The Geneva Challenge is an international competition launched by the Geneva Graduate Institute in 2014, thanks to the vision and generosity of Ambassador Jenö Staehelin and the patronage of the late Kofi Annan. This contest brings together graduate students from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives to provide innovative and pragmatic solutions to some of the world’s complex challenges.
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.
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.
Two men from Algeria, one a believing and practising Muslim and the other shaped by Islamic culture yet deeply secular, engage in an open conversation about the challenges facing Muslim identity in contemporary Swiss society. Their exchange examines faith, belonging, and the tension between religious practice and secular life. Rather than becoming a dead-end clash, the discussion opens moments of hope and offers a nuanced view of the Islamic world, far removed from familiar stereotypes.
Front Row, founded in 2023 by Tara Mabiala and Camille Farrah Buhler, develops a curatorial and editorial practice around fashion, producing events, interviews and archival projects and was awarded the 2024 Swiss Design Award.
This two-part workshop invites participants to bring an emotionally significant garment and to document its traces—wear, stains, labels, memories—through image, text, drawing, video, collage and movement. The group then reflects on collective archiving and devises forms of public restitution based on participants’ intentions.
In French.
Leonor Cuahonte holds a doctorate in art history from the Sorbonne and specializes in Mexican modern and contemporary architecture. A curator and independent researcher, she has worked and taught in Mexico, France and Germany.
This lecture examines Frida Kahlo’s work through the Mexican Day of the Dead tradition, exploring themes of identity, memory and celebration. Cuahonte investigates how cultural rituals inform Kahlo’s symbolism and examines intersections between personal biography, national history and artistic expression.
In French.
Veronika Liebl and Jenny Thibault take part in this discussion marking 30 years of collaboration between Ars Electronica and the Société des arts technologiques (SAT). Their perspectives connect artistic experimentation, cultural innovation, and the evolving role of technology in creative practice.
The session examines how AI and digital tools are reshaping the conditions for artistic production, and asks how institutions can continue to support experimentation while anticipating the next decades of extended realities.
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