The Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation awards three Encouragement Prizes to young, French-language writers each year. To highlight the 2024 winners, Morgane Le Roy, Head of the Institute's Bookstore, spoke with Matteo Leta, Antoine Chatelain, and Dea Liane in the reception rooms of the Hôtel Pereire, the foundation's headquarters. Full details on the website https://www.fondation-del-duca.fr/actualites/entretien-avec-les-laureats-2024-du-prix-dencouragement/  or go directly to YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iEgeuMmKek 

During a year of research leave, Prof. Beat Kümin has investigated the phenomenon of depositing chronicles and objects into tower spheres on top of prominent buildings like churches, town halls and fortifications.