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The public course “…en séries…” of the Centre interdisciplinaire d’étude des littératures (CIEL) of the University of Lausanne is dedicated this fall semester 2019 to serial narrative and to literary, cinematographic and artistic series. In conjunction with this public course, the collection managers at the Unithèque website offer you a selection of documents on serial […]

1770 saw the birth of one of the world’s greatest composers, Ludwig van Beethoven. Neither classical nor romantic, Beethoven is simply Beethoven, and his figure rises like a colossus straddling the two centuries. The young Beethoven arrived on the musical scene during a favorable historical period. He inherited from Haydn, one of his teachers in […]

Many of you responded to our survey conducted in 2018, and we’ve tried to meet many of your expectations. For students, we have changed the tables in the galleries and provided more electrical outlets. We have also installed PrintUnil on all our photocopiers, enabling students, teachers and researchers to use the printing credits offered by […]

Beethoven is everywhere, an icon who has left an infinite mark. His music is reused in many contexts and situations. It can be found in jazz, pop or rock arrangements, in auteur cinema, but also in advertising, played on a loop in elevators or as a ringtone on telephones. An arrangement of the Ode to […]

To coincide with the signing of an agreement between the International Alliance for the Protection of Cultural Property in Conflict Zones(ALIPH) and the Collart-Palmyra project of the Institut d’archéologie et des sciences de l’antiquité(IASA), the head of the Antiquarian Sciences collection presents a selection of documents on the Syrian city of Palmyra. Discover this thematic […]

In 2019, six authors have been honored with a place in the Unithèque philosophy collection! For the 20th century, Daniel Dennett, Pierre Hadot, Ivan Illich and Peter Singer now have a place in the open access section. For the 21st century, Alexandre Jollien and François Jullien have joined Slavoj Žižek, the first author to have […]