Three Doctoral Positions in History

The Institute of History at the University of Bern is offering three doctoral positions starting on July 1, 2026, or by agreement, within the historical research project “Women’s Global 1990s: Networks, Activism, and Politics,” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The positions are limited to four years.

The research project examines transnational women's networks that were founded between the mid‑1980s and the beginning of the new millennium. They brought together activists from the global North and South and became the most important organisations within the transnational women’s movement. In the 1990s, they emerged as key political actors and knowledge producers, placing women’s and gender issues on the agendas of international organisations and conferences. The research project investigates the political strategies of these women’s networks as well as the challenges, controversies, and setbacks they faced. Drawing on concepts from global history, gen...