We are delighted to present you below the program of our next annual meeting on November 18th in Bern. This year’s meeting is a collaborative effort between our association, the Digital Humanities Center at the University of Bern, the Museum für Kommunikation and the PTT-Archives. It includes a free guided tour of the new exhibition at the Museum für Kommunikation, led by curator Juri Jaquemet, an Object Slam and a panel discussion.
In order to facilitate the organization of this day, please register your attendance here https://framadate.org/polls/mediahistory26. The poll is open until November 1st.
For the Object Slam, we are looking for 3 to 6 rapporteurs who are interested in taking notes during the discussions. This role does not require any preparation: it consists of following and summarizing the conversations happening during the Object Slam. After our meeting, these notes will be published on the Onlineportal – PTT-Archiv & Sammlungen Museum für Kommunikation. The rapporteurs will be named in the final program and figure as active participants of the workshop. To be a rapporteur, please write a short email to Anne-Katrin.Weber@unil.ch.
Programme.
ANNUAL MEETING
Media History/CH
Museum of Communication & University of Bern
18 November 2026
Museum of Communication, Helvetiastrasse 16
10:20 | Meeting at the museum entrance
10:30 | Free Guided Tour of CHIPS, led by curator Juri Jaquement. https://www.mfk.ch/en/chips
Participants: Maximum 25. Participation is granted on a first-come, first-served basis. If you can no longer attend, please inform us promptly so that the place can be offered to another participant.
11:30 | Transfer to the University of Bern, Building UniS, room B-102. Please note that participants are required to arrange and pay for their own transportation and transfers.
University of Bern, UniS Seminarraum B-102, Schanzeneckstrasse 1
12:00 | mediahistory.ch General Assembly
12:45 | Lunch (self-funded)
13:45 | OBJECT SLAM: Three Objects from the PTT-Archive and the Collection of the Museum of Communication
14:45 | Coffee Break
15:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: mediahistory meets GLAM in Times of Collaboration and Austerity, with Heike Bazak (PTT Archives), Cécile Vilas (Memoriav), Daniela Zetti (AfZ), Tobias Hodel (Board SGG, University of Bern)
16:30 | Closing Remarks