Professor 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

Global History Science Environmental History Capitalism

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

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.