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: 2025/2026
14,822 entries

The early response to AIDS at WHO: 1981-1984

AutorIn Name
Jennifer
Gay
Academic writing genre
Master thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Amalia
Ribi Forclaz
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2024/2025

The Emergence of Scientific Collections on Africa in Swiss Ethnographic Museums from 1890. Knowledge and ignorance of the museum as a colonial archive

AutorIn Name
Samuel
Bachmann
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Julia
Tischler
Institution
Departement Geschichte
Place
Basel
Year
2025/2026
Abstract

This study investigates the history of African material heritage in Swiss museum collections. It is mostly interested in the first decades after the foundation of the first cultural history more...