Modern Europe

Yalta Summit, 1945

The field is distinguished by strengths in modern Britain and the British empire, as well as in modern Germany, France, and Austria. Faculty research includes capitalism, the Holocaust, nineteenth- and twentieth-century European thought, totalitarianism, and genocide.

People

Edward Baring
Edward Baring
(In alphabetical order)
Cultural History
Intellectual History
Philosophy
Religion
Theory of History
20th Century
Europe
David Bell; Photo courtesy of Joseph Bell
David A. Bell
(In alphabetical order)
Cultural History
Political History
17th & 18th Centuries
Europe
David Cannadine
David N. Cannadine
(In alphabetical order)
British Studies
Cultural History
Economic History
Historiography
Imperial History
Political History
Social History
19th Century
20th Century
Europe
North America
Linda Colley
Linda Colley
(In alphabetical order)
British Studies
Constitutional History
Cultural History
Global
Imperial History
17th & 18th Centuries
19th Century
20th Century
Fara
Fara Dabhoiwala
Art History
British Studies
Colonialism & Post Colonialism
Constitutional History
Cultural History
Gender & Sexuality
Global
History & Public Policy
Intellectual History
Legal History
Political History
Public History
Social History
15th & 16th Centuries
17th & 18th Centuries
19th Century
20th Century
Jan Tomasz Gross
Jan Tomasz Gross
(In alphabetical order)
Holocaust
Jewish History
Political History
20th Century
Europe
Harold James
Harold James
(In alphabetical order)
Economic History
20th Century
Europe
Arno Mayer
Arno Mayer
Holocaust
Political History
19th Century
20th Century
Europe
Yair Mintzker
Yair Mintzker
(In alphabetical order)
German History
Jewish History
17th & 18th Centuries
19th Century
20th Century
Europe
Philip Nord; Photo credit: Sameer Khan/Fotobuddy LLC
Philip G. Nord
(In alphabetical order)
Cultural History
Holocaust
Political History
Religion
Social History
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
Europe
Anson Rabinbach
Anson Rabinbach
(In alphabetical order)
Cultural History
Historiography
Holocaust
Intellectual History
Jewish History
20th Century
Europe
Natasha Wheatley; Photo credit: Nina Subin
Natasha Wheatley
(In alphabetical order)
Constitutional History
Global
Imperial History
Intellectual History
Legal History
Political History
19th Century
20th Century

