Sélections

Philipe Jaccottet and José-Flore Tappy in Grignan, 2012photo: Christophe Gallaz “Approaching death, one should be able to lean against it to see only the living.” La Semaison, 1991 An international poet, translator and literary critic, Philippe Jaccottet, along with Rousseau, Ramuz and Cendrars, is one of only four Swiss authors to have been published in […]

500 years ago, in 1520, navigator and explorer Fernand de Magellan discovered the strait that would bear his name, and thus launched the first-ever circumnavigation of the globe. Fascinated by expeditions to faraway lands, we take you on a journey through time, from great discoveries to more recent explorations, via famous canals, maritime routes and […]

You may have had the chance to admire the works of Jean-Jacques Sempé projected onto the walls and facades of Geneva (Un printemps avec Sempéexhibition organized by the Société de Lecture de Genève)? On a pandemic night, to be offered a glimmer of light in the surrounding darkness – wasn’t that the sign of a […]

Discover the third episode of Tour de danse. After tango and ballet, let yourself be carried away by rock! The music that has made generations of people dance! Who is one of rock’s greatest icons? Certainly Jim Douglas Morrison, aka Jim Morrison, who died 50 years ago. Essential member and singer of The Doors, artist […]

The series Dance Tour series continues. This time, you’ll be swinging! Discover the music of Louis Armstrong, the best ambassador of jazz for over 40 years. Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Dippermouth, Satchmo (short for satchel-mouth) or Pops for his wide mouth, has played a key role in music history since his death 50 years ago. It […]

The 2020-2021 academic year has come to an end, although most of it has taken place at a distance. As is customary at the University of Lausanne, it closes with the Dies Academicus ceremony, held under the banner of uncertainty. Among the three honorary doctorates awarded on this occasion, one, proposed by the Faculty of […]