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“Living things form complex, ambivalent relationships, sometimes involving opposition, sometimes antagonism, sometimes mutualism. This allows us to imagine differently the rich range of relationships we can have with the rest of living things.” (Baptiste Morizot, interview in Reporterrepublished May 11, 2023) In a world that is becoming less and less habitable, and whose modes of […]

According to specialist Michel Pastoureau, pink is not one of the colors listed by science in its own right. The history of pink, a second-rate color, is uncertain, elusive, fragile and ephemeral. In the West, pink first made its appearance in court dress in Renaissance Italy in the mid-13th century, then after the Great Black […]

To celebrate the centenary of Jean-Claude Hesselbarth (1925-2015), theassociation that “promotes […] the promotion and conservation of his drawings and paintings” invites you to discover the exhibition Jean-Claude Hesselbarth, l’ubac et l’adret. Living works at Espace Arlaud from September 5 to November 9, 2025. In 2016, the artist’s widow, Mrs. Liliane Annen-Hesselbarth, donated to the […]

In December 2024, the University of Grenoble’s ILCEA journal published an issue entitled Libraries outside the Empire: institutions and cultural practices in Russian-speaking exile (1870-1956). This publication is significant for the BCU Lausanne, as it devotes several articles to the Russian Library of Lausanne. The Russian Library of Lausanne operated as an independent library in […]

In line with the annual theme of Cultural Events, the collection managers at BCUL site Unithèque offer you a selection of documents on self-awareness, the world, and their existential impact. A selection of documents to discover – and borrow – at BCUL site Unithèque from October 18 to 14, 2018. Beyond this date, the selection […]

In connection with the UNIL Mysteries, the Unithèque collection managers are offering you a selection of documents on the history of emotions and their representations over the centuries. A thematic selection to discover on the Unithèque site from May 20 to June 2, 2019, as well as in the Renouvaud catalog. A thematic selection on […]