Madeleine Herren-Oesch (born 26 January 1956 in

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

) is a Swiss historian. Madeleine Herren-Oesch studied

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and

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at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It ...

. She wrote her licentiate about "Aspekte cisleithanischer Sozialpolitik" (''Aspects of the Cisleithanian Social Policy'') and in 1989 her dissertation about "Internationale Sozialpolitik vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg aus der Perspektive der Dritten Französischen Republik" (''International pre-

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Social Policy from the perspective of the

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 ...

''). In 1997 she was promoted to professor with "Hintertüren zur Macht - Internationalismus und modernisierungsorientierte Außenpolitik in Belgien, der Schweiz und den USA 1865–1914" (Internationalism and modernized

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and the

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1865–1914). Between 2004 and 2013, Madeleine Herren-Oesch was professor for

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at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

. Since April 2013 she has been director of the Institute for European Global Studies at the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...

Publications

*''Internationale Sozialpolitik vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg'', Berlin 1993.'' *''Hintertüren zur Macht. Internationalismus und modernisierungsorientierte Außenpolitik in Belgien, der Schweiz und den USA 1865-1914, München 2000.'' *''Netzwerk Außenpolitik. Internationale Organisationen und Kongresse als Instrumente der schweizerischen Außenpolitik 1914-1950, Madeleine Herren-Oesch und Sacha Zala, Zürich 2002.'' *''Internationale Organisationen seit 1865. Eine Globalgeschichte der internationalen Ordnung. Wiss. Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2009, .'' *''Inszeniertes Leben. Die entzauberte Biografie des Selbstdarstellers Dr. Tomarkin, Madeleine Herren, Franziska Rogger, Köln/Wien 2012.'' *''Transcultural History. Sources, Theories, Methods, Madeleine Herren, Martin Rüesch, Christiane Sibille, Heidelberg 2012.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Herren, Madeleine 1956 births Living people 20th-century Swiss historians Swiss women historians Historians of Europe 21st-century Swiss historians Academic staff of Heidelberg University Academic staff of the University of Basel