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 Global History of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda

AutorIn Name
Thanushiyah
Korn
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Julia
Tischler
Institution
Departement Geschichte
Place
Basel
Year
2024/2025
Abstract

The PhD project “Development, Consultancy, and Cooperation – A Global History of Rwanda’s Path to Genocide” challenges the hegemonic understanding that the international community failed 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...

A History of Modern Islamism: A Comparative Historical Study on the Evolution of the Projects of the Muslim Brotherhood and Ennahda Movement

AutorIn Name
Youssef
Ahmed
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Mohamed Mahmoud
Mohamedou
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2024/2025
Abstract

This dissertation seeks to establish (or dismiss) the historical lineage of mainstream Islamism through tracing and comparing the evolution of the Muslim Brotherhood and Ennahda movement in more...

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