Category: On Display

Democracy week, October 1-9: Reinventing democracy

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At the end of the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama believed that Western liberal democracy would become the universal form of government. However, the times they are a-changin, and today, it seems that history is repeating itself as a farce, with the 2020s bearing a striking resemblance to the 1930s. It’s not a surprise, then, that democracy has become a key topic in our collection. Here is a selection of timely resources by Catherine Brendow.

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Pride Month & Geneva Pride

~ Isabelle Vuillemin-Raval ~ Leave a comment

Geneva Pride is taking place in June as usual, with events starting on May 31 with an opening night, culminating with the parade on Saturday 7. But Pride Month doesn’t end there! Set in June after the Stonewall riots of 1969, it expanded outside of the USA more recently. On this occasion, a selection of titles related to the LGBT+ movement and gender studies is on display at the entrance of the library to celebrate the event.

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Children and their rights

~ Isabelle Vuillemin-Raval ~ Leave a comment

“We are of our childhood as we are from a country.” – Saint-Exupéry.
For a long time, children did not receive much attention in international relations studies. After the First World War, children were seen as the future of the world and some actors began to be concerned about their fate. Discover a selection of titles in the entrance of the Library.

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22nd UNESCO Week of Sound

~ Guillaume Pasquier ~ Leave a comment

Sound is all around us. It carries meaning through speech, and emotion through tone and music. The invention of radio, more than a century ago, changed the world, and the Internet gave this medium a new form through podcasts. Social science researchers, historians and anthropologists also use sound and recordings as research data or as the subject of their research, whether for oral histories or qualitative analysis.

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World AIDS day, December 1

A red ribbon with hands over a world map
~ Linda Leger ~ Leave a comment

World AIDS day is organised every year to raise awareness of the challenges faced by people living with this disease, remember those who lost their lives and be aware that in 2023, there were 39.9 million people living with HIV (https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/). Here is a selection of titles that can bring you to better understand the origins and issues faced by people living with AIDS. 

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