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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.

Activity Report 2023 – 2024

Eighth Activity Report of the Pierre du Bois Foundation for Current History

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.

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The Annual Pierre du Bois Workshop 2025

Seas of Change: Indian Ocean Mobilities at the End of Empire

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, will take place at Maison de la Paix on 5–6 June 2025.  “Seas of Change: Indian Ocean Mobilities at the End of Empire”  is organized by Saheli Chatterjee and Paul Deshusses from the International History and Politics Department, and Christian Jones from the Freie Universität Berlin.

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Papiers d’actualité – Current Affairs in Perspective

Le Centenaire du service social international: points de vue historiques

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.

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The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference 2025

The Cold War in the Middle East and North Africa

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.

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