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Letizia Gaja Pinoja

Letizia Gaja Pinoja

Spoken languages
Italian, English, French, German, Arabic
Areas of expertise
  • Swiss colonial history
  • The history of chocolate
  • The history of racism in Switzerland

PhD Thesis

 

Title: A Milk-Washed History. Retracing the Colonial History of Swiss Chocolate

Expected Completion Date: September 2026

PhD Supervisor: Davide Rodogno and Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou
 

Retracing the colonial origin of the Swiss national product per excellence: chocolate 
 

Profile
 

Letizia Pinoja is a PhD candidate at the International History and Politics Department at the Geneva Graduate Institute. She holds a master's degree in International History and Politics from the Geneva Graduate Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Geneva. Her doctoral project aims to retrace the colonial history of Swiss chocolate since the late 18th century.
 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Swiss colonial history 
  • Racism and its historical roots in Switzerland 
  • The history of food