About this Fellow
Ian Kershaw began his career as a medievalist. After switching fields in the 1970s he concentrated on German history. Most recently he published the first of two planned volumes on the history of Europe in the 20th century for the Penguin History of Europe series. He is currently working on the second volume, to run from 1950 to the present. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit)by Germany in 1994, and knighted in 2002.
Appointments
Current post
- Emeritus Professor of Modern History, The University of Sheffield
Past Appointments
- Professor of Modern History, The University of Sheffield, 1989 - 2008
- Lecturer, University of Manchester, 1968 - 1987
- Professor of Modern History, University of Nottingham, 1987 - 1989
- Professor of Modern History, The University of Sheffield, 1989 - 2008
- Lecturer, University of Manchester, 1968 - 1987
- Professor of Modern History, University of Nottingham, 1987 - 1989
Publications
To Hell and Back. Europe, 1914-49 2015
The 'Hitler Myth': Image and Reality in the Third Reich 1987
Hitler (2 vols) 1998, 2000
Making Friends with Hitler. Lord Londonderry and Britain's Road to War 2004
Fateful Choices. Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-41 2007
Other Modern History from 1850 Fellows
Professor Martin Rudwick
History of earth sciences, especially the reconstruction of the earth's pre-human history, 1750-1850; the history of visual imagery in the natural sciences; epistemic issues in field- and museum-based sciences
Professor Sir Christopher Clark
The history of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century Prussia, Germany and Europe, especially the history of religion and religious conflict, the impact of the revolutions of 1848, the outbreak of the First World War and variations in the historical experience of
Professor Robert Gildea
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century French history; Second World War; Europe's 1968; historical memory and oral history
Professor Janet Browne
History of science, especially the natural history sciences of the 18th and 19th centuries; the rise and spread of evolutionary thought; Charles Darwin; the role of commemorations and biography in science
