Thursday 30 April, 18:30

A Landscape So Full of Melody

MAH

Booking Required

Isabelle Burkhalter, cultural mediator, offers concise contextual and musical insights to orient listeners and clarify interpretive aspects of the piece.

This twenty-minute introductory session focuses on a single Haydn work, examining structure, motifs, phrasing, and historical context. Burkhalter discusses interpretive choices by Quatuor Terpsycordes, highlights listening cues, and illuminates themes that deepen appreciation of the performance and situates the piece within Haydn’s oeuvre and stylistic evolution.

In French.

Rue Charles-GALLAND 2,
1206 Genève

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Tuesday 17 March, 18:30

Jean Morély and Jean Calvin: Heresy and Authority

Lectures & Workshops

Musée de la Réforme

Nicolas Thiry, MA (University of Geneva), specializes in the early phase of the Wars of Religion with a focus on Béarn and Navarre in the sixteenth century. He teaches secondary school and works as a cultural mediator.

This lecture examines Jean Morély’s challenge to Calvinist discipline, exploring his advocacy for more democratic church governance and active lay participation. It investigates why Jeanne d’Albret granted him a platform and how his ideas threatened to split the French-speaking Reformation, revealing tensions between authority and popular religious practice.

In French.

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Tuesday 17 March, 18:00

The Fugitive — Book Launch

Lectures & Workshops

Librairie du Boulevard

Serge Bimpage will lead the reading and discussion, facilitating audience exchange and textual analysis around Alain Renoult’s prose and themes.

The novel tells of a mother who abandons her child and flees beyond time; the child, left alone in the apartment, sustains an interior monologue that seeks reassurance and imagines the worst. The session examines themes of abandonment, temporality, trauma and narrative voice, and investigates how language conveys psychological depth.

In French.

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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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18 and 25 March

Electronic Creatures

Lectures & Workshops

Bibliothèque de la Cité

This two‑afternoon workshop teaches upcycling and basic soldering as participants build creatures from recycled electronic components. Attendees learn soldering techniques, circuit basics and hands‑on assembly while developing personal narratives for their creations. The sessions explore how naming and classification shape our understanding of living forms, prompting reflection on taxonomy, creativity and the relationship between DIY practice, science and art.

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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18 – 22 March

Geneva Book Fair — 40th Edition

Cool Stuff Lectures & Workshops

Palexpo

Join a wide literary gathering bringing together nearly 800 authors for meetings, signings and themed exhibitions. Guests of honour include Laure Adler, Patrick Chappatte, Hélène Dorion and Douglas Kennedy. The programme offers photo and drawing displays, storytelling and creative workshops, mystery trails, dictations, dedicated youth areas and the presentation of six literary and artistic prizes. Designed for readers of all ages, the fair fosters exchange, discovery and community around books and ideas.

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A Landscape So Full of Melody