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

Yerba Mate as a Returnee’s Commodity. Transatlantic Trade and Consumption of Yerba Mate between Argentina and Lebanon (1920s–1950s)

AutorIn Name
Rea
Vogt
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Christof
Dejung
Institution
Historisches Institut
Place
Bern
Year
2024/2025
Abstract

Yerba mate, originally an indigenous drink from South America, has recently become popular around the world. As early as the 1930s, returning migrants, who emigrated from the Ottoman more...

Yogathérapie : Histoire institutionnelle et perspective anthropologique

AutorIn Name
Valentina
Salonna
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Vincent
Barras
Institution
Institut universitaire d'histoire de la médecine et de la santé publique
Place
Lausanne
Year
2022/2023
Abstract
Dans un Occident de plus en plus familiarisé et sensibilisé aux avantages des techniques holistiques, le yoga est devenu une technique de relaxation et un art du bien-être très prisé, ainsi more...

You Match the Description': A History of Systemic Racism in Policing and Immigration in England, 1948-2017

AutorIn Name
Varma
Madhumita
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

My research aims to examine whether the British state's policies on immigration, deportation and police 'stop and search' converge between 1948 and 2017, and if so whether systemic racism more...