Linda Maria Ratschiller Nasim

Linda Maria Ratschiller Nasim is a postdoctoral researcher working on the SNSF-funded project "Mass Death, Science and Medicine: Handling the Corpses of War in Modern Europe (1850–1960)" at the House of History, University of Geneva. She holds a Master's degree in the History of Science and Medicine from the University of Cambridge, UK, and a PhD in Contemporary History from the University of Fribourg.

• Education
  • MA in History of Science and Medicine – University of Cambridge (UK)
  • PhD in Contemporary History – University of Fribourg

Her research focuses on the history of science and medicine, particularly examining the intersections of colonial history, religious history, and the development of tropical medicine. She has contributed to public history initiatives through co-founding the website www.colonial-local.ch.

Her doctoral thesis (2023) explores the entangled history of hygiene between West Africa and Europe (1885–1914), analyzing the role of medical missionaries in shaping tropical medicine as a discipline by synthesizing religious, scientific, and colonial historical perspectives.

She is currently engaged in the "Mass Death, Science and Medicine" project, which investigates practices around corpse handling in modern European wars (1850–1960), bridging historical, medical, and sociocultural analysis.