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In 2017, a study predicted the merger of two stars. It was expected to produce a bright red nova visible from Earth in 2022. Astronomy enthusiasts rejoiced at the news, but the claim has since been disproved. Never mind, there’s plenty to contemplate and observe in our skies, as long as the night is clear […]

I did not expect to survive, / earth suppressing me. I didn’t expect / to waken again, to feel / in damp earth my body / able to respond again, remembering / after so long how to open again / in the cold light / of earliest spring- I didn’t expect to survive, / the […]

What’s the ideal city? Philosophers, historians, urban planners, archaeologists and other specialists will attempt to answer this question at a forthcoming symposium, La Ville idéale, Entre utopie et réalité, at the University of Lausanne. What did the ideal city look like in ancient times? A short journey from utopia to reality. For Plato,Atlantis undoubtedly represented […]

Lausanne’s film magazine is now available online! “Why “TRAVELLING J”? Because it didn’t exist. While there are several film magazines in Switzerland, none are written in French specifically for young people. As a popular art form, cinema touches every stratum of society. But film culture? “Travelling J”: the young, objective guide you need! […] In […]

A regular visitor to the Cinémathèque française during his stays in Paris, and a distinguished guest at the Cinémathèque suisse during the many celebrations of his films and work, Jean-Luc Godard has left behind him a unique legacy in the history of cinema. The Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne (Lausanne Cantonal and University Library) […]

Witchcraft trials have been the subject of academic study at the UNIL for several decades, and are now attracting renewed interest from the general public. In this context, the BCUL has a heritage that deserves to be (re-)discovered. A series of articles highlighting the treatises on witch-hunting and demonology that haunt the Réserve précieuse. We […]