Psychiatrist, addictologist and writer Fatma Bouvet de la Maisonneuve offers an engaged clinical perspective on harassment, racism and the normalized spread of hate speech among young people. Drawing on what children and families share in consultation, she examines how school can mirror the violence of society while remaining a place where coexistence must be defended. Her talk also highlights ways to resist these dynamics through awareness, dialogue and collective responsibility.
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.
Fanny Herrero is one of France’s most acclaimed screenwriters, known for hit television series that combine sharp humour with emotional depth. A two-time Globe de Cristal winner, she has helped shape contemporary French serial storytelling.
This moderated conference explores her writing career and the creative choices behind Call My Agent!, Standing Up, and Call My Agent! The Movie. It examines how her work balances ensemble writing, wit, and human complexity, offering insight into the craft behind popular television.
In English.
Author Elisa Shua Dusapin presents a reflective talk based on her book Sauf la frontière, which recounts encounters across Lebanon and Jordan and reflections sparked by events near the Israel border. Free from moral simplifications, she examines violence, memory and movement with a luminous yet somber voice. The discussion explores how personal travel and literary inquiry illuminate complex regional realities and ethical ambiguity.
In French.
Dóra Kiss and Sonia Zoran come together in a moderated conversation that traces memory, migration and the search for belonging through literature. Drawing on their novels En beaux caractères and La Fille de sel, the two authors reflect on immigration, cultural dislocation and the desire to reconnect with family roots. Their personal journeys — one returning to Hungary with her elderly father, the other travelling through Dalmatia after her father’s death — open a nuanced discussion on origins, traces and inner anchor points.
Jean-Louis Johannides leads CRU, an open urban research group that explores the rapidly changing Praille-Acacias-Vernets territory. The workshop gathers walks, observations and field collections to collaboratively compose a prospective narrative set in 2047. Participants will practise narrative-foresight methods and collective writing through field research, creative exercises and group discussion. Architect and doctoral researcher Clément Mathey contributes perspectives on collective narration and futures approaches.
In French.
Pierre Zandrowicz, Emilie Valentin, Oriane Hurard and Marianne Levy-Leblond present Paradoxes, a case study developed by creators Maxime Donzel, Emilie Valentin and Pierre Zandrowicz. Their work examines how a series can be conceived and produced through a hybrid process combining live-action footage and generative AI tools.
The session explores the creative choices behind this audiovisual experiment, revealing how fiction is being rethought through new workflows, narrative forms and production methods. It addresses the implications of mixing human creativity with emerging technologies in contemporary series-making.
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