Nous facilitons les initiatives de rencontre entre le monde académique et le grand public à travers des événements variés en accès libre.
Conferences – July 2026
The OFXB Festival conferences
We are delighted to announce the lecture programme for OFXB, a cultural and scientific festival where astronomy, the performing arts, music, and inspiring encounters come together under the stars.
20 July – 2 August 2026
Saint-Luc and Tignousa – Val d’Anniviers, Switzerland
Conferences – May 2026
Mathilde Simon: “The Robustness of living systems and human societies: what plants teach us in the Anthropocene”
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 — 6:30 PM
Mathilde Simon will draw on the robustness of plants — grounded in adaptation, redundancy, and plasticity — to propose an alternative to performance-driven models. She invites us to rethink our societies from a more sustainable perspective, particularly in our relationship to time and resources. Wild foraging serves as a concrete example, rooted in attentiveness to ecosystems, sensitivity to natural cycles, and a relational approach to living beings, opening toward a form of ecospirituality.
Events – April 2026
Matthieu Juncker: «Alone in the Midst of Life?»
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 – 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Preview screening and discussion with Matthieu Juncker, marine biologist and director of the documentary “Alone on the Atoll: Diary of a Voluntary Castaway”
The documentary recounts his scientific and human adventure: living alone for 200 days on an uninhabited atoll in French Polynesia. His goal? To observe nature as closely as possible and bring back a unique account of an ecosystem that is both exceptional and vulnerable, and essential to preserve.
Conferences – March 2026
Anne Fremaux: “Going Beyond the Anthropocene”
Tuesday, 17 March 2026 – 6:30 pm
Anne Fremaux examines what it truly means to move beyond the Anthropocene, through a profound rethinking of our relationship with living beings and the Earth. She explores the need to reimagine our institutions, economies, and conceptions of “the good life,” opening the way toward a green republicanism that reconciles freedom, ecological justice, and responsibility toward future generations. An invitation to envision a post-capitalist future as the condition for a truly meaningful life.
Conferences – December 2025
Damien Delorme: “Can we experience the Anthropocene?”
Monday, 8 December 2025 – 6:30 pm
The conference explains that the Anthropocene, beyond its geological definition, also helps us understand how societies experience ecological crises. Environmental humanities offer various narratives (such as the Plantationocene or the Thermocene) that highlight the historical and social dimensions of these crises. Complementing Earth sciences, these approaches give meaning to our experience of the present and open the way to an ecological subjectivity focused on new ways of inhabiting the world.