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 .
New | Graduation Ceremony -September, 2023
Amal Shahid’s PhD dissertation ‘The Political Economy of Famine Relief: Labour, Colonialism, and Public Works in
the North-Western Provinces of India, c. 1860-1920′ won the annual Pierre du Bois Prize awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis.
Learn more about the award-winning thesis
New | Nouveau – No 7, September 2023
Anne-Sophie Bentz, Associate Professor in South Asian History
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 will take place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva from 18-19 October 2023. Professor Nicole Bourbonnais organizes the conference.
Activity Report I 2021-2022
Check out our latest activity report. Learn more about our activities (doctoral workshop and annual conference), supported projects, grants attributed, the Pierre du Bois annual prize, and discover our research associates.
