Bienvenue

Bienvenue à la Fondation Pierre du Bois créée en 2008, selon le vœu de Pierre du Bois qui avait, depuis fort longtemps déjà, formulé ses objectifs : susciter des recherches sur l’histoire du temps présent et soutenir des chercheurs et des étudiants travaillant dans ce domaine .

Papiers d’actualité – Current Affairs in Perspective

La Peur comme arme politique. Un aperçu historique

New | Nouveau – No 4, avril 2024

Dr. Olivier Meuwly est un historien sprécialiste de l’histoire des partis politiques.

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2024 Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop

Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial Europe

New | Workshop – 6 and 7 May 2024

The fourth Annual Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop, “Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial Europe,” was held at Maison de la Paix from 6 to 7 May 2024. Gauri Saxena and Michele Benazzo organized the workshop.

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Papiers d’actualité – Current Affairs in Perspective

More similarities than (initially) meet the eye? The international community and the evolution of antiterrorism and climate change

New | Nouveau – No 3, March 2024

Bernhard Blumenau, Senior Lecturer in International History and Politics at the University of St Andrews. Dr Johannes-Alexander Müller,  University of St Andrews.

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The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference 2023

The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference 2023

Conference | New – 18-19 October 2023

The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference ‘Women and Children as Sites of Intervention, Past, Present, Future’ organized by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation took place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva from 18-19 October 2023 and was a great success. Professor Nicole Bourbonnais organized the conference.

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