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University of Basel

Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences

eikones - Center for the Theory and History of the Image

eikonesCenter for the Theory and History of the Image

Blog "Bild und Kritik"

[Translate to English:] Projektbild

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

[Translate to English:] Foto

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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Time: 18:15 - 19:45

Location: Forum eikones, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
eikones - Zentrum für die Theorie und Geschichte des Bildes, Universität Basel, Eduardo Luersen

NOMIS Lecture by Eduardo Luersen

Casting Procedural Weather: Imaging Infrastructures of the Meteorological in Computer Games by NOMIS Fellow Eduardo Luersen

Time: 18:15 - 20:00

Location: eikones Forum, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Seminar für Medienwissenschaft

Public event, Colloquium

Media Studies and AI Literacies: Colloquium # 4

Maria Eriksson (European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency, Sevilla) AI Benchmarking as Experimental Practice

Time: 18:15 - 19:45

Location: Forum eikones, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
eikones - Zentrum für die Theorie und Geschichte des Bildes, Universität Basel, Allison Stielau

NOMIS Lecture: Cups of Honor and Reward: The Value of Silver in the Thirty Years' War

NOMIS Lecture by Allison Stielau

Time: 13:30 - 14:30

Location: Kunstmuseum Basel

Organizer:
Kunstmuseum Basel and Kunsthistorisches Seminar, Laurenz-Professur für Zeitgenössische Kunst

Panel discussion on The First Homosexuals

This panel discussion will reflect on the central ideas and broader implications of the exhibition The First Homosexuals. It will start with an introduction to the exhibition’s conceptual framework by Jonathan D. Katz, followed by a…

Time: 10:00 - 15:30

Location: Kunstmuseum Basel & Forum eikones, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Kunsthistorisches Seminar, Laurenz-Professur für Zeitgenössische Kunst

Queer Art History – Methods and Terms

This one-day workshop, organized in conjunction with the exhibition The First Homosexuals: The Birth of New Identities 1869–1939 at the Kunstmuseum Basel, engages with the methods and terms of queer art history. Curator Jonathan D. Katz and…

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04 Apr 2023 / Research

Friederike Zenker: Das Tier im Bild

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