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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 Swiss Re Fire Branch 1864-1906. Risk – Fire – Climate

AutorIn Name
Eleonora
Rohland
Academic writing genre
Licenciate thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Christian
Pfister
Institution
Historisches Institut
Place
Bern
Year
2008/2009
Abstract

Das Feuer von Hamburg 1842 und das Feuer von Glarus 1861 gelten als Schlüsselereignisse im Bereich der Versicherungsindustrie. Beide Grossbrände führten zur Gründung von more...

The Swiss Students' Union between Cold War agenda and the new student condition

AutorIn Name
Timothy
Schürmann
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Matthieu
Gillabert
Institution
Histoire contemporaine
Place
Fribourg
Year
2025/2026
Abstract

The thesis will focus on the history of the VSS-UNES-USU in the second part of the twentieth century respectively in the Cold War by privileging the international networks of this more...

The thin green line; farmers, experts, and the practice of agrarian development in Ethiopia (1930s-1950s)

AutorIn Name
Michele
Sollai
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Amalia
Ribi Forclaz
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2022/2023
Abstract
The dissertation focuses on the history of agrarian development in Ethiopia from the 1930s to the 1950s. In particular, the dissertation concentrates on the agrarian development projects more...

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