In her opening presentation, Sancharini Bhattacharya (University of Basel) introduced the audience to her PhD project with a talk on “Mapping the History of Comparative Philosophy: Paul Masson-Oursel as the Nodal Point for Writing the Global History of Comparative Philosophy.” Lorenzo Currenti (University of Basel) presented his research on “The Case of the Global Novartis Malaria Initiative A Pluridisciplinary Approach to Public Health and Corporate Citizenship”. “Fighting Flies in the Northern Territory. A Case Study of Entomologist Eduard Handschin (1925–1940)” was the topic of Lars Dickmann’s (University of Basel) contribution in the context of the PhD Project Lab. 

Shubham Karmakar’s (University of Basel) poster on “Chinese Influence Activities in Xi Era: The Case of India” started the annual conference of the Graduate Program in European Global Studies on “New Research in European Global Studies”. Sancharini Bhattacharya seized the opportunity to present another aspect of her doctoral dissertation with poster titled “Mapping the History of Comparative Philosophy with Brajendranath Seal and Paul Masson Oursel as Nodal Points”.

The PhD Project Lab is a platform of the Graduate Program European Global Studies which enables exchange between early-career and senior researchers and enhances the interdisciplinary dialogue at the Institute. It specifically aims to transcend disciplinary boundaries and is designed to provide a stimulating environment for interdisciplinary research by adopting innovative forms of teaching.

It brought together doctoral and postdoctoral researchers as well as professors of the research areas Global History of Europe, European Global Knowledge Production and Foreign Trade and European Integration from the Institute for European Global Studies.

The event was organized by Corey Ross and Ralph Weber, the leaders of the research areas Global History of Europe and European Global Knowledge Production respectively.