Sylvie Lindeperg and Maurine Mercier delve into how war narratives—spanning reportage, propaganda, and fiction—shape the understanding of conflicts and document their many memories. This event, in collaboration with the University of Music, where students will provide a musical welcome, is moderated by Alexis Favre. It is part of the Rencontres des Délices series, designed to reflect on past and present political and collective violence.
In French.
This session offers personalised research support from professional librarians to help develop accurate bibliographies for exams and assignments. Librarians guide selection of authoritative sources, citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago), database searching strategies, and reference-management techniques. Participants learn to structure references, apply citation norms consistently, evaluate sources critically, manage citations with digital tools, and streamline literature searches to enhance academic writing and citation accuracy.
Photographer and traveler Simon Edelstein presents his new book Les cinémas en Inde — un patrimoine exceptionnel, a photographic report on traditional cinemas across the Indian subcontinent. Drawing on years of fieldwork, Edelstein examines the architecture, social life and memory of these cinema spaces, combining visual study with historical sensitivity. The session includes a discussion of his research and photographic approach and a short reading from the book.
In French.
This international conference at the University of Geneva reflects on thirty years of research into drawing and painting in 15th–16th-century France. It revisits the impact of key earlier scholarship, especially the 1993–94 exhibition Quand la peinture était dans les livres, and considers how the field has evolved since then. The event highlights new methodologies, recent discoveries, and changing perspectives on artistic practices, production contexts, and networks in Renaissance France.
Pierre Baumgart, a naturalist artist and author of the book Prête‑moi ta plume, invites readers into his attentive practice. He explores how simple gestures—walking, observing and waiting—open a small breach in daily life so that birds and moments of wonder enter his sketchbook. The session focuses on a way of seeing more than on technical instruction, offering a quiet pause to relearn to look closely at what is near.
In French.
This interactive memory challenge invites participants to test their memory while exploring practical ways to preserve biodiversity based on Geneva’s municipal strategy. Players match “before-and-after” images that illustrate individual and institutional actions, and each correct pair reveals concise information explaining the measure. The activity examines themes such as habitat restoration, species-friendly practices, urban greening and policy responses, helping participants understand the impact and rationale behind everyday and organisational conservation choices.
Cartoonist Gérald Herrmann, long associated with the Tribune de Genève, signs copies of his album Dernier album avant l’IA (Éditions Slatkine, novembre 2025). The book gathers four decades of press cartoons and offers an ironic yet humanist perspective on current affairs. Herrmann’s drawings reflect social and political shifts with sharp humour and attentive observation, inviting reflection on the role of satire today.
In French.
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