Dr. Tomas Bartoletti

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Biography

Tomás Bartoletti is a Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, specializing in the history of the modern world. He is currently leading a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation on 'Insect Pests and Economic Entomology in Plantations, c. 1880-1980s: A Multispecies History of Global Capitalism.' Tomás earned his PhD from the University of Buenos Aires and has studied Latin American Studies and the History of Science and Technology at the University of Quilmes, Argentina. His academic career includes research positions as a Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University (2025-2026), and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (2021-2023), as well as a Postdoctoral Fellow at ETH Zurich (2019-2021). In Spring 2025, he will serve as a Visiting Professor at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. His research articles have been published in various journals, and he oversaw the exhibition 'Naming Natures: Natural History and Colonial Legacy' at the Natural History Museum in Neuchâtel. In 2023, he became an associate editor of 'Environmental Humanities: Commodity Frontiers' Journal, and he received the ETH Career Seed Award for innovation in research and teaching in December 2024.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Lecturer

— Present

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich • Zürich, Switzerland

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Social and Political Sciences, specializing in the history of the modern world.

Awards

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ETH Career Seed Award

Requirements for ETH Zurich

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.4
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:159
Verbal Percentile
Required:80
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:81
Analytical Writing
Required:4.5
Writing Percentile
Required:85
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a related field (Engineering, Natural Sciences, or Mathematics) Minimum 180 ECTS credits Subject-specific knowledge equivalent to ETH Bachelor's programs
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree diploma or transcript
  • Official academic transcripts
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Letter of Motivation (1 page)
  • Two academic recommendation letters
  • English language proficiency certificate
  • GRE General Test (for non-EU/EFTA applicants)
Specialization Notes

The GRE is mandatory for students who did not obtain their Bachelor's degree in an EU/EFTA state. Some departments (e.g., Computer Science) have specific ECTS credit requirements in core subjects.