Resources and advice for students and researchers
The Library shouldn’t just be about work. Some of our special collections are also here to help you enjoy your time in Geneva – especially when you’re staying for the holidays. Let’s talk about games with Guillaume Pasquier, our resident board games expert.
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“Women and Dissent Dressing is an exhibition created as a part of the course titles “Visual Archives of Violence”. The series of exhibits displaying recreated costumes worn by women in six movements (Black Panther Party protests, Pussyhat project, March against repression, the Green Wave, the Headscarf protests and the Handmaid’s Tale protests) offer an opportunity to extend conversations around visuality and violence to analyse acts of resistance. This is also an avenue to discuss the importance of group identities, symbolic clothing, and anonymity within protests and other acts of resistance. Join us to celebrate these brave women.”
The exhibition is taking place in Salon Davis, 13-20 December 2019.
“This edited volume is a compilation of the analyses written by East Asian Institute experts on Hong Kong since the handover. It covers most, if not all the important events that have taken place in Hong Kong since 1997, including its economic integration and relations with China, its governance conundrums, the Hong Kong identity and nation-building, the implementation of the minimum wage, and the elections from 2011–2012.
The book’s panoramic view of Hong Kong makes it a useful resource for readers who seek a broad understanding of the city and how it has evolved after its return to China. It also offers some glimpses into the direction Hong Kong is heading in its socio-economic relations with China at both the state and society levels, as well as its domestic political developments and the prospects for democratization.”
Publisher: Hackensack, NJ, World Scientific, 2013
Call number: 951.231.7 HEIA 96347
Illustration (cropped and edited): Hong Kong, Cloud City by Andy Leung (Pixabay license)
This is the trailer episode in a series by students of the Graduate Institute, featuring (by order of appearance) Joshua Thew, Michelle Olguin Flückliger, Anna Ploeg, and Samhita Bharadwaj. This series will present the research, initiatives, and lives of students and other partners at the Graduate Institute.
Continue reading “Introducing Geneva Intl. – the Graduate Institute Students’ Podcast Initiative”
On Friday 6 December at 10:00, the Graduate Institute library will officially introduce its Right Livelihood Award collection. It holds works from or on laureates of the Right Livelihood Awards, conferred by the Right Livelihood Foundation, whose Geneva office is located in the Maison de la Paix. David Suzuki, a Canadian environmental activist, was awarded this prize in 2009. As the COP 25 is starting in Madrid, this is a good opportunity for us to present one of his books, dealing with the burning question of climate change.
“Climate change is the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving it. So, what do we do, and is there hope for humanity? The problem itself is complex, and there’s no single solution. But by understanding the barriers to resolving global warming and by employing a wide range of solutions—from shifting to clean energy to planting trees to reforming agricultural practices—we can get the world back on track.
Just Cool It is David Suzuki at his most passionate. In this book, he offers a comprehensive look at the current state of climate science and knowledge and the many ways to resolve the climate crisis, imploring us to do what’s necessary to live in a better, cleaner future. When enough people demand action, change starts happening—and this time, it could be monumental.”
Publisher: Vancouver, Greystone Books, 2017
Call number: 577.22 HEILIVE 90
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