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
15,101 entries

The Object of Design. A Theory of Regulatory Ineffectiveness

AutorIn Name
Elisabetta
Pugliese-Sylvan
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Cédric
Dupont
Institution
Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales
Place
Genève
Year
2002/2003

The origins of Alpe-Adria: inventing borderscapes across Austria, Italy and Yugoslavia against the background of nationalist conflicts (1945-1978)

AutorIn Name
Alessandro
Ambrosino
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Davide
Rodogno
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2025/2026
Abstract

Due to processes of nation building, communities living in the Alps-Adriatic region, i.e., across the borders of today’s Italy, Austria, and (ex) Yugoslavia, suffered disintegration and more...

The origins of CENTCOM; American hegemony, car culture, and European oil dependence

AutorIn Name
Manuel
Dorion-Soulié
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Jussi
Hanhimäki
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2020/2021
Abstract

In 1983, the United States created CENTCOM, the unified military command responsible for the Middle East to this day. Recently declassified NATO archives reveal that in the 1979-1983 period, more...