The Graduate Institute in partnership with the Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l'histoire du temps présent, in collaboration with the University of Geneva will study during a two-day conference the history of development politics and policies from the perspective of international organisations (inter-governmental, quasi-governmental, non-governmental, secular and faith-based, as well as philanthropic foundations). Throughout the period covered by our conference (1910s-1970s) bi-lateral (state-to-state) development programs coexisted with programs discussed and enforced through international organisations. Nonetheless, since the beginning of the twentieth century, development has been debated as an international issue and enforced internationally. The conference emphasizes a number of connections – chronological and thematic – often overlooked by scholars and offers a reflection on the matrixes of development politics and policies: wars, post-war, imperial/colonial and post-colonial contexts.

Programme

Maison de la Paix, Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, 1202 Genève
Free entrance
Please register at felix.ohnmacht@graduateinstitute.ch