Conceptualised and produced by nineteen students from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilisations, under the supervision of three of their professors, the exhibition Beyond the Human in China and Japan aims to showcase artworks and artifacts that are rarely presented to the public, through photographs and texts written by the students themselves. It is accompanied by an 82-page catalogue.
From 5 May to 26 September 2025
2nd floor of the Bibliothèque des Grands Moulins
5 rue Thomas Mann 75013 Paris
Gardien de tombe © Paris Musées / Musée Cernuschi, musée des arts de l’Asie de la Ville de Paris
From 5 May to 26 September 2025, on the 2nd floor of the Bibliothèque des Grands Moulins (5 rue Thomas Mann 75013 Paris)
The exhibition Beyond the Human in China and Japan presents a selection of objects held in Parisian institutions (Bibliothèque d’études chinoises du Collège de France, Bibliothèque du Musée des Arts décoratifs, Musée Cernuschi, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac), which bear witness to the relationship between humans and their environment. The notion of the beyond is considered in all its dimensions: spatial, religious and, more broadly, symbolic.
The exhibition and an accompanying 82-page catalogue are part of the “Initiation to Asian Heritage: From Studying to Exhibiting Artwork” project, which won the Faculty of Societies and Humanities Call for Projects 2025 Award.
Curation of the exhibition, scenography, production and installation:
Alice Bianchi (Chinese Studies), Ken Daimaru (Japanese Studies) and Marianne Simon-Oikawa (Japanese Studies)
With Loïc André (M1 Japanese Studies), Nawal Bargach (M1 Japanese Studies), Arnaud Bounmanithstarelh (M1 Japanese Studies), Louise Declercq (L1 Korean Studies), Khadidiatou Djitte (L1 Korean Studies), Nael El Mhassani (M1 History), Matéo Favier (M1 Japanese Studies), Violette Giro (M1 Japanese Studies), Adèle Joyeux (M1 Japanese Studies), Tristan Le Bihan (M1 Japanese Studies), Liu Xin (M1 Chinese Studies), Laura Luong (M1 Japanese Studies), Martin Leyendecker (M1 Japanese Studies), Marie Masclet (M2 Japanese Studies), Julia Quinkal (L2 Chinese Studies), Bérangère Roche (L2 Japanese Studies), Cerise Shimizu (M1 Japanese Studies), Clara Vambre (L2 Chinese Studies) and Mingyao Xia (M1 Chinese Studies)
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