The Uri Institute Cultures of the Alps is dedicated to the special features of the Alpine region in all its thematic breadth - from prehistoric evidence and specific traditions to the challenges of the present.

Agenda

25. October 2024, 19:30 Uhr

Book presentation "Grenzgänge - Religion und die Alpen" Zürich

Buch- und Literaturfestival Zürich liest
Jesuitenbibliothek
Hirschengraben 74, 8001 Zürich

10. November 2024, 13:00 Uhr

Book presentation "Grenzgänge - Religion und die Alpen" Brig

Mulitmedia-Festival BergBuchBrig
Zeughaus Kultur
Gliserallee 91, 3902 Brig-Glis

09. December 2024, 18:00 Uhr

Book presentation "Grenzgänge - Religion und die Alpen" Chur

Kantonsbibliothek Graubünden
Karlihofplatz, 7001 Chur

23. January 2025, 19:00 Uhr

Book presentation "Grenzgänge - Religion und die Alpen" Altdorf

Zeughaus
Lehnplatz 22, 6460 Altdorf

01. April 2025, 18:00 Uhr

Book presentation "Grenzgänge - Religion und die Alpen" Lugano

Biblioteca Salita dei Frati
Salita dei Frati 4a, 6900 Lugano

29. October 2024, 19:00 Uhr

Tell - between liberation and revenge

Zeughaus Uri
Lehnplatz 22, 6460 Altdorf

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Ethnological perspectives on the disappearance of snow

The consequences of climate change in the Swiss Alps are a recurring topic of discussion in society and the media. In her dissertation project, Zurich-based ethnologist Kiah Lian Rutz examines the disappearance of snow on a cultural, social, ecological and agricultural level.

SRF podcast: «Religion as protection in the Alps?»

The program «Perspektiven» discusses in its latest episode our new publication «Grenzgänge. Religion und die Alpen».