Nicholas Stargardt
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Nicholas Stargardt is an Australia
n historian and author.
Stargardt is the son of a German-Jewish father and Australian mother. He was born in Melbourne
, Australia
and lived in Australia, Japan, England and Germany. He studied at King's College, Cambridge
, and is a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
, United Kingdom
where he teaches modern European history. He has written widely on the history of modern Germany, political and social thought and the Holocaust. He has two sons and is married to the historian Lyndal Roper
.
He is the author of 'The German Idea of Militarism: Radical and Socialist
Critics' (1994), an intellectual and political history of anti-militarist
movements in Germany before the First World War, and of 'Witnesses of
War: Children’s Lives under the Nazis' (2005), which offered the first social
history of Nazi Germany in the Second World War through the eyes of
children. He is currently writing a social history of Germany in the Second World War.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n historian and author.
Stargardt is the son of a German-Jewish father and Australian mother. He was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and lived in Australia, Japan, England and Germany. He studied at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
, and is a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
where he teaches modern European history. He has written widely on the history of modern Germany, political and social thought and the Holocaust. He has two sons and is married to the historian Lyndal Roper
Lyndal Roper
Lyndal Roper is Professor of Early Modern History at Balliol College, University of Oxford and author of a variety of ground-breaking works on witchcraft in early-modern Europe. In 2011 she was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History....
.
He is the author of 'The German Idea of Militarism: Radical and Socialist
Critics' (1994), an intellectual and political history of anti-militarist
movements in Germany before the First World War, and of 'Witnesses of
War: Children’s Lives under the Nazis' (2005), which offered the first social
history of Nazi Germany in the Second World War through the eyes of
children. He is currently writing a social history of Germany in the Second World War.