Discover hidden treasures from a museum’s graphic arts collection, including prints, drawings and rare books from Europe and beyond. An art historian welcomes visitors and offers close encounters with works on paper, facilitating insight into techniques, themes and historical context. This edition focuses on the notebooks and drawings of Rodolphe Töpffer, linked to his zigzag travels, and examines how sketching shaped his visual narratives.
In French.
Sun Tzu taught us the art of war. Renowned political scientist Bertrand Badie invites us to consider what we might gain if we finally learned the art of peace. Drawing on his latest book, The Art of Peace, he explores how dialogue, cooperation, and collective action can help shape a different approach to conflict and international relations.
The Geneva Peace Forum brings together decision-makers, experts, civil society and international organisations to reflect on today’s most pressing challenges around peace and conflict prevention.
In partnership with the Geneva Peace Forum.
In French.
Hyacinthe Ravet, professor of sociomusicology at Sorbonne University’s Faculty of Letters and researcher at the Institut de Recherche en Musicologie, presents “What Is an Orchestra? Sociomusicological Enquiries.” Drawing on thirty years of field research inside orchestras, she examines individual career paths, the processes that produce collective cohesion, and the identity of the ensemble. The lecture offers analytical perspectives on authority, collaboration and musical practice within orchestral life.
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.
This event explores monetary policy in the Euro Area, examining the European Central Bank’s role, the challenges facing policymakers, and the key economic factors shaping interest rate decisions and price stability.
In English.
An invited artist curates a 90-minute listening set drawn from the MEG’s Marco Botta sound collection. Nearly 5,000 LPs—mostly from the 1960s and 1970s—are mined for hidden grooves, rare labels and global sound textures. The performance reanimates archival recordings into a live sonic narrative, folding analog warmth, surprising juxtapositions and tactile vinyl crackle into an intimate, exploratory experience. It foregrounds listening as an active, communal act and offers new perspectives on musical memory.
David Basler, editor and founder of a Swiss comics publishing house, recounts the origin and impact of his work bringing French-language bande dessinée to German-speaking Switzerland. Marked by a 1978 encounter with Gérald Poussin, Basler published the first title Zig Zag Zoug in 1981 and went on to release over 400 volumes, including works by Jacques Tardi and Marjane Satrapi. This lecture examines editorial strategy, cultural translation, and the challenges of publishing comics in a different linguistic area.
In French.
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