MSt., DPhil (Oxon), FRHistS
Chair in History & International Affairs
- About
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- 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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Partnership in Leadership: A New Beginning – Neue Impulse für die transatlantischen Beziehungen. Bericht der Task Force ‘Zukunft der transatlantischen Beziehungen’ bei der Henry-Kissinger-Professur für Sicherheits- und Strategieforschung der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Bonn: Bonn University. 52 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsSkating into the Abyss: The Struggle between the Revolutionary Spirit of 1776 and the Reformist Spirit of 1783 in the Establish- ment of the New International Order in 1919 and After
Vom Nachkrieg zum Vorkrieg: Die Pariser Friedensverträge und die internationale Ordnung der Zwischenkriegszeit. Schlie, U., Lojko, M., Weber, T. (eds.). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 33-56, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersVom Nachkrieg zum Vorkrieg: Die Pariser Friedensverträge und die internationale Ordnung der Zwischenkriegszeit
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden Baden. 180 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748921240
לפני 1914 בחינה מחודשת של שורשי האנטישמיות של היטלר
Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust, vol. 33, pp. 143-163Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDie Ursprünge von Hitlers Antisemitismus vor 1914: Eine Neubewertung
Ich traf Hitler: Die Interviews von Karl Höffkes mit Zeitzeugen. Giebel, W. (ed.). Berlin Story Verlag, pp. 521-548, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Pre-1914 Origins of Hitler’s Antisemitism Revisited
Journal of Holocaust Research, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 70-86Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBavaria’s Seminal Catastrophe: The Revolution of 1918/1919
The Global Impacts of Russia’s Great War & Revolution: Book 1: The Arc of Revolution, 1917-22. Marshall, A., Saboll, S., Steinberg, J. (eds.). Slavica, pp. 177-212Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersHitlers langer Schatten: Der Umgang der Deutschen mit Adolf Hitler im 21. Jahrhundert
Modernes Regierungshandeln im Zeitalter der Globalisierung. Schlie, U. (ed.). Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDe Adolf a Hitler: La Construcción de un Nazi
Taurus, MadridBooks and Reports: BooksResponse
Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 149-153Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23256249.2018.1485820