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The BCUL is pleased to be associated once again with the Lausanne Bach Festival, offering a targeted selection of documents directly linked to the program of this 24th edition. Bach and his works will no longer hold any secrets for you! The BCUL puts music in the spotlight on the Riponne site: books, sheet music, […]

2022 is a year rich in celebrations for Egyptology. The bicentenary of Jean-François Champollion’s deciphering of the hieroglyphs and the centenary of Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings mark this year. In 1822, Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) announced that he had cracked the mystery of hieroglyphics in his famous Lettre […]

With the ecological transition, climate issues and biodiversity, cities are going to have to adapt and reinvent themselves. How can public spaces be designed to meet the challenges ahead? Scorching summers, heat islands: this year, cities are feeling the full brunt of climate change. It’s hard to escape the ambient heat of concrete and tar. […]

400 years ago, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Molière, one of France’s most illustrious comedians and playwrights, was born in Paris. We are taking this opportunity to pay tribute to him through a selection of documents, on display in the Agora of the BCUL, site Riponne, until January 2023. The selection is also available on eLectures. Why […]

We’ve now arrived at “Black November”, the name given to the penultimate month of the year to celebrate the race to find the best deals, in particular Black Friday, the last Friday in November. Since 1992, resistance to consumerism has been organized under the banner of Buy Nothing Day. This year’s event takes place on […]

Access 20 million documents from November 14, 2022 swisscoverySLSP’s search platform, with extended search. Renouvaud plusthe new interlibrary loan service. Renouvaud plus offers documents delivered in 3 days instead of 10 days for CHF 8.- and a loan period of 28 days, as well asan extension of BCUL collection locations to Unithèque, Internef, Riponne and […]