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 Tintin Albums (1930–1965): Editions, Variants, Rarities, and the Construction of Value
Jan VIAENE (artisan paper restorer): Conservation: A Responsible and Sustainable Investment for the Future
Garance RICOL (heritage conservator-restorer), The Restoration of 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 enthusiasts 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 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. Closing remarks by Fabrice Preyat (ULB) and Jean-Louis Tilleuil (UCLouvain/University of Lille) on behalf of the Scientific Committee
- 6:00 p.m. Closing cocktail reception