Thursday 19 March, 15:00

Poetic Music and Musical Poetry

Free

This workshop explores the interplay between music and poetry through guided listening, close reading, and creative writing exercises. Participants examine rhythmic patterns, sound devices, and melodic structures that shape poetic forms, then apply these techniques to compose musical poems or short songs. Sessions introduce methods for translating sonic textures into language, encourage experimentation with prosody and repetition, and offer strategies for developing original pieces rooted in musical awareness.

In French.

Place des Trois-Perdrix 5,
1204 Genève

Photo Credit: DR

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Photo Credit: DR

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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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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6 – 15 March

FIFDH – Geneva International Film and Forum Festival on Human Rights

Independent Cinema Lectures & Workshops

Multiple locations

Since 2003, FIFDH has combined cinema with the promotion of human rights, presenting socially conscious films alongside debates and discussions that engage activists, journalists, artists, diplomats, and the public. Held across multiple venues in Geneva, including the UN, theaters, museums, and hospitals, the festival showcases feature films and documentaries that highlight human rights struggles worldwide, encouraging dialogue, reflection, and action. FIFDH has welcomed Nobel laureates, renowned filmmakers, and leading voices in activism, making it a unique platform where art and advocacy intersect.

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7 – 8 March

Writing for Theatre with Rémi De Vos

Lectures & Workshops

Maison Rousseau

Alongside the CLEO production at Théâtre Am Stram Gramm, Rémi De Vos will lead a theater writing workshop at Maison Rousseau et Littérature. Over two days, participants will engage in practical exercises to explore why some writings are suited for the stage while others may present challenges. This friendly workshop offers a chance to benefit from De Vos’s expertise and delve into the process of writing for theater.

In French.

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Saturday 7 March, 14:00

FIFDH: Is Europe at War?

Independent Cinema Lectures & Workshops

Théâtre Pitoëff

A screening of the documentary Facing War, offering rare access to the inner workings of NATO as the war in Ukraine reshapes the global balance, followed by a timely debate asking: Is Europe at war? Amid Russia’s hybrid warfare, Europe’s massive rearmament and the growing fragility of Western alliances, diplomats, journalists and experts question the coherence and credibility of Europe’s political and military responses to an increasingly unstable geopolitical order.

Discussions are interpreted in French and English; the film is in English and Norwegian, with French and English subtitles.

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Saturday 7 March, 15:00

FIFDH: How Can Europe Resist Re-Fascisation?

Independent Cinema Lectures & Workshops

Théâtre Pitoëff

A screening of Meloni Rising, which traces Giorgia Meloni’s rapid ascent and the normalisation of far-right politics in Italy, followed by a sharp debate asking how Europe can resist re-fascisation. Historians and activists unpack the forces hollowing out democracy—from attacks on civil rights to the erosion of the rule of law—through feminist, anti-racist and decolonial lenses.

Discussions are interpreted in English and French; the film is in French, Italian and English, with French and English subtitles.

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