Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies

Location:
Graduate Institute Department
of International History
PO Box 136
1211 Geneva 21
Switzerland

Contact:
Prof. Jussi Hanhimäki
jussi.hanhimaki[at]graduateinstitute.ch

ww.graduateinstitute.ch

Description: 

The History Department of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies teaches and researches the contemporary world through its layered histories and from a multiplicity of perspectives. We study history before, between and beyond the nations, thereby encouraging historically-informed approaches to current policy, politics, economics and culture.

The main teaching and research themes of our department are:

I the history of international governance and systems
I the history of transnational actors and actions
I the history of culture, societies and markets in regional and/or global perspective.

Cold War Interests: 

The History Department of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies pursues publications, including PhD dissertations on topics that deal with various aspects of the Cold War as well as hosting conferences, most recently in September 2015 regarding the end of the Cold War. Furthermore, we provide ongoing research projects on International Terrorism in Europe during the 1970s and the Rise of Political Islam and its connection to the end of the Cold War.