  by Soline MORIHAIN, PhD student in art history, Sorbonne Université - Centre André-Chastel

Practical information
Thursdays, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Free lectures, no advance registration required, subject to availability of 100 places.
Archives de Paris
18, boulevard Sérurier 75019 Paris
01 87 02 65 65