Dear Politics-Maniac!

Welcome to this new blog of the Department of International History and Politics (HPI) at the Graduate Institute, Geneva!

It is a discussion forum on contemporary political issues and historical issues of contemporary relevance.We welcome contributions to the blog in the form of comments, documents, links, photos, etc to advance meaningful awareness and discussion of contemporary issues, or sometimes simply to vent our opinions on matters that touch us all. There will also be a book review section, as well as polls and blogroll (links to other interesting blogs about history).The blog will be moderated in the first months by Zeynep Capan (PhD) and Willem Oosterveld (PhD). As the blog develops, we would like to have an editorial board with more members. You are already welcome to join! Of course, suggestions for improving the blog or to make it more attractive and user-friendly are also welcome. If the blog proves popular, it could be extended by adding new forums on other topics, for instance focusing on academic research in history or career prospects for newly graduated history students.

If you would like to write commentaries about your favorite topics on the HPI blog, please send short articles (not more than 400 words) to the editors at: (

hpi.geneva@gmail.com