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 to support researchers and students in this field.
New | Nouveau – 29 September 2026
The Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l’histoire du temps présent is delighted to announce the inaugural lecture of Professor Stella Ghervas titled “Europe’s Histories: The View from Geneva”. Professor Ghervas is newly appointed to the Pierre du Bois Chair “Europe and the World” at the Geneva Graduate Institute. The lecture will take place on Tuesday 29 September 2026, 18:30–20:00 at the Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Maison de la paix, Geneva. The lecture opens the 2026–2027 series of Pierre du Bois Public Lectures, which continues with Anthony Pagden (UCLA) on 20 October and David Armitage (Harvard) on 9 December.
Learn more about Professor Ghervas Registration on IHEID website
New | Nouveau – No 5, Juin 2026
Gilles Grin est le directeur de la Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe à Lausanne. Il est par ailleurs chargé de cours à l’Université de Lausanne et académicien correspondant pour la Suisse de l’Académie royale des sciences économiques et financières de l’Institut d’Espagne. Il s’exprime en son propre nom et ses propos n’engagent pas ses institutions d’affiliation.
New | Nouveau – May 6-7, 2026
The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference ‘Love, Hate, and the Fate of International Organizations: The Psychological Life of Global Governance (1900–Present)’ was organised by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation and took place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva on May 6 and 7, 2026. Professor Amalia Ribi Forclaz and Professor Carolyn Biltoft organized the conference. The keynote speaker was Joanna Bourke, who presented Making and Unmaking of Life: The Politics and Psychology of Fear from the 1970s to the Present.
Nouveau| New 28 – 29 May 2026
What did exchange look like between Asian communist states and the capitalist world during the Cold War? The Annual Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop 2026 centers on this question through its theme: Across the Bamboo Curtain: Economic, Political, and Technological Exchanges Between East and West During the Cold War. The workshop is organised by LIU Yi and YANG Ziru (Geneva Graduate Institute), Dr. Severyan Dyakonov (SNSF, University of Fribourg), and Karina Khasnulina (Leipzig University).
