In 2012, we will continue to publish the Papiers d'actualité /Current Affairs in Perspective.
Please find the first Papier of the year below.

New No 1, January 2012

The 2011 Pierre du Bois Annual Lecture organized in partnership with the Graduate Institute was given by
Saul Friedlander
Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles

An Integrated History of the Holocaust: Questions and Reappraisals

in Geneva on 26 October 2011, 18:30

Watch the video of the lecture

See the Photo Gallery

Hear a conversation between Saul Friedlander and Philippe Burrin,
Director of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

See the CV of Saul Friedlander

See the invitation to the conference

The subject of this year’s Pierre du Bois Annual Lecture organized by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l’histoire du temps présent was the Holocaust. It was delivered by renowned historian Saul Friedlander. A world famous historian and Holocaust survivor, Saul Friedlander has devoted much of his career to studying the terrible crimes committed during the Holocaust. This work takes on renewed importance today as a generation of witnesses is slowly disappearing. He has made great contributions to scholarly studies on Nazi Germany and World War II. Saul Friedlander is currently Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. An alumnus of the Graduate Institute, Friedlander obtained his PhD from the Graduate Institute in 1963. He then stayed on in a teaching capacity until 1988. He has been honoured with a number of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in 2008, for his work The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945.

The full text of Saul Friedlander's speech will be available shortly.

This year’s conference on “Terrorism and International Politics: Past, Present and Future” was the third one in a series organised by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l’histoire du temps present. The conference assembled an interesting group of young scholars and more seasoned academics. It assessed the phenomenon of terrorism from a historical perspective. Please see here for the summary.

A keynote lecture was delivered by
David C. Rapoport
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UCLA
The International Context of the Four Waves of Modern Terror.

On September 16, the Pierre du Bois Prize was awarded to Dr. Dominic Eggel for his thesis entitled “The Idea of Europe in Classical Weimar: The Case of Goethe, Schiller, Herder and Wieland” in the field of current history presented in the department of International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies for the academic year of 2010-2011.

For more information see link.

Towards a New History of the League of Nations

organized by Professor Davide Rodogno, of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,  in Geneva on 25 and 26 August 2011. See program.

Please continue to consult our website for upcoming Papiers d’actualité/Current Affairs in Perspective.

Ces papiers aspirent à éclairer l'actualité en l'inscrivant dans une perspective historique et à mettre en valeur des phénomènes historiques, leur commémoration et la place qu'ils occupent dans notre lecture du présent.

On peut difficilement comprendre le monde dans lequel nous évoluons aujourd'hui sans faire appel à l'histoire en général et à l'histoire du passé proche, du temps présent, en particulier. Avec ces "papiers d'actualité" nous espérons faire dialoguer le passé et le présent et mettre en évidence les dynamiques historiques profondes à l'œuvre dans les domaines sociaux, politiques, économiques ou culturels.

Etes-vous intéressés par un sujet particulier? Voulez-vous contribuer à la publication d'un "papier d'actualité", ou réagir à l'un des papiers publiés ? Contactez-nous !

New No 1, janvier 2012
Croatia as the 28^th EU Member State: How Did We Get Here and Where Should We Go from Now?
Senka Neuman Stanivuković - University of Groningen

No 8, décembre 2011
Wavering EU’s State Consolidation Approches in Western Balkans
Jovana Miočinović, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

No 7, octobre 2011
L’Iran : entre glaciation politique et printemps arabe
Clément Therme

No 6, juin 2011
Whither Germany? The "German Problem" and its Implications for Today
Bernhard Blumenau, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

No 5, avril 2011
Les "printemps arabes" et leurs enjeux. Perspectives sur la diplomatie américaine
Jérôme Gygax, Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l'histoire du temps présent

No 4, mars 2011
Les crises de la construction européenne: mythes et réalités
Gilles Grin, Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe et l'Université de Lausanne

No 3, février 2011
The Czech Republic's Political Scene in 2010: A Political Earthquake and its Aftershocks
Marek Neuman, University of Groningen