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: 2024/2025

A Family Enterprise: The Curial Career of Federico IV Borromeo (1617-1673)

AutorIn Name
Samuel
Weber
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Christian
Windler
Institution
Historisches Institut
Place
Bern
Year
2017/2018
Abstract
This project reconstructs the career of cardinal Federico IV Borromeo (1617-1673) by placing it in the broader context of the reproductive strategies of his Milanese family. In studying curial more...

A Global Micro-history of a Swiss-owned plantation in Bahia (1820-1888)

AutorIn Name
Izabel
Barros
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Bernhard
Schär
Institution
Institut d'études politique
Place
Lausanne
Year
2024/2025
Abstract

My dissertation examines Fazenda Victoria, a major Brazilian plantation (1820-1887), studying the intersection of global history, racial capitalism, and transatlantic slavery, focusing on more...

A History of insurance in Tanzania and Kenya (20th century)

AutorIn Name
Franci
Daudi Mlacha
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Martin
Lengwiler
Institution
Departement Geschichte
Place
Basel
Year
2023/2024
Abstract

This proposed project investigates the historical development of modern insurance in East Africa between 1945-1996. British insurers played a significant role in the development of insurance more...

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