- “Une Suisse si coloniale” – Interview with Bernhard Schär in Le Courrier
On 30 July 2025, Bernhard Schär was interviewed by Le Courrier about the emergence of modern Switzerland and its links to colonial expansion and slavery. The article is available at …
- From November 5–7, UNIL Hosts the International Conference “Slavery, Resistance, and Democracy: Exploring Swiss-Brazilian Connections in the 19th Century Atlantic World.”
International Conference, University of Lausanne, 5-7 November 2025
- Shahid, A. (2023), “The Basel Mission Weaving Establishment in Malabar: Work Discipline and Resistance C. 1840-1910”, Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, 57 (2): pp. 51-72. : A new publication online
Amal Shahid’s article, “The Basel Mission Weaving Establishment in Malabar: Work Discipline and Resistance C. 1840-1910” is available in the Volume LVII 2 – (2023) of the Annals of the …
- “Integration and Collaborative Imperialism in Modern Europe : At the Margins of Empire, 1800-1950” an anthology edited by B. Schär and M. Toivanen
This open access book provides a thought-provoking new perspective on European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. It does so by inquiring how smaller European powers and regions at …
- Sept Mook magazine : “La Suisse coloniale”
In its latest issue, the Swiss slow journalism magazine Sept Mook explores the colonial Switzerland, revealing how, although without its own colonies, Switzerland has actively participated in European colonial systems. …