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cultural and scientific committees: Swiss
Association for Wilton Park (1984-1994), Forum Helveticum (1987-2001, Vice-President 1992-2001), Rencontres suisses (1987-2001, President 1996-2001), Cercle littéraire de Lausanne (from 1989), Foundation Titulescu (from 1990), Société européenne de culture (from 1990), European Community Studies Association (from 1995), Europaeum (1995-2001), Fondazione Venezia per la ricerca sulla pace (from 1997), Société d’études économiques et sociales (from 1998), Centro per la diffusione della cultura (from 2000) and Kommission für die Diplomatischen Dokumente der Schweiz (from 2000).
336:(2003, 2018) – the first French-language synthesis since 1850 of Switzerland’s last domestic military conflict – the focus is more clearly on the nineteenth century. The analysis of the war between Catholics and Reformists, between seven Conservative cantons and the remainder of the Confederation, leads to an inevitable rethinking of the myth of a peaceful, harmonious country: “diving into the background materials, I discovered a reality far removed from the
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in Geneva, where he taught courses on
European integration as well as broader issues of international security and international relations. These courses systematically addressed a period that extended to the present day, revealing his particular interest in studying current events through the prism
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Foundation awards research and publication grants and the Prix Pierre du Bois, aiming in particular to promote the work of young researchers. Through the organisation of public conferences and symposia, it seeks to encourage exchanges among researchers and the creation of networks. In September
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Pierre du Bois was a member of various editorial committees: Revue d’Allemagne, Dosarele
Istoriei, Revue roumaine d’histoire, Relations internationales (co-president from 1998), Limes, Revue française de géopolitique and Studia Politica/Romanian Political Science Review. He also served on numerous
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Alongside his teaching and research, Pierre du Bois contributed articles on issues of history and current affairs to numerous newspapers, journals and literary magazines in France and
Switzerland, and was founding editor of the literary journal Nonante. He likewise offered contributions on a broad
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In 1980, Pierre du Bois was appointed
Professor at the Institut Universitaire d’Etudes Européennes in Geneva and from this point on, issues of European politics, integration and identity became an increasingly important area of focus in his teaching and research. He served as Visiting Professor at
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From questions of identity within
Switzerland, it is a small step to an analysis of similar issues in a European context: A study of the “Balkan Question” in 2000 was followed in 2003 by a more general analysis of overlapping identities – regional, national and European – and an edited volume on
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Born in
Herzogenbuchsee, in German-speaking Switzerland, Pierre du Bois moved with his parents to Tangiers at the age of two, before returning to Switzerland two years later after his father’s death and settling in Lausanne with his mother. He attended high school in Lausanne and while still at
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were to form the basis of an important strand of Pierre du Bois’ historical method: a focus on individuals as drivers of history; the demystification of the individual through contextualization; and an extensive use of first-person testimony (oral history). Following articles exploring the
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Switzerland to a father from Neuchâtel, born in Munich, and a mother from Anvers, and living for most of his adult life in Lausanne, it is unsurprising that questions of identity played an important role in Pierre du Bois’ research.
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After his death, his widow Irina du Bois set up, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, the Pierre du Bois
Foundation for Current History. Its mission is to stimulate research in current history and to support researchers and students in this field.
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historian, whose research primarily addressed issues of European and Swiss history and politics. His work had a strong focus on analysing current affairs in a global context and on the role of history in shaping present-day political decision-making.
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Alongside broader issues of identity, an important strand of Pierre du Bois’ research was the analysis of various practical issues relating to European integration in a series of articles and monographs.
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2018, the Geneva Graduate Institute, in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation, inaugurated a new position, the Pierre du Bois Chair Europe and the World. The first holder of the Chair was
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329:(1999), the emphasis is on tracing the origins of longstanding political customs and prejudices which have played a fundamental role in shaping the current Swiss political landscape.
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Union et division des Suisses : les relations entre Alémaniques, Romands et Tessinois aux XIXe et XXe siècles, Lausanne, Editions de l’Aire, 1983.
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Pierre du Bois was married to Irina du Bois, a chemical engineer of Romanian origin, whom he met on 21 June 1968 while she was a student at the
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of the 19th century. Instead of a peaceful, stable and prosperous country, I discovered chaos.”
569:"Le fédéralisme dans tous ses états", textes réunis par Pierre du Bois et Dieter Freiburghaus,
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interrelationship between myth and biography in the cases of Hitler and Stalin, along with
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Les mythologies de la Belle Époque : La Chaux-de-Fonds, André Evard et l'Art Nouveau
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583:"L’évolution de la guerre idéologique entre l’Est et l’Ouest de 1975 à 1991", in
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The Making of détente, Eastern and Western Europe in the Cold War, 1965-75,
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Alémaniques et Romands entre unité et discord : histoire et actualité,
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485:"Green against Orange: la violence en Irlande du Nord (1968-1998)", in
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college won first prize in a radio competition on general knowledge,
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to the self-avowed fascist and collaborator of the wartime years.
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Du Bois, Pierre. « Hitler : Mythe et réalité »,
863:"Le Sonderbund, une guerre pour sauver la Suisse d'elle-mĂŞme"
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Construire l’Europe, Mélanges en hommage à Pierre du Bois
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L'AELE d'hier Ă demain - EFTA from Yesterday to Tomorrow
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Regional identity, national identity, European identity
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Cuadernos Americanos : la revista del nuevo mundo
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