Prof. Dr. Philippe Forêt

Philippe Forêt (University of Chicago PhD) is a geographer who has worked in America, Europe, and Asia. In Basel, Philippe leads with Max Bergman, Zinette Bergman, and Basil Bornemann the program on social transitions research. In Zurich, he manages with Marc Hall and Christoph Kueffer the multi-campus program in the environmental humanities of the Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecology. Published in four languages, Philippe’s agenda on climate research in arid areas and on the mobility of knowledge across Eurasia has received awards from eleven different countries. The Institutes for Advanced Study of Uppsala, Nantes, and Bristol have elected Philippe Fellow, and he has been a member of the Society of Fellows of the RCC since 2017.

Lunchtime Colloquium Video - How the "Gentlemen of Truth" Obscured the Truth About Climate Change

Selected Publications:

• with Christoph Kueffer, and Marc Hall. Developing the Environmental Humanities in Switzerland: An Evaluation of Opportunities, Challenges and Priorities in Research, Teaching and Institutional Support. Bern: Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015.
• edited with Andreas Kaplony. The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road. Leiden: Brill, 2008.
• edited with Ruth Dunnell, Mark Elliott, and Jim Millward. New Qing Imperial History. London: Routledge, 2004.
• La véritable histoire d’une montagne plus grande que l’Himalaya. Paris: Editions Bréal, 2004.
• with Aymond Baud, and Svetlana Gorshenina. La Haute-Asie telle qu’ils l’ont vue: Explorateurs et scientifiques de 1820 à 1940. Geneva: Editions Olizane, 2003.
• Mapping Chengde: The Qing Landscape Enterprise. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2000.