Dr THOMAS WEBER

Dr THOMAS WEBER The University of Aberdeen School of Divinity, History & Philosophy Reader work +44 (0)1224 273539 pref t.weber@abdn.ac.uk pref on leave at Harvard University in 2012/13: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Harvard University Room K241, Mailbox # 30 1737 Cambridge Street Cambridge MA 02138, U.S.A. Tel.: ++1 (627) 495-2965 office address in Aberdeen: Department of History University of Aberdeen Crombie Annexe, Meston Walk Old Aberdeen, AB24 3FX, United Kingdom Tel. ++44/ (0)1224/ 27-3539

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Biography

Thomas Weber's research and teaching expertise lies in European, international, and global political history. He also has an interest in international security, Jewish/non-Jewish relations and in historical methodology.

Weber is also the founding Director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance at the University of Aberdeen.

Before coming to Aberdeen, Weber held fellowships or taught at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. A native of Breckerfeld in Westphalia, he earned his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2003.

His first book, Lodz Ghetto Album, won a 2004 Golden Light Award and a 2005 Infinity Award. His second book, Our Friend “The Enemy” was the recipient of the 2008 Duc d’Arenberg History Prize for the best book of a general nature, intended for a wide public, on the history and culture of the European continent. His latest book, Hitler's First War, was published in English by Oxford University Press in the autumn of 2010. Since then, his book has also been published in German, Dutch, Swedish, French, Spanish, Polish, Czech, and Danish. The book is also about to be published in Russian and it is being adapted into the TV mini series by Teamworx and Beta Film.

Thomas Weber is the proponent of an initiative to establish Truth Commissions in Europe and the Mediterranean basin. He has also occasionally contributed commentary on history and current affairs for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, El Pais, Die Welt, and Al Arabiya.

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Major Publications and Prizes

Publication Prizes

 2008: Duc d’Arenberg History Prize awarded biannually by the Arenberg Foundation for the best book on European history and culture [for Our Friend ‘The Enemy’]

 2005: Infinity Award in the category ‘Publication’ of the International Center of Photography, New York City. Infinity Awards are awarded “to bring public attention to outstanding achievements in photography by honoring individuals with distinguished careers in the field and by identifying future luminaries” [for Lodz Ghetto Album]

 2004: Golden Light Award in the category ‘Best Edited Historical Book’, awarded annually by the Maine Photographic Workshops [for Lodz Ghetto Album]

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Publications

Contributions to Journals

Articles

• Weber, T. (2009). 'Gdoodoh shel Adolf Hitler beh milhemet ha olam hareeshona'. Tabur: Yearbook for European History, Society, Culture and Thought, vol 2, pp. 59-69.
• Weber, T. (2003). 'Anti-Semitism and Philo-Semitism among the British and German Elites: Oxford and Heidelberg before the First World War'. English Historical Review, vol 143, no. 475, pp. 86.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings

Chapters

• Weber, T. (2008). 'Entreradas: Fotografias de Henryk Ross'. in: Lugar/Place: Photo España 2008. La Fabrica Editorian, Madrid, Spain, pp. 126-135.
• Weber, T. (2008). 'Cosmopolitan Nationalists: German Students in Britain – British Students in Germany'. D Geppert & R Gerwarth (eds), in: Wilhelmine Germany and Edwardian Britain: Essays on Cultural Affinity. Studies of the German Historical Institute London, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 249-269.
• Weber, T. (2006). 'British Universities in the First World War'. T Maurer (ed.), in: Kollegen – Kommilitonen – Kämpfer: Europäische Universitäten im Ersten Weltkrieg. Pallas Athene, no. 18, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 75-90.
• Weber, T. (2006). 'Konstruktion der Erinnerung: Der Umgang mit Bildern aus dem Lodzer Ghetto'. P Haustein, R Schmolling & J Skriebeleit (eds), in: Konzentrationslager - Geschichte und Erinnerung: Neue Studien zum KZ-System und zur Gedenkkultur. Klemm & Oelschläger, Münster, Germany, pp. 169-180.
• Weber, T. (2005). 'Editing an Unbearable Past: The Visual Representation of Survivors of the Lodz Ghetto'. J-D Steinert & I Weber-Newth (eds), in: Beyond Camps and Forced Labour: Current International Research on Survivors of Nazi Persecution. Secolo-Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, pp. 372-383.

Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Weber, T. (2005). 'Wannsee Conference'. in: Encarta Encyclopedia 2005. Microsoft, Seattle, WA, USA.
• Weber, T. (2003). 'Studenten'. in: Enyklopaedie Erster Weltkrieg. Schoeningh, Paderborn, pp. 910.

Books and Reports

Books

• Weber, T. & Gebauer, S. (2011). 'Hitlers Erster Krieg: Der Gefreite Hitler im Weltkrieg - Mythos und Wahrheit'. Propyläen, Berlin, Germany.
• Weber, T., de Boer, M. (2011). 'Adolf Hitler en de Eerste Wereldoorlog'. translated by Nicola Green, Nieuw Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Weber, T. (2011). 'Hitlers första krig'. Historiska Media, Lund, Sweden.
• Weber, T. (2010). 'Hitler’s First War: Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment and the First World War'. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
• Weber, T., van Pelt, R-J, Parr, M. & Prus, T. (2005). 'Lodz Ghetto Album: Photographs by Henryk Ross'. Chris Boot, London.

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