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

Decolonization of the means of coercion; building national militaries in Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Upper Volta, 1958-1973

AutorIn Name
Riina
Turtio
Academic writing genre
Other graduate thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Gareth
Austin
Institution
Geneva Graduate Institute
Place
Genève
Year
2016/2017
Abstract
This research addresses the wider topic of decolonization and state-building in francophone West Africa by analyzing Guinean, Ivorian and Voltaic decisions in building their national militaries more...

Decolonizing International Health. The Activities of the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) in Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania 1951–2007

AutorIn Name
Lukas
Meier
Academic writing genre
PhD thesis
Status
abgeschlossen/terminé
DozentIn Name
Prof.
Patrick
Harries
Institution
Departement Geschichte
Place
Basel
Year
2012/2013
Abstract
The Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) entered the stage of international health in the middle of WWII, at a time when the relationships between the West and the countries of the South underwent more...