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An emblematic monument of the city, a jewel of Gothic architecture, a place of worship and a witness to religious upheavals, Notre-Dame Cathedral has dominated the city of Lausanne for over seven centuries. To mark its 750th anniversary, the Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne is offering a selection of documents to help you (re)discover […]

When BCUL librarians are challenged, jostled, amused, transported or transformed by a document, they like to share it with users. They do this through “Bouches-à-oreille”, bookmarks placed in the documents available on our various sites. We've selected a few below to inspire you to pay us a visit.

To mark the anniversary of Élisée Reclus’s death, BCUL offers a selection of documents and the following text by Christophe Mager (University of Lausanne). Élisée Reclus died 120 years ago. And yet, at a time when university seminars on sustainability, ecological transition projects and calls for environmental justice are flourishing, we almost forget that many […]

All we have to do is mention train travel, and we’re transported to vast imaginary worlds. We think of the advent of the railroad in the early 19th century, and the development of rail networks that made vast lands accessible. We dream of crossing North America or India, or of the Trans-Siberian Railway linking Moscow […]

Less well known than his Abécédaire, or the essay he co-authored with Félix Gattari entitled Qu’est-ce que la philosophie? the lecture given by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze at the Université Paris 8 between 1979 and 1987 has nevertheless been recorded and transcribed in almost its entirety. Available in audio form on the BNF and Université […]

The end of the First World War sounded the death knell of the European monarchies and heralded a period of major upheaval. Faced with deteriorating living conditions, many Swiss citizens aspired to a more consensual decision-making system and greater social justice. From November 12 to 14, 1918, 250,000 workers, civil servants and workers from all […]