Welcome to the Pierre du Bois Foundation created in 2008, in accordance with the wishes of Pierre du Bois, who outlined its objectives long ago: to promote and support research on current history and and to support researchers and students in this field.
New | Nouveau – 2023-2024
Explore the key moments of the past two years and discover our annual conferences, our doctoral workshops, our visiting Professor, our Current Affairs in Perspective papers series, and our affiliated researchers.
Workshop | New 5-6 June 2025
The Fifth Annual Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop, organized by the Geneva Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation, took place at Maison de la Paix on 5–6 June 2025 and was a great success. “Seas of Change: Indian Ocean Mobilities at the End of Empire” was organized by Saheli Chatterjee and Paul Deshusses from the International History and Politics Department, and Christian Jones from the Freie Universität Berlin.
New | Nouveau – No 2, Février 2025
Appoline Foedit est doctorante en histoire et politiques internationales au Geneva Graduate Institute. Francesca Piana est chercheuse post-doctorale à l’Université de Trento.
Conference | New 20-21 January 2025
The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference ‘The Cold War in the Middle East and North Africa’ is organised by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation and took place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva, from 20-21 January 2025 . Professor Cyrus Schayegh organized the conference. The Keynote speaker was Professor Jussi Hanhimäki. The summary of the conference will follow shortly.
