On Wednesday (February 17th) 15 young scientists were honored by the Universitätsgesellschaft Bielefeld (UgBi) [University Society] for their theses at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University. Among them are two Alumni of the BGHS, Dr. Susanne Koch (Faculty of Sociology) and Gleb J. Albert (History Department, Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology).

Dr. Susanne Koch has written a dissertation entitled: The Impact of Foreign Experts on Policy Making in Young Democracies. A Comparative Analysis of South Africa and Tanzania. The dissertation by Gleb J. Albert is entitled: The Charisma of the World Revolution. Revolutionary Internationalism in the Early Soviet Society, 1917-1927.

The BGHS cordially congratulates both BGHS Alumni.

For more information about the Alumni BGHS see:
www.uni-bielefeld.de/bghs/Personen/Alumni/index.html

For a detailed report on the doctoral thesis awards in 2015, see:
uni.aktuell/

A photo gallery with brief descriptions of all honored dissertations are available on facebook:
www.facebook.com/BielefeldUniversity