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eikones - Center for the Theory and History of the Image

eikonesCenter for the Theory and History of the Image

Call for Applications

June 1-5, 2026 (arrival on May 31, 2026), Application Due Date: February 15, 2026
organized by Larissa Dätwyler and Ralph Ubl
Invited Guests: Bridget Alsdorf (Princeton University); Todd Cronan (Emory University)

eikones cordially invites MA students and doctoral candidates from Basel, as well as international doctoral candidates in art history, to participate in a week-long summer school exploring questions and problems on the moral meaning of modern painting.

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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05 Mar 2026

Time: 18:15 - 20:00

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

Organizer:
Kunsthistorisches Seminar, Fachgruppe Kunstgeschichte

Public event, Guest lecture / Talk, Lecture series

Forumsvortrag «Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, & Gender in the Middle Ages» mit Melanie Holcomb & Nancy Thebaut

Currently on view at The Met Cloisters (NY), the exhibition Spectrum of Desire considers how medieval objects reveal and structure the performance of gender, understandings of the body, and erotic encounters, both physical and spiritual. It…

06 Mar 2026

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Location: Forum eikones, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

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

Workshop

Conversation with the Curators: Gender & Sexuality in the Museum

Join Melanie Holcomb & Nancy Thebaut for a discussion about their co-curated exhibition, Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages, currently on view at The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

11 Mar 2026

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 # 3

Für alle MA-Studierenden der Medienwissenschaft und weitere Interessierte.

16 Mar 2026

Time: 18:15 - 19:45

Location: Forum eikones, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
eikones - Zentrum für die Theorie und Geschichte des Bildes, Universität Basel, Alena Williams

Public event

NOMIS Lecture: Harvest to the Mountains: Energy, Politics, and the Imaging of Nature in the Kulturfilm

NOMIS Lecture by Alena J. Williams

16 Apr 2026

Time: 18:15 - 20:00

Location: Kunsthalle Basel, Steinenberg 7, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Kunsthistorisches Seminar, Fachgruppe Kunstgeschichte und Kunsthalle Basel

Public event, Guest lecture / Talk, Lecture series

Forumsvortrag «Angst und Geld» mit Isabelle Graw

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04 Apr 2023 / Research

Friederike Zenker: Das Tier im Bild

eikonesCenter for the Theory and History of the Image

Call for Applications

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

Forumsvortrag «Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, & Gender in the Middle Ages» mit Melanie Holcomb & Nancy Thebaut

Conversation with the Curators: Gender & Sexuality in the Museum

Media Studies and AI Literacies: Colloquium # 3

NOMIS Lecture: Harvest to the Mountains: Energy, Politics, and the Imaging of Nature in the Kulturfilm

Forumsvortrag «Angst und Geld» mit Isabelle Graw

04 Apr 2023 / Research

Friederike Zenker: Das Tier im Bild

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