Arts and culture
List of associations active in the arts and culture.
AIESEC Lausanne is a local committee of AIESEC International, and is run by students from the University of Lausanne. Our aim is to promote leadership and multiculturalism by offering internships abroad (voluntary, start-up or in-company) to students from Lausanne and by welcoming foreign interns to the region. We are convinced that experiences abroad develop leadership skills in young people.
Each year we also organise the Job Fair employment forum in March, the Global Village street-food festival in May and other events throughout the year!
We also organise the Global Village street-food festival in May, the Global Village street-food festival in May and other events throughout the year!
AIESEC Lausanne has over 45 members from all faculties, who work closely together. This students' association is an opportunity for all its members to take on different challenges, to develop skills such as sales, marketing, coaching, event organisation and team management, among others.
AIESEC Lausanne is the only association of its kind in Switzerland.
But above all, AIESEC Lausanne is one big family!
For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are often on hand at our office, number 1198 in the Anthropole building, to meet you or answer your questions. You can also contact us by e-mail. We recruit new members at the beginning of each semester.
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UNIL-Chamberonne
Anthropole 1198
CH-1015 Lausanne
All that Swing is the Lindy Hop and Jazz dance association of EPFL and UNIL. Lindy Hop is an Afro-American dance form that originated in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Our association is run by the university community for the university community in order to create a vibrant atmosphere on campus.
We will actively cooperate with various Big Bands / Little Bands to create events with live Swinging music.
We see ourselves as heirs to this Afro-American art form and, with a sense of humility, curiosity and respect, we try to learn more and more about it, its roots and its artists. We do this through Jazz Movie Nights and the Jazz Book Club.
If you're new to Lausanne and can dance Lindy Hop or other swing dances, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for new members to help us with our Swing dance teaching, events and social media activities. We're a super cool bunch of people, so give us a shout, pop along to our evenings, or drop us an email or via social media.
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Literature is never for us a certainty, nor a routine, nor an object, but an experience that is often festive, and sometimes routine. So this questioning is a kind of safeguard against contented somnolence, at the same time as an invitation to prove the literary in:
Literature is not only a certainty, it is also an experience, often frivolous, and sometimes routine.
- the profusion of its genres, and so we shall continue à to open ourselves without préférence à the short story, à the poem, to the théâtre, à the aphorism or à the essay;
- the blurring of its boundaries, and the issues devoted to the writing of philosophy (n° 10 and 14), architecture (n° 9) or journalism (n° 4) have confirmed the surprising fertility of pithy comparisons;
- the indifference of hierarchies and conventional prestiges, and we will maintain this requirement to bring together, in a comfortable and rigorous journal, established writers and never-before-published authors;
- the fascinating laboratory where vocations mù mûrissent, and we hope to nourish ourselves again with this joy of following authors whose voices become clearer with each passing issue, and whose initially surprising talent grows stronger and suddenly wins over its readers;
- taking into account the differing resources of our readers, and our pricing policy will not change in principle: low prices for students whose texts we regularly publish (subscription à CHF 20.- per year), moderate prices for enthusiasts from a variety of backgrounds (subscription of CHF 30 per year), and standard bookshop prices.
Since 2001, Archipel has also been publishing a number of undergraduate dissertations produced by the French Department of the University of Lausanne. Chosen by a reading committee made up of both teachers from the section and members of the journal, these texts must demonstrate an excellent degree of scientific achievement and precision, as well as being easily accessible and enjoyable to read.
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UNIL-Chamberonne
Anthropole
CH-1015 Lausanne
Are you a student, doctoral student or employee at UNIL-EPFL who plays a musical instrument and wants to share your passion? The University Chamber Music Association is for you! The AUMC was set up to bring musicians together on campus and organises chamber music activities at Dorigny (Saturdays) and at the magnificent Fondation Hindemith in Blonay (weekends, with accommodation). Professional musicians of the highest calibre coach the ensembles formed for the occasion in a friendly and enriching atmosphere.
The AUMC also provides pianos on campus for members of the university community who are unable to work at home.
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The Big Band de Dorigny (BBD) is a swing jazz orchestra made up of established musicians – five saxophones, four trombones, four trumpets and a rhythm section – and its repertoire, which is growing by the day, is as festive and danceable as it is sophisticated.
One of our main objectives is to perform on the UNIL campus, both through one-off performances at various events (graduation ceremonies, staff get-togethers, Dies academicus, etc.) and by organising regular balls on campus. As a result, we have been able to create synergies with other UNIL associations, and close links have been forged with the swing dance course given as part of the sports centre.
The Big Band de Dorigny association, which oversees the orchestra, is a university association recognised by the UNIL management.
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In 2017, the BoulevArt association created BoulevArt Mag, the first unique art magazine from UNIL and EPFL, a platform for the dissemination and free expression of local and student art for everyone through the production of a magazine with rich and abundant content for any medium compatible with a paper format (for the time being).
