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Who teaches Modern European History at @CamHistory?
Back in 2018 we ran a series of @MEHcambridge academic staff profiles that proved rather popular, so with a few new faces and an increased Twitter presence, we decided it's time to run it again!
Back in 2018 we ran a series of @MEHcambridge academic staff profiles that proved rather popular, so with a few new faces and an increased Twitter presence, we decided it's time to run it again!
Every week day we'll post a little about one of our members (we'll start alphabetically!) on this thread until we get through the whole MEH Subject Group.
Without further ado, here's the @MEHcambridge line up!
Without further ado, here's the @MEHcambridge line up!
1) @ArthurAsseraf joined @CamHistory in 2017 as Lecturer in the History of France and the Francophone World and is a Fellow of @Pembroke1347.
He's convened the MEH Research Seminar, and at the MPhil level teaches 'The Mediterranean World'.
He's convened the MEH Research Seminar, and at the MPhil level teaches 'The Mediterranean World'.
For undergrads, he's convened Paper 18 - European History since 1890 and teaches the Themes and Sources option 'Fighting for Algeria, Fighting for France' in addition to lecturing for Paper 17 - on 19th century Europe, and Paper 23 - 20th century World History
An expert on modern France, North Africa, and the Mediterranean, with particular interests in the history of colonialism and information, @ArthurAsseraf's first book, 'Electric News in Colonial Algeria', was published with @OUPHistory last year.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/electric-news-in-colonial-algeria-9780198844044?cc=gb&lang=en&
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/electric-news-in-colonial-algeria-9780198844044?cc=gb&lang=en&
His current research revolves around two projects: the relationship between race and rumour in Fifth Republic France, and a microhistory of an Algerian man in the 19th century who manipulated information to generate a large-scale scandal. Exciting stuff!
You can read more about this research on his @CamHistory webpage 
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-arthur-asseraf
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-arthur-asseraf
2) Hanno Balz is the @DAADCamHub Lecturer in Modern European History, and is a Fellow of @TrinityHallCamb.
He convenes the @MEHcambridge MPhil and teaches on @CamHistory's Paper 18 and Historical Argument and Practice, as well as @GermanCambridge's German Text and Culture.
He convenes the @MEHcambridge MPhil and teaches on @CamHistory's Paper 18 and Historical Argument and Practice, as well as @GermanCambridge's German Text and Culture.
Hanno also co-convenes the @MEHcambridge Research Seminar and has supervised a number of MPhil dissertations.
He has been interviewed about his research by @DHIPTweets, and you can read more about that here https://doinghistoryinpublic.org/2018/11/13/how-has-protest-in-europe-evolved-an-interview-with-dr-hanno-balz/
He has been interviewed about his research by @DHIPTweets, and you can read more about that here
https://doinghistoryinpublic.org/2018/11/13/how-has-protest-in-europe-evolved-an-interview-with-dr-hanno-balz/
His publications include, 'Von #Terroristen, Sympathisanten und dem starken Staat. Die öffentliche Debatte über die #RAF in den 70er Jahren ( @CampusVerlag)' and '"All We Ever Wanted...": Eine Kulturgeschichte europäischer #Protestbewegungen der 1980er Jahre ( @KarlDietzBerlin)'.
Hanno's current research focusses on two themes: the history of anti- #communism in #Germany, and the history of the colour #red & the symbolism of the red flag, which traces the politicisation of that colour - a fascinating and wide-ranging approach! 
For further information on Hanno's research and publications, make sure to check out his @CamHistory webpage here! 
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-hanno-balz
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-hanno-balz
3) Professor Sir Christopher Clark is @Cambridge_Uni's Regius Professor of History at @CamHistory, and is the Ostrer Professorial Fellow in History at @Catz_Cambridge.
He currently convenes the @MEHcambridge Subject Group and supervises an extensive roster of graduate students.
He currently convenes the @MEHcambridge Subject Group and supervises an extensive roster of graduate students.
An expert on #Prussia, his publications include the @WolfsonHistory Prize-winning 'Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947' ( @Harvard_Press, 2006), and 'The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914' ( @AllenLaneBooks, 2011), which won the @LATimesBooks Prize.
Chris' most recent book is 'Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich', which was published by @PrincetonUPress last year.
In 2015 he was made Knight Bachelor by @RoyalFamily & in 2019 received Germany's Pour le Mérite.
In 2015 he was made Knight Bachelor by @RoyalFamily & in 2019 received Germany's Pour le Mérite.
He teaches undergrads for Papers 17 & 18, and contributes to the @MEHcambridge MPhil.
For a little bit more about Chris and some of his earlier publications, be sure to have a read through his @CamHistory webpage!
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-chris-clark
For a little bit more about Chris and some of his earlier publications, be sure to have a read through his @CamHistory webpage!
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-chris-clark
4) @CeliaDonert joined the @MEHcambridge team in 2019 as University Lecturer in 20th Century Central European History after leaving a personal chair at @LivUniHistory.
She is also a Fellow of @WolfsonCam and a Co-Editor of Contemporary European History ( @ContEuroHistory).
She is also a Fellow of @WolfsonCam and a Co-Editor of Contemporary European History ( @ContEuroHistory).
Prior to joining to @CamHistory, Celia held both a Visiting Professorship in the History of Human Rights and #Democracy at @UniVienna and a Visiting Fellowship at @FU_Berlin's Global History Department.
She also convenes @IHR_History's Rethinking Modern Europe Seminar.
She also convenes @IHR_History's Rethinking Modern Europe Seminar.
Her research focusses on transnational approaches to East Central Europe, #socialism, #gender, nationalism, and the history of #HumanRights.
She supervises PhD and MPhil students in such areas, as well as @BritishAcademy_, @MSCActions & @AHRCpress projects.
She supervises PhD and MPhil students in such areas, as well as @BritishAcademy_, @MSCActions & @AHRCpress projects.
Celia's first monograph, 'The Rights of the #Roma: The Struggle for #Citizenship in Postwar #Czechoslovakia' ( @CambUP_History, 2017), won the Czechoslovak Studies Association Book Prize in 2019 and was a Finalist for @WienerLibrary's Frankel Prize in 2018.
You can read more about @CeliaDonert's ongoing projects, 'Legacies of the Roma #Genocide in Europe since 1945' & 'How Women's Rights became Human Rights: Gender, Socialism and #Postcolonialism in Global History, 1917-2017' (the basis for her new book!)
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/theme/modern-european-history
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/theme/modern-european-history
To learn more about @CeliaDonert's publications and research projects, make sure to visit her @CamHistory webpage
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-celia-donert
@Cambridge_Uni @HabsburgStudies @DAADCamHub
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-celia-donert
@Cambridge_Uni @HabsburgStudies @DAADCamHub
