Film of the week: “The Lives of Others”, by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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“The horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don’t always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more…”

132 mns, 2007
Call number: 943 LIV

Book of the Week: “The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts”

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By Harriet Allsopp and Wladimir van Wilgenburg (I.B.Tauris, 2019), ISBN 9781838604455

“Based on unprecedented access to Kurdish-governed areas of Syria, including exclusive interviews with administration officials and civilian surveys, this book sheds light on the socio-political landscape of this minority group and the various political factions vying to speak for them.
The first English-language book to capture the momentous transformations that have occurred since 2011, the authors move beyond idealized images of Rojava and the Kurdish PYD (Democratic Union Party) to provide a nuanced assessment of the Kurdish autonomous experience and the prospects for self-rule in Syria. The book draws on unparalleled field research, as well as analysis of the literature on the evolution of Kurdish politics and the Syrian war. You will understand why the PYD-led project in Syria split the Kurdish political movement and how other representative structures amongst Syria’s Kurds fared. Emerging clearly are the complex range of views about pre-existing, current and future governance structures.”

Available under call number 323.1(569.1), HEIA 125534 

Illustration from book cover

Cinéma, enseignement et bibliothèque : entretien croisé avec deux professeurs

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La Bibliothèque encourage et soutient les professeurs, les chercheurs et les étudiants qui utilisent le cinéma dans leur travail, en tant qu’objet d’analyse ou simple médium. Elle leur met à disposition une collection riche de plus de 3500 DVD, des outils de diffusion et de partage comme le site communautaire VIMEO et les invite à effectuer des propositions d’achat. Riccardo Bocco, professeur d’anthropologie et sociologie, ainsi que Davide Rodogno, professeur d’histoire internationale, témoignent.

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