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 – 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)’ is organised by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation and will take place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva, from May 6-7, 2026. Professor Amalia Ribi Forclaz and Professor Carolyn Biltoft organize the conference.
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).
New | Nouveau – No 3, March 2026
Oluwaṣeún Otoṣedẹ Williams, PhD, is Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor in One Health at University College Dublin. His research examines the intersections of veterinary history, public health, and postcolonial statehood in Africa. He is the author of “The Meat of the Story: Cattle Capitalism and Veterinary Public Health in Colonial Nigeria” (PhD thesis, The Geneva Graduate Institute, 2025).
New | Nouveau – No 2, February 2026
Paul Deshusses is a PhD Candidate in International History & Politics and a Teaching Assistant at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Image source: Clever Hans in Berlin, 1904. Photograph by C. Aro Senour. Public domain.
