Ari Hoenig, widely recognized as a rhythmic innovator and pioneer of ‘melodic drumming’, leads the masterclass with his trio featuring guitarist Tom Ollendorff and bassist Conor Chaplin.
Drawing on the trio’s collective experience and musical chemistry, the session explores developing and expanding rhythmic vocabulary, improvisational language, and composition and arrangement skills, while offering practical approaches to interacting creatively with fellow musicians on stage.
Federico Novello, a postdoctoral researcher at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, leads this lecture within the seminar Occitan médiéval: introduction à la langue et à la littérature, directed by Professor Caterina Menichetti. The session explores how the First Crusade was recounted in Occitan, highlighting the literary and historical uses of language in medieval narrative traditions. It offers a focused look at the transmission of crusading memory through poetic and prose forms, as well as the cultural context that shaped these texts.
In French.
Dr Anne Edan, psychiatrist, together with psychologist Sarah del Goleto and Dr Matthias Kirschner, present a public series exploring psychosis and schizophrenia. Combining scientific knowledge, clinical experience and artistic approaches, the events examine early detection, intervention strategies and ways to reduce stigma. Speakers discuss diagnostic challenges, therapeutic options and lived experience to foster better understanding and change public attitudes.
In French.
Caroline Guignard, deputy curator for graphic arts and precious books at the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève, and a specialist in Hodler’s graphic work, presents the artist through his 241 notebooks of notes and sketches. Conserved at the MAH, these intimate documents shed light on Hodler’s daily sources of inspiration, his life, and his thought. The lecture also examines his relationship to religion and spirituality, offering a closer look at the inner world behind the work.
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.
Federico Novello, a postdoctoral researcher at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, leads this lecture within the seminar Occitan médiéval: introduction à la langue et à la littérature, directed by Professor Caterina Menichetti. The session explores how the First Crusade was recounted in Occitan, highlighting the literary and historical uses of language in medieval narrative traditions. It offers a focused look at the transmission of crusading memory through poetic and prose forms, as well as the cultural context that shaped these texts.
In French.
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.
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