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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Classical, jazz, rock, blues… music has always been a source of inspiration for writers. Numerous musical characters, real or fictional, and musical titles inhabit literature. And many musical instruments and trends become essential elements of the narrative. Sound art thus inspires writing, creation, inventiveness and the development of ideas. We’ve put together a selection of […]