History of water

Posted on 19 June 2025 Sylvia Biro Sélections
On the bangs of the Festival Histoire et Cité, and in the wake of Gaïa’s focus on ecologies and the uses of the Earth, we offer you a new selection of documents on water and its many historical variations. Water, the source of life, nourishes our daily lives and enriches our imaginations. As we travel […]
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Ecologies de Gaïa

Posted on 19 June 2025 Maël Goarzin Sélections
Faced with the imminence of a global ecological crisis, we urgently need to rethink the way we use the Earth. This year, the Groupe Vaudois de Philosophie has decided to go beyond a simple acknowledgement of the catastrophe underway and yet to come, and to reflect on different ways of inhabiting the Earth: “We don’t […]
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Where to start? Four philosophy reading lists

Posted on 19 June 2025 Maël Goarzin Sélections
At the request of UNIL philosophy students, the teaching staff of the philosophy section have drawn up four reading lists. The aim is to enable students and the most inquisitive readers to explore some important philosophical works for themselves, and to delve more deeply into the various fields of philosophy on their own: ancient and […]
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Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance genius

Posted on 19 June 2025 Evelyne Campiche Sélections
2019 Year of Da Vinci The great Italian man is celebrated everywhere. From Florence to Amboise, via Martigny, Milan, Turin, Vinci, Venice and Paris. Numerous events and exhibitions pay tribute to him. Born in 1452 in Vinci, Tuscany, he learned painting and sculpture from Verrocchio in Florence. Misunderstood in Florence, he moved to Milan to […]
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History of series and stories in series

Posted on 19 June 2025 Joëlle Légeret Sélections
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 […]
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The evils of the gulag: personal accounts

Posted on 19 June 2025 Sylvia Biro Sélections
Many gulag survivors, having experienced suffering and degradation during their imprisonment, took up the pen after their liberation. Their stories, full of strength and courage, are invaluable testimonies. They provide an insight into the reality of survival conditions in Soviet camps, as well as into the innermost depths of the human soul. From March 3 […]
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