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Wiedmer-Newman am Susan-Sontag-Denkmalplatz in Sarajewo. Sontags Zeit in der belagerten Stadt bildet Teil des Hintergrunds von Wiedmer-Newmans Dissertation

Culture of remembrance in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Dayton Peace Agreement

December 14, 2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the end of the Bosnian War. Two researchers from the University of Basel are examining how its consequences are perceived today, both locally and in the diaspora. One of them, eikones doctoral candidate Hella Wiedmer-Newman investigates the idiosyncratic and complex artistic and visual culture of remembrance in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Read a report on the research project in light of the current anniversary. more

In focus: Simon Tobias Bühler examines past societies in the Levant through mosaics

After studying Classical Archaeology and Art History in Basel, Simone Tobias Bühler completed his Master's degree in Cambridge. He has now returned to his former alma mater for his dissertation project, in which he is looking at mosaic paintings from the late antique eastern Levant, i.e. modern-day Jordan and Syria, between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD, and which he is carrying out as part of the "eikones" graduate program. The "In Focus" series presents the project in detail.
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10 Sep 2026 - 12 Sep 2026

Location: eikones Forum, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Yannick Nepomuk Fritz and Markus Krajewski

Events, Public event, Workshop

Intellectual Furniture: A (Pre-)History of Large Language Models

International workshop, hosted by Assisted Thinking [www.assisted-thinking.ch], funded by NOMIS Foundation, Zurich, organized by Markus Krajewski, Yannick Nepomuk Fritz

15 Sep 2026 - 17 Sep 2026

Location: eikones Forum, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Marlis Arnhold and Warja Tolstoj

Public event, Workshop

Fragile Images: Conceptions and Configurations of the Image

Joint Workshop of eikones and the ERC project FRAGILE IMAGES, Kiel University, Germany, organized by Marlis Arnhold (Kiel University) and Warja Tolstoj (eikones).

15 Sep 2026

Time: 18:15 - 19:30

Location: eikones Forum, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Workshop "Fragile Images" organized by eikones - Center for the Theory and History of the Image and the ERC project FRAGILE IMAGES, Kiel University, Germany

Public event, Guest lecture / Talk

Naturalism and Camouflage

Keynote Lecture by Caroline van Eck (University of Cambridge)

16 Sep 2026

Time: 18:15 - 19:30

Location: eikones Forum, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Workshop "Fragile Images" organized by eikones - Center for the Theory and History of the Image and the ERC project FRAGILE IMAGES, Kiel University, Germany

Events, Public event, Guest lecture / Talk