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Swiss doctoral dissertations on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1897-1996: a bibliography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Roger Pfister*
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Swiss Society of African Studies, Bern
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Copyright © African Research & Documentation 1997

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Originally published as: Bibliography of Swiss doctoral dissertations on sub-Saharan Africa, 1897-1996 - Bibliographie des thèses de doctorat suisses sur l’Afrique noire, 1897-1996. Berne: Swiss National Commission for UNESCO; Swiss Society of African Studies, 1997.74pp. Reprinted with kind permission by Baywood Publishing from A current bibliography on African affairs.

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Notes to the Introduction

2. Rial, Jacques: Inventaire des thèses suisses consacrées a I’Afrique au sud du Sahara. Bern: Commission Nationale Suisse pour l’UNESCO, 1973. (2. édition); Maurer, Barbara and Klaus Schwarz: Hochschulschriften zu Schwarz- Afrika, 1960-1978: Deutschland – Österreich – Schweiz. Freiburg i.B.: Klaus Schwarz, 1979. (Materialien zur Afrikakunde, Vol. 1).

3. Jahresverzeichnis der schweizerischen Hochschulschriften. Basel: University of Basel.Google Scholar

4. The Library’s homepage is at http://www.snl.ch and the catalogue can be searched at telnet://helveticat.snl.ch (login: Hello Internet,user.clas01; Password: snl; Standortcode: 100).

5. No officially published version of dissertations exists. One has to contact the University Library to receive such a list. My thanks go to Ms. Alice Spinnler for her help in this respect.

6. The dissertations are accessible on the Internet at: http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/diss/index.html

7. Its dissertations can be found in the University’s annual report Rapport sur I’année académique.

8. I consulted the University’s two annual publications: Liste des theses dè I’Universite de Geneve (1992-1993), and Catalogue des publications et de la recherche (1994-1995).

9. Its dissertations are on the Internet at: http://www.unil.ch/BCU/docs/catalogu.htm

10. A list has to be requested from the University Library itself. My thanks go to Ms. Natalie Bart Petris.

11. Here I consulted the bi-annual University publication St. Galler Hochschulnachrichten (No. 113/114 (1991-92) - No. 124 (1996/97).

12. The dissertations are listed in a monthly publication which is issued by the Erziehungsdirektion des Kantons Zürich: Schulblatt des Kantons Zürich (Vol. 107 (1992) - Vol. 112(2), 1997). I sincerely appreciate Mr. Matthias Dalvit pointing this out.

13. A list has to be requested at the Federal Institute’s library. I am thankful for the help of Ms. Valérie Maziero.

14. Twice a year this Federal Institute publishes its Diplome und Doktorate.

15. Swiss National Library, Hallwylstrasse 15,3003 Bern, Tel +41 (0)31 322 89 11, Fax +41 (0)31 322 84 63, Email: , Internet: http://www.snl.ch

16. Who’s Who of Southern Africa, 1995-96, Parkhurst: First National Bank, 1996. pp.126.

17. Africa Who’s Who. London: Africa Books Ltd., 1991. pp.1718.