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: 2025/2026
14,818 entries

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...
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Coloniser la ville. Le basculement colonial en contexte urbain : Kankan, 1891-1914

AutorIn Name
Nicolas
Schnorhk
Academic writing genre
Master thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Alexander
Keese
Institution
Histoire contemporaine
Place
Genève
Year
2024/2025
Abstract

Ce travail s'articule autour d'une question principale : comment la ville de Kankan, en Guinée actuelle, a été colonisée par les Français ? Cette question, en apparence anodine, pose de more...

Color production in indigenous Colombian communities: a reflection of identity and partnership with the territory

AutorIn Name
Françoise
Delavy
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
laufend/en cours
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Christof
Dejung
Institution
Historisches Institut
Place
Bern
Year
2025/2026
Abstract

The aim of this research project is to record and document the ancestral techniques still used in the extraction and manufacture of pigments and dyes by several indigenous communities in more...

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