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
15,102 entries

The political economy of famine relief; labour, colonialism, and public works in the North-Western provinces of India, c. 1860-1920

AutorIn Name
Amal
Shahid
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Gopalan
Balachandran
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2022/2023
Abstract

Between c. 1860-1920, numerous famines affected the Indian subcontinent, resulting in widespread mortality. This thesis shows how the British colonial state provided famine relief: by more...

The Politicization of the Oslo Water Agreement

AutorIn Name
Lauro
Burkart
Academic writing genre
Master thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Jordi
Tejel Gorgas
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2011/2012

The politics of Aleppo's Christians and the formation of the Syrian nation-state, 1926-1936

AutorIn Name
Joel Alfred
Veldkamp
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Mahmoud
Moahamedou
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2022/2023
Abstract
This thesis examines the political discourses and practices of the various Christian communities in Aleppo during the first part of the French occupation of Syria. In particular, it explores the more...