Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, historian and lecturer at UNIGE, and Damiano Matasci, historian and scientific collaborator at UNIGE, present the main findings of the collective volume Genève (post)coloniale (Georg, 2025). The conference examines Geneva’s and its inhabitants’ roles in the colonial era, the legacies of that involvement, and the political and diplomatic issues linked to decolonizations. It offers critical reading keys to approach a sensitive subject fueling public debate.
In French.
Dmitri Petrov, author of Le Jour des parents, presents his book written in homage to his son, Dmitri junior, an internationalist anarchist fighter killed in Bakhmut in 2023.
This session pairs a screening of the documentary Le Chemin de la liberté (directors Pierre Chamechaude and Christophe Cordier) with a conversation. It examines the motivations and ethical tensions of internationalist volunteers in Ukraine, reflects on personal loss and collective memory, and explores how testimony and film reveal forms of wartime solidarity.
In French.
Facilitated by coaches from Big Bloom, this collaborative hackathon gathers leaders, managers, employees and students to tackle workplace burnout through collective problem-solving.
Participants investigate causes like mental overload and performance culture, ideate and prototype practical interventions to detect early signs and redesign workloads and rhythms. The session emphasizes actionable strategies for organizations to preserve team energy and implement tested, scalable solutions.
In French.
Featuring invited speakers Wajdi Mouawad, Dominique Eddé, Nathalie Piégay and Agnès Giard, the series gathers voices from literature, theory and cultural research to reflect on love’s complexities.
Presentations examine the courage of not loving, love as a life‑force, literary and theoretical discourses, and contemporary forms of attachment including artificial loves in Japan, probing how public dialogue and interdisciplinary inquiry sustain critical humanist perspectives.
In French.
These Pilates sessions draw inspiration from artworks to promote wellbeing through movement, breath and mindful presence. The practice explores how visual art can shape bodily awareness, combining gentle physical exercises with breathwork to improve posture, reduce tension and enhance concentration. Participants examine posture alignment, controlled movement and embodied attention, gaining practical strategies to integrate mindful movement into daily routines and foster a calmer, more attentive relationship with their body and surroundings.
In French.
Facilitated by Big Bloom coaches, participants will experiment with collective intelligence methods to tackle managerial challenges in workplace mental health and co-develop practical responses.
The morning workshop examines the manager’s role as first responder to team distress, exploring strategies to support staff without personal exhaustion. Through empathy, ideation, prototyping and pitching, multidisciplinary participants collaborate to generate concrete, deployable tools and policies that strengthen managerial capacity and collective wellbeing.
In French.
Colum McCann, the Irish novelist and author of numerous acclaimed works, presents Twist, a gripping study of technology, isolation and human fragility. The novel dives beneath the surface of the west African coast to examine the fragile network of fibre‑optic cables that carry global information and the human stories entwined with them. McCann explores connection, disconnection and environmental and social consequences with piercing insight. The session will be moderated by Clare O’Dea.
In English.
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