Publications

The Ruble a Political History by Ekaterina Pravilova
The Ruble: A Political History
The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley
The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty
How Data Happened
How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
War of Words: Glossary of Globalization by Harold James
The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization
Remaking Central Europe The League of Nations and the Former Habsburg Lands Edited by Peter Becker and Natasha Wheatley
Remaking Central Europe: The League of Nations and the Former Habsburg Lands
After the Deportation Memory Battles in Postwar France by Phil Nord
After the Deportation: Memory Battles in Postwar France
Power and Time Edited by Dan Edelstein, Stefanos Geroulanos, and Natasha Wheatley
Power and Time: Temporalities in Conflict and the Making of History
Making a Modern Central Bank: The Bank of England 1979–2003
Making a Modern Central Bank: The Bank of England, 1979–2003
Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution by David A. Bell
Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution
Converts to the Real: Catholicism and the Making of Continental Philosophy
Converts to the Real: Catholicism and the Making of Continental Philosophy
Forgers and Critics, New Edition by Anthony Grafton
Forgers and Critics, New Edition: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship
Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906 by David Cannadine
Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
Philip Nord France 1940: Défendre La République
France 1940: Défendre La République
Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy by David Cannadine
Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy
Shadows of Revolution: Reflections on France, Past and Present by David A. Bell
Shadows of Revolution: Reflections on France, Past and Present
Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David A. Bell
Napoleon: A Concise Biography
The Right Kind of History: Teaching the Past in Twentieth-Century England by David Cannadine, Jenny Keating, Nicola Sheldon
The Right Kind of History: Teaching the Past in Twentieth-Century England
France 1940: Defending the Republic Philip Nord
France 1940: Defending the Republic
George V by David Cannadine
George V: The Unexpected King
The Trace of God: Derrida and Religion
The Trace of God: Derrida and Religion
Acts of Union and Disunion by Linda Colley
Acts of Union and Disunion
The Third Reich Sourcebook Edited by Anson Rabinbach and Sander L. Gilman
The Third Reich Sourcebook
Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman
Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman
The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution by Faramerz Dabhoiwala
The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm by Harold James
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm
Golden Harvest by Jan Tomasz Gross
Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust
The Young Derrida and French Philosophy, 1945–1968 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 98) Edward Baring
The Young Derrida and French Philosophy, 1945-1968
Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment by Stephen Kotkin
Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment
France's New Deal: From the Thirties to the Postwar Era by Philip Nord
France's New Deal: From the Thirties to the Postwar Era
Vergangenheit und Vergegenwartigung: Fruehes Mittelalter und europaische Erinnerungskultur Bernhard Zeller (Author) and Helmut Reimitz (Editor)
Vergangenheit und Vergegenwartigung: Fruehes Mittelalter und europaische Erinnerungskultur
Making History Now and Then: Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations by David Cannadine
Making History Now and Then: Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations
The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It by David Bell
The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
Family Capitalism: Wendels, Haniels, Falcks, and the Continental European Model by Harold James
Family Capitalism: Wendels, Haniels, Falcks, and the Continental European Model
The Politics of Resentment: Shopkeeper Protest in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Philip Nord
The Politics of Resentment: Shopkeeper Protest in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation by Anthony Grafton
Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation
Europe Reborn: A History, 1914-2000 by Harold James
Europe Reborn: A History, 1914-2000
Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire
Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire
In the Shadow of Catastrophe: German Intellectuals Between Apocalypse and Enlightenment by Anson Rabinbach
In the Shadow of Catastrophe: German Intellectuals Between Apocalypse and Enlightenment
Impressionists and Politics: Art and Democracy in the Nineteenth Century by Philip Nord
Impressionists and Politics: Art and Democracy in the Nineteenth Century
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
The Republican Moment: Struggles for Democracy in Nineteenth-Century France by Philip Nord
The Republican Moment: Struggles for Democracy in Nineteenth-Century France
The Human Motor: Energy, Fatigue, and the Origins of Modernity by Anson Rabinbach
The Human Motor: Energy, Fatigue, and the Origins of Modernity
The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History by Robert Darnton
The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History
Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The Final Solution in History by Arno Mayer
Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The Final Solution in History

News

Linda Colley
Linda Colley Awarded Honorary Degree from Oxford
Laura Edwards and Edward Baring
Faculty Appointments: Laura Edwards and Edward Baring
Law & Legality in Modern Eastern Europe
Law and Legality in Modern Eastern Europe
Hendrik Hartog & Anson Rabinbach; Hartog photo by Denise Applewhite
Hartog and Rabinbach to Transfer to Emeritus Status
Natasha Wheatley; Photo credit: Nina Subin
Wheatley's Article Wins Surrency Prize
Colonial & Imperial Workshop
Colonialism and Imperialism Workshop
Rhae Lynn Barnes (Credit: Rhae Lynn Barnes), Michael Blaakman (Credit: David C. Williard), Iryna Vushko (Credit: Iryna Vushko)
Faculty Appointments: Rhae Lynn Barnes, Michael Blaakman, Iryna Vushko
Natasha Wheatley
Faculty Appointment: Natasha Wheatley
Yair Mintzker
‘The Many Deaths of Jew Süss’: Mintzker Grapples with Truth in History
Philip Nord Receives Behrman Award for the Humanities
Linda Colley Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Constitutional History
Book by Brunnermeier, James, Landau Named to Financial Times’ Best Books of 2016: Economics List
Un New Deal Français Philip Nord
Book in Translation
Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf
Struggles with Mein Kampf
Brexit
Is Brexit Good or Bad? Experts Pick a Side
Linda Colley
Linda Colley: Why Constitutions Matter

Events

Image: “Darbar of Jahangir” by Abu’l-Hasan (1615)