e-dossier: the Jura question and international politics
«Nous nous ridiculisons aux yeux des pays étrangers, qui ont de plus en plus l’impression que la Suisse ne peut pas faire face à ses problèmes de minorités», se plaint le chef du Département militaire Paul Chaudet lors de la séance du Conseil fédéral du 17 mars 1964 (dodis.ch/31968). La question jurassienne occupe à l’époque de plus en plus la politique fédérale.
International Conference on Global Diplomacy
«Global Diplomacy – A Post-Institutional Approach» was the title of an international conference that took place on August 30-31, 2018, coorganized by Dodis and the Institute for European Global Studies of the University of Basel. The conference seeked to move beyond Eurocentric discussions, aiming for a global perspective on diplomacy.
«Journal d'un témoin»
Ministre de Suisse à Tokyo de 1940 à 1945, Camille Gorgé fait figure de témoin privilégié de cette période tragique de l’histoire mondiale. Ses Mémoires inédits, intitulés «Débâcle au Soleil-Levant: Journal d’un témoin», ont été rédigés dans l’immédiat après-guerre à partir de ses souvenirs, notes personnelles, rapports officiels et correspondances.
e-Dossier: 50 Years after the suppression of the «Prague Spring»
«Have been taken under Soviet fire. Shots were directed at embassy building», the Swiss representation in Prague wired to Bern on 21 August 1968 at 11.30 a.m. When, 50 years ago, troupes of the Warsaw Pact occupied Czechoslovakia in a sudden attack, the Swiss diplomats found themselves at the very center of the dramatic events.
Workshop – Editing diplomatic documents in a TEI-XML-World
Im Rahmen des weltweit ersten Scholarly Exchange Program des International Committee of Editors of Diplomatic Documents (ICEDD) fand am 27. Juni 2018 ein Workshop zum Thema «Editing Diplomatic Documents in a TEI-XML World» statt. Mit Dr. Joe Wicentowski (Foreign Relations of the United States, FRUS), Wolfgang Meier (eXist Solutions), Dr. Christiane Sibille und Prof. Dr. Sacha Zala (Dodis).
e-Dossier: 50 Years after the Bührle Affair
For months, Fritz Real had been suspecting that large numbers of illegally exported Swiss anti-aircraft guns were used in the Nigerian civil war. Finally, on 12 June 1968, the Swiss ambassador in Lagos obtained the decisive clue «from a reliable source», «that clearly indicates a blatant violation of Swiss export provisions by Bührle & Co.»
«Die Revolte der Jungen»
«1968» fand nicht nur in Paris und Prag, sondern auch in Leuven, Lund und Londonderry, in Goiana, al-Mansura und Rawalpindi statt. Die Schweizer Diplomaten auf den Aussenposten in aller Welt nahmen die Proteste von Jugendlichen, die sich damals in verschiedenen Ländern ereigneten, als eine globale Bewegung wahr.
Release of volume 26
The research center Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland cordially invites you to the vernissage of volume 26 (1973-1975) of the DDS series. The event will take place on Monday, May 7, 2018 at the Federal Archives in Berne. Thank you for your registration until April 30.
Swiss Foreign Policy, 1973–1975: New Volume Out Now!
«This kind of foreign ministry, with no police protection, but with a peaceful vegetable market ante portas, is what Palestinians dream of», a functionary of the Fatah party remarked on leaving the federal parliament building in Bern in June 1973. He was visiting the Federal Political Department to establish a representation of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation in Geneva.
Dodis goes Museumsnacht Bern
Dodis war in diesem Jahr zum ersten Mal an der Museumsnacht Bern vertreten. Im Rahmen des von den Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz organisierten «Tête-à-tête mit der Wissenschaft» hat Sacha Zala als Direktor von Dodis die Arbeit der Forschungsstelle präsentiert.
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