Monday 12 October, 17:30

Living the Night: Affects and Resistance

Free

Chowra Makaremi, anthropologist and author, and Çağla Aykaç, researcher and lecturer at HEAD–Genève, bring combined expertise in border studies, feminist theory and participatory pedagogy.

This conversation examines how affects circulate through bodies and inform practices of resistance and mourning within oppressive systems and sites of confinement. It explores how individual experiences feed collective mobilizations and artistic research from feminist and non‑Eurocentric perspectives.

In French.

Chemin du 23-Août 5,
1205 Genève

Photo Credit: Farah Fayyad

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Photo Credit: Farah Fayyad

Sunday 11 October, 16:00

In Praise of Ageing

Lectures & Workshops

MAH

Journalist Céline Argento convenes writers and cultural figures to question prevailing attitudes toward ageing. She foregrounds voices that challenge stereotypes and celebrate the complexity and agency of later life.

The discussion examines representations of ageing through photography and testimony, highlighting Ghislaine Heger’s SILVER POWER portraits of grey‑haired women and Amanda Castillo’s investigation into societal pressures on women to resist ageing. The session explores beauty, autonomy and alternative narratives of maturity.

In French.

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28 January – 23 December

Create Your Own Rousseau-Style Herbarium

Lectures & Workshops

Jardin botanique

This workshop explores the traditional process of assembling a herbarium specimen, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s collections. Participants learn scientific techniques for pressing and mounting dried plants on old paper, practice botanical labelling and nomenclature, and select specimens to create a personal herbarium sheet. The session examines preservation methods, identification principles and the historical context of Rousseau’s approach, combining practical skills with scientific insight to produce a lasting botanical object.

In French.

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22 September – 15 December

Worlds in Contact: Circulation and Exchange in Antiquity

Lectures & Workshops

Uni Dufour

The Department of Ancient Studies at the Faculty of Humanities (UNIGE) is offering a series of public lectures dedicated to interactions, exchanges, and cultural dynamics in the ancient world. Faculty members and researchers will explore diplomatic relations, the movement of objects, religious and linguistic influences, and issues of identity at the crossroads of the Mediterranean and the ancient Near East.

In French.

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3 – 11 October

Democracy Week 2026

Lectures & Workshops

Multiple locations

The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy is pleased to invite you to Democracy Week 2026, a series of public events organised in collaboration with the Geneva Chancellery of State. Bringing together academics, policymakers, journalists, civil society actors and the wider public, this initiative creates a space for dialogue on the opportunities and challenges facing democracy today.

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28 January – 23 December

Our Biodiversity: Memory game

Lectures & Workshops

Jardin botanique

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.

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12 October – 1 November

Christoffer Ellegaard – Le grand Méli-Mélo

Lectures & Workshops

Point Favre

Christoffer Ellegaard, artist and illustrator born in 1988 in Elsinore (Denmark) and based in Geneva, trained at the HEAD and the Hochschule Luzern. His drawing and painting practice is recognised for the finesse of its line and the poetry of its images; he exhibits in Switzerland and internationally and regularly publishes illustrated books.

This workshop invites participants and the public to explore body and character through exercises and experiments. Each participant makes a head, a torso and legs that can be freely combined to give life to a multitude of surprising hybrid characters.

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Living the Night: Affects and Resistance