Dodis Reloaded
The decisive step towards «Dodis 2.0» has been taken: in its continual efforts to renew the database, the research group of the DDS has brought together its front and back end technologies. Whereas so far, users only perceived small changes, «Dodis Reloaded» represents a definite milestone for the work of the research group.
The birth of the «International Committee of Editors of Diplomatic Documents»
From 1st to 5th October 2013, delegations from 5 continents came together for the 12th International Conference of Editors of Diplomatic Documents, which took place at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. The high point of the Conference of Editors was the founding of the «International Committee of Editors of Diplomatic Documents».
International Conference of Editors of Diplomatic Documents and Symposium «Diplomacy and Global Governance»
Preparations are running at full speed: The research group of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland is in the midst of organising the 12th International Conference of Editors of Diplomatic Documents and the International Symposium «Diplomacy and Global Governance».
e-Dossier: Beginning of the Corea mission 1953
«Even if we keep out of World and European politics, that does not mean, that we are not interested in the events happening around us or that we try to avoid all responsibility», said Federal Councillor Max Petitpierre addressing the Swiss diplomatic corps in September 1953.
Dodis in the FAZ
The renowned Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, also known as the FAZ, has published a review of volume 24 of the DDS, which covers the years 1967-1969. Its author, Horst Möller, was the Director of the Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin up to 2011, and Professor for Modern and Contemporary History at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich.
Nachruf auf Professor Walther Hofer
Mit Betroffenheit hat die Forschungsgruppe der DDS vom kürzlichen Tod von Prof. Dr. em. Walther Hofer erfahren. Durch seine Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus und des Zweiten Weltkriegs fand der Ordinarius für Neuere Allgemeine Geschichte an der Universität Bern weit über die Landesgrenzen hinaus Beachtung und Anerkennung.
«Neutrality – What else? From Brother Klaus to ‹fiscal neutrality›»
The President of the Comittee overseeing the publication of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland (DDS), Prof. PhD Hans Ulrich Jost, will be giving a talk on 29 May 2013, on the subject «Neutrality – What else? From Brother Klaus to ‹fiscal neutrality›».
e-Dossier: Beitritt zum Europarat 1963
«Der Europarat ist der Ort, wo wir aus nächster Nähe das ‹Klima› Europas erspüren können», stellte SP-Nationalrat Max Weber an der Sitzung einer vom Bundesrat eingesetzten Arbeitsgruppe im November 1963 fest (dodis.ch/34192). Am 6. Mai desselben Jahres war die Schweiz dieser europäischen Organisation mit Sitz in Strassburg beigetreten.
Dodis 1.6 online!
The research group has come one step further in its continual updating of the Dodis database. Dodis 1.6 features a simplified 'search mask' as well as clearer and more precise entries to the database. In an effort to refine the look of Dodis, an icon for persons, organizations and geographical terms has been added: where already possible, a photo illustrates the names of figures of Swiss diplomacy
Dodis goes Social Media
«Swiss Academia goes Social Media» is a project of Swissnex San Francisco. It aims to encourage the use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter in Swiss universities and research centres. Within the context of this two-year project, a variety of online seminars, workshops and study trips to the Silicon Valley were organised
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