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 – No 5, Juin 2026
Gilles Grin est le directeur de la Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe à Lausanne. Il est par ailleurs chargé de cours à l’Université de Lausanne et académicien correspondant pour la Suisse de l’Académie royale des sciences économiques et financières de l’Institut d’Espagne. Il s’exprime en son propre nom et ses propos n’engagent pas ses institutions d’affiliation.
New | Nouveau – No 4, April 2026
Dr Olivier Meuwly, spécialiste de l’histoire des partis politiques. Les opinions exprimées dans cet article sont les siennes.
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)’ was organised by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation and took place at Maison de la Paix in Geneva on May 6 and 7, 2026. Professor Amalia Ribi Forclaz and Professor Carolyn Biltoft organized the conference. The keynote speaker was Joanna Bourke, who presented Making and Unmaking of Life: The Politics and Psychology of Fear from the 1970s to the Present.
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).
