Research Unit on the Social and Cultural History of Education (LHiSCE)

The Research Unit on the Social and Cultural History of Education (LHiSCE) is led by Prof. Charles Magnin.

Research Fields

• Social and cultural history of systems, institutions and practices of teaching, included history of school culture and pedagogical innovation, in obligatory and post-obligatory school system in Geneva
• History of teaching corps
• History of the international debate on education, and more generally, history of secondary school and North-South relations
• Comparative history of education
• History of the "Education Nouvelle"
• History of "characters" of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute
• History of special education
• History of the childhood protection
• Oral history of education
• Researches on social history about social violence and childhood