Walter Benjamin Kolleg

The Walter Benjamin Kolleg (formerly IASH) brings together research activities of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bern. In inter- and transdisciplinary projects, doctoral students, junior fellows and other young researchers examine key questions of the Humanities, Social and Cultural Sciences. In all of this, the Kolleg’s role is to provide the framework for creative solutions when approaching problems which concern all of us.

The doctoral programs of the Graduate School of the Humanities (GSH) make possible an outstanding inter- and transdisciplinary academic education, centering on the writing of a qualitatively excellent doctoral thesis, which qualifies graduates to do research-related work in both academic and non-academic fields. The GSH comprises three doctoral programs.