The incredible diversity of artistic and critical creations proposed each year by students, artists from the region and members of the association, as well as the opportunity to try their hand at journalistic and cultural practices, are just some of the reasons why the magazine is so popular;try their hand at journalistic and cultural practices, make BoulevArt Mag a constantly evolving space of stimulation designed to encourage the didactic participation of everyone·e within the local artistic scene, which is then made more accessible and showcased.
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The Lausanne University Choir is not very visible on the Dorigny site. Perhaps because it lives in the basement of the Banane building? Or because it only comes out once a year, in May, like the daisies, to sing in the Cathédrale, which is no longer strictly speaking part of the university site? Nonetheless, every Thursday in September and June the choir brings together an average of 130 singers... who are willing to bury themselves to work on their voices.
Open to all students at UNIL and EPFL, with no audition or prerequisites required, the University Choir gives them the opportunity to take part in a collective artistic activity that complements the curriculum offered by the universities.
With a young and constantly renewed line-up, the Chœur universitaire takes on a new programme each year, tackling Baroque or Romantic works as well as contemporary creations. Its conductor likes to mix and even intermingle styles and genres, giving everyone the chance to hear at least one composer or major work each year.
The University Choir also regularly calls on specialists to gain a better understanding of the works it works on and to be able to grasp them in all their complexity. It thus collaborates with musicians, musicologists or sociologists, men of the cloth, to be able to present a complementary reflection to the musical work, and enrich everyone's spirit of openness, by proposing special lectures and articles in its programme or by offering a lecture, or even a round table.
In 2008, the Chœur universitaire celebrated its sixtieth anniversary, reuniting its former choristers and right up to its founding members; for the occasion, a CD booklet was published, showing in sound and pictures the rich history of the association. This presence and longevity prove that the University Choir meets a need and offers students something essential to their studies: a rich, friendly and invigorating place where, through vocal art, they can get to know themselves better.
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Le Choeur UNIL-EPFL
Case postale 28
CH-1015 Lausanne
As well as organising events, from the selection and distribution of films to rights clearance and communications, the members of the association are also involved in the production and distribution of films; the association’s active members address the aesthetic and cultural themes of their choice at screenings and on the Ciné-club website.
Go to the Ciné-club website and social networks for more information, to find out about our upcoming events and to become a member. Subscribe to our newsletter to make sure you don't miss a thing.
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CRUEL understands you! Knowing how to handle words, recognising the tricks behind speeches and expressing yourself brilliantly in public are essential qualities for academics and everyone else. Since 2016, CRUEL has been supporting students in their quest for the right words and oral fluency. To achieve this, weekly sessions are offered where young (and not so young) speakers come to sharpen their verve and critical faculties so as to be able to exchange ideas, defend an idea and convince others. In short, practice your rhetoric.
If debating is how you become a debater, then there's no better way to improve than by practising. Every week, CRUEL offers its members and the curious an opportunity to argue on carefully selected topics. Pertinent, funny, absurd, ancient - everything is a pretext for confrontation. But always benevolent, never nasty, CRUEL disowns its acronym and makes sure that everyone feels at ease - after all, public speaking is never easy.
So, public speakers, beginners or veterans, CRUEL invites you to join us in making speech a game and words a pleasure!
PS: biscuits and tea included!
For those with a passion for going further and higher, here's a small list of our events outside the sessions:
- The Concours romand d'Éloquence, a collaboration between the four universities in French-speaking Switzerland since 2018.
- The Championnat International de Débat Francophone, organised by the Université St-Joseph de Beyrouth since 2016.
- The activities organised each year by the CRUEL during the Mystères de l'Unil.
- Workshops on ancient rhetoric, as part of the Roman Day organised by the Roman Museum in Nyon.
- A mock trial in ancient style, for the 40th anniversary of the Roman Museum in Nyon in 2019.
- And, on a more regular basis, workshops on rhetoric given in secondary school classes.
CRUEL
Quartier UNIL-Chamberonne
Espace associations
Bâtiment Anthropole
CH-1015 Lausanne
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Fréquence Banane is the UNIL/EPFL campus radio association, with a branch on the Geneva campus. Fréquence Banane is made up of a large number of members from all walks of life, most of whom are students, and its aim is to introduce those who wish to do so to the world of the media, particularly radio. As well as offering completely free training, leading to a diploma that is recognised by some of our colleagues in French-speaking Switzerland, Fréquence Banane also aims to inform and educate students about the world of radio;Fréquence Banane also aims to provide information about events on campus and in the surrounding area, and to offer entertaining, high-quality missions on a wide range of subjects.
Our missions and assignments
- Transmit information about campus life and general news
- Provide entertainment programmes on various themes
- Promote cultural life on campus and more widely
- For members, provide a framework conducive to the development and practice of new skills, through training
- A place to meet and exchange ideas
- Conquering the world
Every year at the start of the school year in September, open days are organised to visit the radio station, and sign up for training. Join us and be part of an extraordinary community adventure!
