Welcome to a celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest at the University of Basel

With the Eurovision Song Contest coming to Basel in May 2025, the University of Basel is organizing a series of events, lectures and activites around this unique event.

Should you like to add your ESC related UniBas event to the list, please use the link below to send us the details.



ESC Events at the University of Basel

13 May 2025 - 14 May 2025
09:00  - 14:00

Host:
Department of Musicology University of Basel

Eurovisions International Conference

Eurovisions 8th Edition: “(Un)Fairness in Music – and the Eurovision Song Contest”
14 May 2025
23:00  - 13:00

Start at Irrsinn-Bar, Rebgasse 43, Basel

Organizer:
Centre for Gender Studies

Pride Tour - Queer city tour through Basel

Written and led by Gender Studies students from the University of Basel.
15 May 2025
16:00  - 17:00

Div.

Organizer:
Department Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

Events, Public event, Lecture series

Kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf den "Eurovision Song Contest" Woche 10

Alana Kaeslin, Jago Steidle, (Fachgruppe Kulturanthropologie Basel): Der ESC in Basel - gemeinsame ethnografische Erkundungen vor Ort
16 May 2025
14:30  - 16:00

Start at Irrsinn-Bar, Rebgasse 43, Basel

Organizer:
Centre for Gender Studies

Pride Tour - Queer city tour through Basel

Written and led by Gender Studies students from the University of Basel.
17 May 2025
11:00  - 13:00

Start at Irrsinn-Bar, Rebgasse 43, Basel

Organizer:
Centre for Gender Studies

Pride Tour - Queer city tour through Basel

Written and led by Gender Studies students from the University of Basel.
22 May 2025
16:00  - 17:00

Div.

Organizer:
Department Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

Events, Public event, Lecture series

Kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf den "Eurovision Song Contest" Woche 11

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Wolff (Basel): Glitzern, glänzen, funkeln, strahlen. Das Bedeutungsgeflecht performativer visueller Effekt-Ästhetiken diesseits und jenseits des ESC.
28 May 2025
16:00  - 17:00

Div.

Organizer:
Department Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

Events, Public event, Lecture series

Kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf den "Eurovision Song Contest" Woche 12

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Wolff (Basel): Schlussveranstaltung