The subject areas listed below are not immediately reflected in the structure of the History Department’s degree programmes but form a regular part of the history curriculum. Particularly worthy of mention here are the department’s two geographic specialisations, African History and Eastern European History, which both boast their own professorships.
Iliffe, John: Africans : the history of a continent, Cambridge 1995 (African studies series).
Shillington, Kevin: History of Africa, New York, NY 2012.
Arnold, Guy: Africa : a modern history, London 2005.
Fage, John Donnelly; Oliver, Roland; Clark, John Desmond: The Cambridge history of Africa, Cambridge [etc.] 1975-1997. Volumes 5-8. The individual volumes are available online in the UB library catalogue.
Gates, Henry Louis; Appiah, Anthony: Encyclopedia of Africa, Oxford [etc.] 2010.
Hamilton, Carolyn; Ross, Robert: The Cambridge history of South Africa, Cambridge 2010-2011. The individual volumes are available online in the UB library catalogue.
Marx, Christoph: Geschichte Afrikas. Von 1800 bis zur Gegenwart, Paderborn 2004 (UTB Geschichte).
Meredith, Martin: The state of Africa : a history of fifty years of independence, London 2005.
Middleton, John: New encyclopedia of Africa, Detroit 2008.
Middleton, John: Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara, New York 1997.
Mitchell, Peter: The Oxford handbook of African archaeology, Oxford 2013.
Nugent, Paul: Africa since independence. A comparative history, New York 2004.
Shillington, Kevin: Encyclopedia of African history, New York [etc.] 2005.
General history of Africa, London 1981-. Volumes 6-8.
International African bibliography online (IABO), London 1971-.
African studies abstracts online (ASA online), Leiden 1968-. Published in print from 1968 to 2002, first as Documentatieblad (1968-1994), then as African Studies Abstracts (1994-2002).
Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Centre of documentation and expertise on Namibia and southern Africa, located in Basel.
The Heritage Portal | Voice of South Africa’s Heritage Community. News and information platform for the South African heritage sector.
Journal of West African history, East Lansing, MI 2014-.
African historical review, Abingdon 2007-. Previously known as Kleio : Journal of Historical Studies from Africa (Pretoria, 1969-2006).
Journal of Southern African studies : JSAS, Abingdon 1974-.
History in Africa: A Journal of Debates, Methods, and Source Analysis, Atlanta (Ga.) 1974-.
The international journal of African historical studies, Boston 1972-. Previously known as African Historical Studies (1968-1971).
The African studies review, Waltham (Mass.) 1970-.
South African historical journal, Abingdon 1969-.
African historical studies, Boston 1968-1971.
Canadian journal of African studies : Revue canadienne des études africaines, Montreal 1967-.
Africa Spectrum, Hamburg 1966-.
Cahiers d’études africaines, Paris 1960-.
The journal of African history, Cambridge 1960-.
Africa: journal of the International African Institute, Cambridge 1928-.
African affairs : the journal of the Royal African Society, London 1901-.
Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Centre of documentation and expertise on Namibia and southern Africa, located in Basel.
BM Archives. Visual and cartographic material from the Basel Mission Archives, 1550-2000.
Der Bildbestand der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft (1897-1936). Photographs of the German Colonial Society, 1897-1936.
Portal for African research collections.
The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs: 1860-1960. Photographs from the colonial period, East Africa.
Africa Focus : University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Digital Collections. Photographs and audio recordings, c. 1960s-1980s.
Endangered Archives Programme (British Library). All types of sources, covering the whole continent, c. 1200 to c. 1990.
Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Centre of documentation and expertise on Namibia and southern Africa, located in Basel.
BM Archives. Visual and cartographic material from the Basel Mission Archives, 1550-2000.
Der Bildbestand der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft (1897-1936). Photographs of the German Colonial Society, 1897-1936.
Portal for African research collections.
The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs: 1860-1960. Photographs from the colonial period, East Africa.
Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku: Dictionary of African biography, Oxford 2012.
Brockman, Norbert C.: An African biographical dictionary, Millerton, N.Y 2006.
Jobst, Kerstin S.: Geschichte der Ukraine, Ditzingen 2022 (Reclam Sachbuch premium).
Plokhy, Serhii: Das Tor Europas. Die Geschichte der Ukraine, Hamburg 2022.
Alexander, Manfred: Kleine Geschichte Polens, Stuttgart 2008 (Universal-Bibliothek).
Alexander, Manfred: Kleine Geschichte der böhmischen Länder, Stuttgart 2008.
Bushkovitch, Paul: A concise history of Russia, Cambridge 2012 (Cambridge concise histories).
