Master / Licentiates / Dissertations

Here you will find an overview of current and completed PhD and Master's theses in the field of history at Swiss universities. Compiled in collaboration with the Swiss Historical Society (SSH)

You will find copies of the competed works in the library of the university where they were drafted.

Status: 2026_2027
15,183 entries

From Protected to Protection Forests. Local Communities, Resources and Forestry on the Southern Slopes of the Swiss Alps, 18th – 19th Centuries

AutorIn Name
Mark
Bertogliati
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Jon
Mathieu
Institution
Historisches Seminar
Place
Luzern
Year
2012/2013
Abstract
In the 18th and 19th centuries, forests represented important sources of supply for local communities and, at the same time, object of furious speculation and political debates at cantonal and more...

From Saint-Domingue to Haiti: An Economic History of Unfree Labour and International Trade (1763-1825)

AutorIn Name
Salomé
Marin
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Mary
O'Sullivan
Institution
Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch
Place
Genève
Year
2026/2027
Abstract

Ma thèse porte sur les femmes propriétaires d’esclaves à l’île Maurice au XIXe siècle. Elle prolonge mon mémoire de master consacré à Sophie Martinet, née Larguier des Bancels, une more...