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

Colonial and Post-colonial Engagements in a New World Order: Nigeria, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization, 1945-1985

AutorIn Name
Bidemi Oladayo
Balogun
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Aidan
Russell
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2023/2024
Abstract

This thesis aims to examine the relationship between the WHO headquarters in Geneva, WHO African Regional Office (AFRO)in Brazzaville, and colonial Nigeria from 1945 to 1960 when Nigeria more...

Colonial Mercenaries: Swiss Military Labour and the Dutch East Indies, c. 1848-​1914

AutorIn Name
Philipp
Krauer
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Harald
Fischer-Tiné
Institution
ETH Zürich, Institut für Geschichte, Lehrstuhl Geschichte der modernen Welt
Place
Zürich
Year
2021/2022
Abstract
Dieses Dissertations-​Projekt folgt den Spuren von rund 5'800 Schweizern Söldnern, die von der Gründung des Schweizer Bundesstaates 1848 bis zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges 1914 in der more...