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Fréquence Banane, Lausanne's student radio station
CE-EPFL
CH-1015 Lausanne
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frequencebanane.ch
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UNIL – Université de Lausanne
Association LA PEL’
Quartier UNIL – Chamberonne
Bâtiment Anthropole
1015 Lausanne
La Route du Tchaï aims to promote cultural and artistic expressions linked to Slavic and South Asian studies. It provides a platform for discussion between the Slavic and South Asian fields and encourages interdisciplinary exchanges.
The association enables its members to organise extra-academic cultural projects with scientific content that can be broadcast and communicated. It also supports the link between the academic world and the Cité by organising events such as the Prix de l'Orient-Express and the CinéMasala film festival on India.
Anybody who is interested can apply to become a member of the association.
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Association La Route du Tchaï
p.a. Philippe Bornet
UNIL-Chamberonne neighbourhood
Bâtiment Anthropole 4074
CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny
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Founded in 2015, the Lausanne Shakespeare Festival is the only theatre event in Switzerland devoted entirely to the works of William Shakespeare. With its original and diverse programme, LSF combines theatre pieces with experimental performances, immersive theatre, music, circus, children's theatre, cinema and workshops. The festival works with professional Swiss and international artists and collaborators.
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Since its creation in September 2009, the Pôle d'expression théâtrale (PET) has brought together theatrical activities and events on the UNIL and EPFL campuses. The umbrella organisation is made up of 6 committees: two for theatrical improvisation (HeiDi, PIP), and four for theatre, in French (Le Dossier K, Les Polyssons), English (ETCetera) and Italian (Pourquoi Pas). The PET committees are active in the fields of theatre, café-théâtre and improvisation.
Events are spread throughout the year and include three to four plays, two improvisation festivals, workshops and other activities.
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PLUME is the UNIL-EPFL literary association. Its mission is simple: to promote literature and encourage writing! On the programme: festive and cultural events, partnerships with numerous associations, and an over-motivated team!
Their activities:
- Short story competition
- Poetry competition
- Writing workshops
- Écriture de'albums, de pièces de théâtre, d'articles
- Collaborations with other student associations
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SCOPE is the association of students of English at UNIL who want to play an active part in the life of the section.
What do we do? Our primary aim is to represent the étudiants·e·s of the section. This is done in several ways:
A student presence is ensured at section assemblies, twice a year. At these meetings, we discuss and take part in decisions concerning the section, for example study plans. We also talk about the budget, and discuss possible problems and improvements in the section.
We also organise festivities, and other purely social activities, usually two or three times a year. These events are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to get together in a non-academic setting.
We also organise conferences. In order to cultivate an interest among students in academic events and topics outside their course, we organise a conférence each semester;rence, usually given by a lecturer from the section, on a subject of interest to them on which they do not usually teach.
We also have two clubs:
The creative writing club also meets twice a month toécrier together on given topics. We then share our texts in a friendly, non-judgemental atmosphere. Our meetings last an hour and a half and are open to everyone!
The "Food + Poetry" club also meets every fortnight to read poems on a given theme and eat homemade food together. It's a time for talking and sharing, and, above all, discovering new authors·e·s and themes.
If you have any questions about the association or our events, you can contact us by email (scope@asso-unil.ch) or on social networks (Instagram or Facebook).
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The purpose of the Unilive association is to organise a regular music festival on the campus of the University of Lausanne. Its central body is the organising committee, a dedicated team that works year-round to prepare the festival.
Any student from UNIL can become a member of the association, simply apply.
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Unilive Association
c/o FAE
Quartier UNIL-Chamberonne
Bâtiment Internef
Bâtiment Internef 149
CH-1015 Lausanne
Unipoly aims to raise awareness and initiate discussion on societal issues related to ecology among students at UNIL and EPFL. To achieve this, we organise film screenings, lectures, debates and many other projects through our various activities.
We have been bringing together the energies of students for over 15 years to take action on our campus on a daily basis: organising free meals at free prices, distributing unsold food in front of the premises, planting carrots in our vegetable garden, organising the weekly market, cleaning up polluted rivers, advocating sustainable practices in our institutions and many other adventures! We have a duty to respect the limits of our planet, to ensure that resources are managed sustainably so that we can pass them on to future generations, and to take action in the face of the climate emergency. By thinking globally and acting locally, we can have a positive impact on our environment and our society.
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Unipoly Association
EPFL
Case postale 15
CH-1015 Lausanne
ZELIG is a not-for-profit student association. We are a place of conviviality, discovery and culture on the University site.
We are open to everyone and our canapés are waiting for you. You can come and have a drink, play games, listen to music, chat, read a comic from our library or just relax.
We are open to everyone and our sofas are waiting for you.
We also offer a snack bar (sandwich style) and a wide selection of beers at more than reasonable prices. We also organise concerts on Thursday evenings. These are usually lesser-known groups looking to perform.
Our other activities include our traditional chibre tournament and ZELIG's famous Petit Noel. We also host various student association evenings. Information and concert dates are available from the bar or by phone.
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Université de Lausanne
Quartier UNIL-Mouline
Bâtiment Géopolis
CH-1015 Lausanne
T +41 21 692 25 94
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