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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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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).

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

What We See Looks Back at Us: Gaze Relations in Pompeian Wall Painting

Keynote Lecture by Annette Haug, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, PI of the ERC Advanced Grants FRAGILE IMAGES

28 Sep 2026

Time: 18:15 - 20:00

Location: Forum eikones, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
eikones - Center for the Theory and History of the Image, University of Basel and the NOMIS Foundation

Events, Public event, Guest lecture / Talk

Ecological Encounters: Skin, Cognition and Technology

NOMIS Lecture by Janina Wellmann

02 Oct 2026 - 03 Oct 2026

Location: eikones Forum, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
eikones, Zentrum für die Theorie und Geschichte des Bildes, David Bucheli and Olexii Kuchanskyi, supported by the FAG (Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel)

Public event, Congress / Conference / Symposium

Ecologies of Mind in the Cold War

In the work of Gregory Bateson, psychological and ecological thinking meet in ways that were, in many respects, paradigmatic for the mind sciences and psychopolitics of the Cold War era. Organized by David Bucheli and Olexii Kuchanskyi,…

08 Oct 2026

Time: 18:15

Location: Kunsthistorisches Seminar, St. Alban-Graben 8, 4051 Basel, Vortragsraum Nr. 131

Organizer:
Kunsthistorisches Seminar, Bereich Mittelalter

Public event

Forumsvortrag «Sound Art History und die klanglichen Dimensionen des Ambos in Aachen» mit Joanna Olchawa

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04 Apr 2023 / Research

Friederike Zenker: Das Tier im Bild

eikonesCenter for the Theory and History of the Image

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

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

Fragile Images: Conceptions and Configurations of the Image

What We See Looks Back at Us: Gaze Relations in Pompeian Wall Painting

Ecological Encounters: Skin, Cognition and Technology

Ecologies of Mind in the Cold War

Forumsvortrag «Sound Art History und die klanglichen Dimensionen des Ambos in Aachen» mit Joanna Olchawa

04 Apr 2023 / Research

Friederike Zenker: Das Tier im Bild

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