Yes, the University of Louis Pasteur was obviously named after him until it became part of the refounded Univeristy of Strasbourg. He is also buried beneath The Pasteur Insitute, which also holds his namesake See links below.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.