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A “second path” for Third-World countries
1970 to 2000
By their very nature, museums of ethnography are part of a country’s cultural relations.
The Swiss abroad – promoting cultural influence
1916 to 1976
For a long time, Switzerland had been a country of emigration, its inhabitants leaving because of
Cultural relations and the National Commission for UNESCO
1949 to 2016
By joining UNESCO in 1949, Switzerland not only became part of one of the agencies of the UN, but
Rousseau made in Switzerland
1945 to 1968
Quite often, Rousseau was instrumentalised, reinvented and “helvetised” by Switzerland’s cultural
A young historian thinking about Switzerland’s cultural influence
1946
Pro Helvetia was founded in 1939 to join the struggle for the Spiritual Defence.
The architects and the renewal of cultural relations between Switzerland and Germany after World War II
1945
After the war, the question of cultural relations with the German neighbour remained something of
The origins of the Swiss pavilion at the “Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris"
1925 to 1933
Combining cultural and science diplomacy, the Swiss pavilion at the “Cité Internationale Universit
Men and women working for Pro Helvetia
1939 to 2012
First and foremost, Pro Helvetia is a Board of Trustees, originally consisting of 25 members, and
Switzerland and UNESCO - a culture of peace
1946
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must b
The secrets of Villa Maraini
1973 to 1980
In 1977, the writer Etienne Barilier, born in the canton of Vaud in 1947, published Le Chien Tristan
The Swiss Institute in Rome
1949 to 2010
The Swiss Institute in Rome is the first Swiss arts centre abroad.
San Antonio, 1968: “The bird of contention”
1968
During the summer of 1968, Switzerland took part in HemisFair in San Antonio, the first world’s f
The origins of the Swiss pavilion at the “Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris"
1925 to 1933
Combining cultural and science diplomacy, the Swiss pavilion at the “Cité Internationale Universit
Rousseau made in Switzerland
1945 to 1968
Quite often, Rousseau was instrumentalised, reinvented and “helvetised” by Switzerland’s cultural
The Swiss-American Society for Cultural Relations (SASCR)
1940 to 2008
The Swiss-American Society for Cultural Relations (SASCR) was one of the organisations supporting and...
René Auberjonois
1948 to 1977
The painter René Auberjonois from Vaud is the first artist to benefit from a personal Pro Helvetia...
Hugo Loetscher discovers Switzerland
1963 to 1991
Hugo Loetscher’s career as a writer and journalist eloquently illustrates the literary dimension of...
Orchestras on tour
1945 to 1982
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande plays a leading role in promoting Swiss music.
Gotthelf and Ramuz
1945 to 1960
Until the 1960s, Pro Helvetia rarely considered contemporary literature in its international activities.
