Schedule for the Day
- 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Opening Lecture by Pierre FRESNAULT-DERUELLE (University of Paris 1): Hergé’s Dupondts: Figurines from a Cabinet of Curiosities
Economics and Collecting
Session Chair: Michel PORRET
- 9:30–9:35 a.m.: Introduction
- 9:35 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.: Philippe MARION (UCLouvain): Collecting Tintin : Delightful Merchandise
- 9:55 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: Patrick VAN ROY (ULB): Rarity, Survival, and Value: A Quantitative Approach to the Market for Black-and-White Tintin Albums
- 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Questions from the audience and discussion
- 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Break
Publishing and Preservation
Roundtable. Moderator: Philippe FONTAINE
- 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: - Hugo RICOU (architect, collector) and Diederik VAN LEDE (attorney, collector): Toward a Comprehensive Catalog: The Definitive Reference for the Tintin Albums (1930–1965): Editions, Variants, Rarities, and the Creation of Value
—Jan VIAENE (restorer and paper artisan): Conservation—A Responsible and Sustainable Investment for the Future
— Garance RICOL (heritage curator and restorer): The Restoration of the Tintin Albums - 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Questions from the audience and discussion
- 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Lunch on your own
The Parodic
Relationship Session Chair: Olivier ROCHE
- 2:00 PM – 2:05 PM: Introduction
- 2:05 PM – 2:25 PM: Nicole BENKEMOUN (National Higher Institute for Teaching and Education): Hergé, the Great “Appropriator”
- 2:25 PM – 2:45 PM: Déborah WINTERSTEIN-GRACIANI (Laboratory for Human Spaces and Cultural Interactions): From Comic Panel to Prompt: Tintin , Memes, and AI—The Viral Metamorphosis of a Contemporary Myth
- 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Questions from the audience and discussion
- 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM: Break
Tintin Beyond the Centennial
: Roundtable Discussion. Moderator: Olivier DELCROIX
- 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM: - Renaud NATTIEZ (author, Les Amis de Hergé): Will Tintin Survive His Centennial?
- Patrice GUÉRIN (author, Les Amis de Hergé) and Benoît GRIMONPONT (author, Le Cercle Archibald): The Tintin Fans of Tomorrow. Some Ideas to Present to the Rights Holders to Encourage Young People to Read
Hergé - Olivier ROCHE (author, Les Amis de Hergé): Parodied, Imitated, Pirated: A Classic That’s Very Much Alive - 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.: Questions from the audience and discussion
- 5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Conclusion of the symposium by Fabrice PREYAT (ULB) and Jean-Louis TILLEUIL (UCLouvain / University of Lille) on behalf of the Scientific Committee