Calic, Marie-Janine: Südosteuropa: Weltgeschichte einer Region, München 2016.
Connelly, John: From peoples into nations. A history of Eastern Europe, Princeton 2020.
Forsyth, James: The Caucasus: a history, Cambridge 2013.
Gončarov, Sergej Aleksandrovič; Franz, Norbert: Lexikon der russischen Kultur, Darmstadt 2002.
Haumann, Heiko: Geschichte Russlands, Zürich 2010.
Heyde, Jürgen: Geschichte Polens, München 2011 (Beck’sche Reihe Wissen).
Hösch, Edgar: Geschichte des Balkans, München 2011 (Beck’sche Reihe. Wissen).
Hösch, Edgar; Grabmüller, Hans-Jürgen: Daten der russischen Geschichte. Von den Anfängen bis 1917, München 1981 (dtv). Available online at vifaost.de.
Kappeler, Andreas: Kleine Geschichte der Ukraine, München 2014 (Beck’sche Reihe).
Lieven, Dominic: The Cambridge History of Russia, Cambridge 2006 (The Cambridge History of Russia).
Roth, Harald; Bohn, Thomas: Studienhandbuch östliches Europa, Köln 2009 (UTB). Volume 1: History of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe. Volume 2: History of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
Torke, Hans-Joachim: Historisches Lexikon der Sowjetunion. 1917/22 bis 1991, München 1993.
Central and East European Online Library (CEEOL). Online full-text archive with access to Eastern European academic journal articles across a range of different subjects.
Biblioteka Narodowa (Polnische Nationalbibliothek, Warschau).
Bibliographieportal zur Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas. Bibliography Portal for East-Central European History.
Abteilung für Geschichte Ost- und Südosteuropas am Historischen Seminar München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Osmikon, Forschungsportal zu Ost-, Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa. Including the OstDok repository, the central open-access academic platform for electronic full texts on Eastern, East-Central and South-Eastern Europe.
OstBib | Quellen für Osteuropastudien. Blog of the Eastern European department, Bavarian State Library.
Osteuropa / Russland und die GUS-Staaten. Clio-Guide, Clio-online. Clio-Guide is a manual on digital resources for the historical sciences.
Aspasia: international yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European women’s and gender history., New York, NY 2007-. Publication Title: Aspasia (New York, N.Y. : Online).
Kritika: explorations in Russian and Eurasian history, Bloomington, Ind 2000-.
Nordost-Archiv. Zeitschrift für Regionalgeschichte . Neue Folge, Lüneburg 1992-.
Balkan studies: a biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan studies, Thessaloniki 1960-2004.
Cahiers du monde russe: Russie-Empire russe, Union soviétique-états indépendants, Paris 1959-2011.
Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte, Wiesbaden 1954-.
Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, Marburg 1952-. Known as Zeitschrift für Ostforschung until 1994.
Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas, München 1936-.
Osteuropa. Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsfragen des Ostens, Stuttgart [online] Frankfurt am Main 1925-.
Eastern Europe & Eurasia, East View.
J-Doc | Архив еврейских документов, J-DOC.
REESOURCES. Rethinking Eastern Europe, REESOURCES. Rethinking Eastern Europe.
NAC | Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe. Polish National Digital Archive.
Polona. Polish National Library’s Digital Archive.
Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung. Digitale Angebote.
Imperial Russia’s Illustrated Press Online - BrillOnline Primary Sources.
Soviet Cinema Online - Periodicals and Newspapers 1918-1942 - BrillOnline Primary Sources.
Crampton, Richard J.; Crampton, Ben: Atlas of Eastern Europe in the twentieth century, London 2006.
Gilbert, Martin: The Routledge atlas of Russian history, London 2002.
Dame, Frederick William: History of Switzerland, Lewiston (N.Y.) 2003.
Im Hof, Ulrich: Geschichte der Schweiz, Stuttgart 2007 (Kohlhammer-Urban-Taschenbücher).
Kreis, Georg (Hg.): Die Geschichte der Schweiz, Basel 2014.
Maissen, Thomas: Geschichte der Schweiz, Baden 2010.
Reinhardt, Volker: Geschichte der Schweiz, Munich, Germany 2014.
Türler, Heinrich; Tribolet H: Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Neuchâtel 1921-1934. A PDF version of all volumes is available on the website of the Swiss National Library.
Walter, François: Histoire de la Suisse, Neuchâtel 2009-2010 (Collection Focus).
Veröffentlichungen der Unabhängigen Expertenkommission Schweiz - Zweiter Weltkrieg, Zürich 2001-2002.
