Welcome
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 stimulate research in current history and to support researchers and students in this field.
Pierre du Bois Prize 2024
Kai Habel Winner of the 2024 Prize
New | Nouveau – September 2024
The recipient of the Pierre du Bois Prize in 2024, awarded annually for the best doctoral thesis in International History and Politics defended at the Geneva Graduate Institute, is Dr Kai Habel.
The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference 2024
Debt and Taxes. An History of Innovation
Conference | New 26-27 September 2024
The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference ‘Debt and Taxes. An History of Innovation’ is organized by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation and will take place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva, Auditorium B, from 26-27 September 2024 . Professor Rui Esteves organizes the conference. The Keynote speaker will be Barry Eichengreen
Papiers d’actualité – Current Affairs in Perspective
From Plurality to Diversity: What Changing Conceptions of the Word Minority Can Tell Us about Shifting Perceptions of Difference
New | Nouveau – No 6, August 2024
Dr. Emmanuel Dalle Mulle is Una4Career Marie Curie post-doctoral researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid.
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.