Vitas of the guests
Stefania Samadelli is a designer and owner of the fashion label paradis collections, formerly paradis des innocents. After training as a dressmaker and Having studied fashion design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), she has been designing and developing women's collections for over 30 years. Her goal is to create pieces that are exciting from morning to night, yet convey a different message depending on the time of day and occasion.
Manuel Bauer is a Swiss photographer, author, cameraman, and photojournalism lecturer. Manuel Bauer creates long-form reportages that address social justice, human rights, and the environment. He is the only photographer to date to have successfully accompanied Tibetans on their life-threatening escape across the Himalayas. Since 1990, Manuel Bauer has been documenting the life of the 14th Dalai Lama. From 2018 to 2024, Manuel Bauer worked as co-writer and cameraman on the film 'WISDOM OF HAPPINESS - A Heart-to-Heart with the Dalai Lama'.
Sarah El Bulbeisi is an academic advisor at the Middle East Institute of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). Previously, she was a research fellow at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB). She earned her doctorate at the Middle East Institute of LMU, where she also served as a research associate and led the DAAD University Dialogue "Violence, Flight, and Exile." Her dissertation, "Tabu, Trauma, and Identity: Subject Constructions of Palestinians in Germany and Switzerland, 1960–2015," was published in 2020 by Transcript.
Regula Zweifel is a historian who currently researches the ruling practices of the abbesses of the Fraumünster Church in Zurich between 853 and 1524. She previously served as Deputy Director of the Swiss National Museums. She subsequently founded the company cultureimpulse AG, where she developed concepts for exhibitions and publications and developed strategies for institutional anniversaries.
Markus Gygax was a corps commander and led the Air Force. He was responsible for the basic readiness, training, and operations of the Air Force, air defense, and command support, and reported directly to the Chief of the Army. Corps Commander Gygax was in charge of the training units for air support, air defense, and command support, as well as the operational organization with the airfield command. He logged approximately 5,000 flight hours in propeller and jet aircraft.
Giuseppe Gracia is a Swiss writer and communications consultant. He is the author of 11 books and writes for the arts section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). He hosts the weekly show “Menschenbilder” (Images of Humans) on the internet radio station “Kontrafunk”.
Jeannette Fische is a Freudian psychoanalyst and author. She organizes the interdisciplinary cycles and the Winter Conversations. Her primary focus is on uncovering hidden, violent structures, or rather, questioning all power structures, while simultaneously introducing a new approach in which the only thing that unites human relationships is the recognition of difference.
Dates and contact persons
- Oct. 5, 2025: Stefania Samadelli, fashion designer
- Nov. 2, 2025: Manuel Bauer, photographer
- 14 Dec. 2025: Dr. Sarah El Bulbeisi, cultural scientist
- January 11, 2026: Regula Zweifel, historian
- February 8, 2026: Markus Gygax, retired corps commander. D. Air Force
- March 8, 2026: Giuseppe Gracia, Communications Consultant
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