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.
New | Nouveau – No 1, January 2025
Dr Vassily Klimentov is an SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer at the History Department/Center for Eastern European Studies at the University of Zurich. The image by shamsnn is available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
New | Nouveau – No 10, December 2024
Dr Bernhard Blumenau, Senior Lecturer in International History and Politics, University of St Andrews
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 will take place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva, from 20-21 January 2025 . Professor Cyrus Schayegh organizes the conference. The Keynote speaker will be Professor Jussi Hanhimäki. Register here.
Conference | New 26-27 September 2024
The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference ‘Debt and Taxes. An History of Innovation’ was organized by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation and took place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva, from 26-27 September 2024 and was a great sucess. Professor Rui Esteves organized the conference. The Keynote speaker was Barry Eichengreen
