Professor Thomas Weber

Professor Thomas Weber
Professor Thomas Weber
Professor Thomas Weber

MSt., DPhil (Oxon), FRHistS

Chair in History & International Affairs

About
Email Address
t.weber@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273539
Office Address

Department of History, University of Aberdeen
Crombie Annexe
Meston Walk
Old Aberdeen
AB24 3FX

School/Department
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

Biography

Thomas Weber is Professor of History and International Affairs as well as the founding Director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance at the University of Aberdeen. He also is a Visiting Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; an Associate Fellow of the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies at the University of Bonn; a Senior Associate of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Munk School for Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto; and a Member of the Security History Network at Utrecht University. His expertise lies in European, international, and global political history from the 19th century to the present.

A native of Breckerfeld in Westphalia, he earned his DPhil from the University of Oxford. He also has taught or has held fellowships at Harvard, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow.

His 1st book, Lodz Ghetto Album, won a Golden Light Award and an Infinity Award. His 2nd book, Our Friend “The Enemy” is the recipient of the 2008 Duc d’Arenberg History Prize for the best book on European History. His 3rd book, Hitler's First War is the recipient of the 2010 Arthur Goodzeit Book Award of the New York Military Affairs Symposium for the best book on military history. His next book, Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi , a El Mundo Top 10 Best Seller, was shortlisted for the 2018 Elizabeth Longford Prize. He also is the editor of Als die Demokratie starb: Die Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten.

He provides analysis on history and contemporary international affairs for news outlets & organizations in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

His online course on Hitler, examining his politicisation and radicalisation, and what his time in power can teach us about the nature of politics today, is open to enrollment from anywhere in the world.

Publications

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  • Wie Adolf Hitler zum Nazi wurde: Vom unpolitischen Soldaten zum Autor von ‚Mein Kampf’

    Weber, T.
    Propyläen, Berlin. 528 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Adolf Hitler

    Weber, T.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
  • Adolf Hitler und der Erste Weltkrieg: Erfahrungen und Konsequenzen

    Weber, T.
    Das Zeitalter der Weltkriege: Deutschland und Europa 1914 bis 1945. Piper, E. (ed.). Bundeszentrale fuer politische Bildung
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • The Creation of a World Freed from Jews

    Weber, T.
    Contemporanea, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 331-338
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Adolf Hitler und der Erste Weltkrieg: Erfahrungen und Konsequenzen

    Weber, T.
    Das Zeitalter der Weltkriege 1914 bis 1945. Piper, E. (ed.). Edition Lingen, pp. 202-211, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Was gehen uns die Toten des Ersten Weltkriegs an?: Why do we care about the dead of the First World War?

    Weber, T.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
  • Militärische und geistige Mobilisierung an den Universitäten Bonn und Oxford

    Weber, T., Geppert, D.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
  • Hitlers Erster Krieg: Der Gefreite Hitler im Ersten Weltkrieg – Mythos und Wahrheit

    Weber, T.
    List Verlag, Berlin
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Hitlers Første Verdenskrig

    Weber, T.
    Informations Forlag, Copenhagen. 496 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • La premiere guerre d'Hitler

    Weber, T.
    Editions Perrin, Paris
    Books and Reports: Books
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