Christophe Farquet Education Professional Experience Academic

Christophe Farquet
Ch. des Glycines 4
1004 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel. 0041 21 625 32 51
[email protected]
Born April 7, 1984 in Vevey (Switzerland)
Education
2008-2013:
PhD in Economic History at the University of Lausanne (Prof. Sébastien Guex)
Thesis examination: 1.11.2013
Public Defence: winter 2014
2002-2007:
Master in Arts at the University of Lausanne (History, French Literature,
Political Science)
Professional Experience
2007-2013:
PhD Assistant at the Department of History of the University of Lausanne:
teaching assistant and researcher (60-100%)
2010-2011:
Visiting Researcher in Great Britain and Germany with a grant from the Swiss
National Research Foundation (University of Birmingham; Humboldt
Universität Berlin)
2006-2013:
Supply Teacher in Public and Private Schools of the Canton de Vaud
(Switzerland)
Academic Presentations
2013
Workshop on NGOs in World Politics, City University, London
Swiss Economic and Social History Society, University of Bern
Seminar in International History (Prof. Flandreau), Graduate Institute, Geneva
Swiss Congress of Historical Sciences, University of Fribourg (Co-organiser of the Panel “History
of Offshore Finance”)
2011
Research Seminar (Prof. Leimgruber), University of Geneva
European Historical Economics Society Conference, Dublin
Debt, Tax and Human Rights, University of Essex
Forschungskolloquium zur Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Prof. Nuetzenandel), Humboldt
Universität, Berlin
Past, Present and Policy: The Sub-prime Crisis and how it Changed the Past, Graduate Institute,
Geneva
2010
Les révoltes fiscales en Europe, aux Amériques et dans les empires coloniaux, EHESS, Paris
Doctoral Seminar, University of Lausanne
2009
Banks and Bankers in Italy and Switzerland. VII Seminario CIRSFI, Bergamo
Critical Voices in Swiss International Relations, University of Lausanne
Publications
Manuscript
“La défense du paradis fiscal suisse avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Analyse de la politique
helvétique au sein des négociations internationales sur la double imposition et l’évasion fiscale
durant l’entre-deux-guerres”, [= The Defence of the Swiss Tax Haven before the Second World
War. Analysis of Swiss Policies within the International Negotiations on Double Taxation and
Tax Evasion during the Interwar Years], Manuscript submitted for thesis examination,
September 2013, 564 pages.
Thesis Jury: Prof. Sébastien Guex (University of Lausanne); Prof. Marc Flandreau (Graduate
Institute); Prof. Martin Lengwiler (University of Basel); Prof. Ronen Palan (City University,
London).
Articles
“Tax Avoidance, Collective Resistance, And International Negotiations: Foreign Tax Refusal by
Swiss Banks and Industries Between the Two World Wars”, Journal of Policy History 25/3, 2013,
pp. 334-353.
“Le marché de l'évasion fiscale dans l'entre-deux-guerres”, L'Economie politique 54, 2011, pp. 95112.
“Expertise et négociations fiscales à la Société des Nations (1923-1939)”, Relations internationales
142, 2010, pp. 5-21.
“Le secret bancaire en cause à la Société des Nations”, Traverse. Revue d'histoire 1, 2009, pp. 102115.
“Lutte contre l'évasion fiscale: l'échec de la SDN durant l'entre-deux-guerres”, L'Economie politique
44, 2009, pp. 93-112.
“Quand l'Etat transgressait le secret bancaire: l'imposition des capitaux mobiliers à Fribourg,
1894-1919”, Annales fribourgeoises 71, 2009, pp. 95-105 (with Markus Winiger).
Working Papers
“The Rise of the Swiss Tax Haven in the Interwar Period: An International Comparison”, EHES
Working papers in Economic History 27, 2012, pp. 1-40.
Book Reviews
“Nicolas Delalande, Alexis Spire: Histoire sociale de l'impôt”, Revue française de science politique 61,
2011, pp. 794-795.
“Philipp Müller: La Suisse en crise (1929-1936). Les politiques monétaire, financière, économique
et sociale de la Confédération helvétique”, Revue historique vaudoise 119, 2011, pp. 339-341.
Additional information
Member of the following associations:
- Swiss Historical Society
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte
- History of International Organizations Network.
Languages:
French (native);
English (very good);
German (good).
References
Prof. Marc Flandreau
Graduate Institute of
International Studies and
Development,
Geneva
Marc.Flandreau@graduateinst
itute.ch
Prof. Ronen Palan
Department of International
Politics
City University, London
[email protected]
Prof. Matthieu
Leimgruber
Paul Bairoch Institute of
Economic History
University of Geneva
Matthieu.Leimgruber@unige.
ch