Handbuch der Schweizer Geschichte, Zürich 1972-1980.
Helvetia Sacra - Historische Darstellung der Bistümer, Kollegiatstifte und Klöster in der Schweiz.
Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS) - Schweizer Geschichte. The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Basler Bibliographie, 1991-. Covers literature published from 1991 onwards. Older literature is listed in the earlier printed editions.
Bibliographie der Diplomatischen Dokumente der Schweiz (dodis). Bibliography of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland project; over 3000 literature references relating to the history of Switzerland’s foreign policy and international relations.
Bibliographie der Schweizergeschichte.
Infoclio.ch. Das Fachportal für die Geschichtswissenschaften der Schweiz. The professional portal of the historical sciences in Switzerland.
Traverse. Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Zürich 1994-.
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Basel 1951-. Continuation of the Zeitschrift für schweizerische Geschichte (1921-1950).
Kammerer, Patrick: Historische Statistik der Schweiz online.
Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz (dodis). Online database for the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland project, containing comprehensive information on documents, persons, organisations, geographical terms and bibliographic data relating to Switzerland’s foreign relations.
Quellen zur Schweizer Geschichte. Neue Folge. Hrsg. von der Allgemeinen Geschichtsforschenden Gesellschaft der Schweiz, 1908-. Part I: Chronicles; Part II: Records; Part III: Letters; Part IV: Handbooks.
Quellen zur Schweizer Geschichte. Hrsg. von der Allgemeinen Geschichtsforschenden Gesellschaft der Schweiz, Basel 1877-1906. Very heterogeneous set of sources (letters, chronicles, documents) with a focus on the Middle Ages (but not only).
Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz (dodis). Online database for the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland project, containing comprehensive information on documents, persons, organisations, geographical terms and bibliographic data relating to Switzerland’s foreign relations.
Amtliche Sammlung der ältern eidgenössischen Abschiede (Eidgenössische Abschiede). Source editions (often in summary form) of the records of the Federal Diet of Switzerland and other meetings between the Swiss cantons.
Salvisberg, André (Hg.): Historischer Atlas der Region Basel. Geschichte der Grenzen, Basel 2010.
Biographisches Lexikon verstorbener Schweizer. In memoriam, Zürich 1947-1982.
Gassert, Philipp: Transnationale Geschichte Version 2.0 (Docupedia), 2012.
Graziano, Paolo: Europeanization : new research agendas, Basingstoke 2007.
Hirschhausen, Ulrike von; Patel, Kiran Klaus: Europäisierung – Docupedia, 2010.
Stråth, Bo: Europe and the other and Europe as the other, Bruxelles 2010 (Multiple Europes).
Blickle, Peter: Handbuch der Geschichte Europas, Stuttgart 2002-2012.
Doumanis, Nicholas: The Oxford handbook of European history, 1914-1945, Oxford 2019.
Stone, Dan: The Oxford handbook of postwar European history, Oxford 2012 (Oxford handbooks online).
European History Online — EGO.
Jahrbuch für Europäische Geschichte. European History Yearbook, München 2000-.
European review of history : Revue européenne d’histoire, Abingdon 1994-.
Contemporary European history, Cambridge [online:] New York 1992-.
Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, Leipzig 1991-.
Burke, Peter: Die europäische Renaissance. Zentren und Peripherien, München 1998 (Europa bauen).
Münkler, Herfried; Münkler, Marina: Lexikon der Renaissance, München 2000.
Bibliographie internationale de l’Humanisme et de la Renaissance, 1966-2002.
International bibliography of humanism and the renaissance, Turnhout 1965-.
Renaissance and Reformation - Oxford Bibliographies - Authoritative Research Guide - Oxford Bibliographies, obo. Library Catalog: www.oxfordbibliographies.com.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Griesebner, Andrea: Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft. Eine Einführung, Wien 2005.
Duby, Georges; Perrot, Michelle: Geschichte der Frauen, Frankfurt 1993-1995.
Kleinau, Elke: Geschichte der Mädchen- und Frauenbildung, Frankfurt a.M. 1996.
Clio : Femmes, genre, histoire, Toulouse 1995-.
Femina politica. Zeitschrift für feministische Politik-Wissenschaft, Berlin 1992-.
L’Homme. Europäische Zeitschrift für feministische Geschichtswissenschaft, Wien 1990-.
Gender & history, Oxford 1989-.
Journal of women’s history, Baltimore 1989-.
Ariadne. Forum für Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte, Kassel 1985-.
Zanish-Belcher, Tanya: Perspectives on women’s archives, Chicago 2013.