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SUMMARY:Bernhard Schär: "Where Were the Swiss? Switzerland and the Making 
 of European Empire"
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland never ruled a colonial empire – but it was never 
 outside empire. Over the past decade\, historical research has fundamental
 ly reshaped our understanding of Switzerland’s past\, revealing deep Swi
 ss entanglements in the colonial projects of Europe’s imperial powers. T
 hese findings challenge conventional narratives of neutrality and innocenc
 e and force a broader rethinking of European imperial history itself. This
  inaugural lecture revisits these debates and asks what changes when count
 ries without colonies are placed at the heart of empire. It argues that im
 perialism was shaped not only by rivalry\, but also by transimperial coope
 ration\, and points toward a global history of Switzerland and Europe that
  places empire and inequality at its centre.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>Switzerland never ruled a colonial empire – but it was neve
 r outside empire. Over the past decade\, historical research has fundament
 ally reshaped our understanding of Switzerland’s past\, revealing deep S
 wiss entanglements in the colonial projects of Europe’s imperial powers.
  These findings challenge conventional narratives of neutrality and innoce
 nce and force a broader rethinking of European imperial history itself. Th
 is inaugural lecture revisits these debates and asks what changes when cou
 ntries without colonies are placed at the heart of empire. It argues that 
 imperialism was shaped not only by rivalry\, but also by transimperial coo
 peration\, and points toward a global history of Switzerland and Europe th
 at places empire and inequality at its centre.</p>
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