Professor Sir Ian Kershaw FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Emeritus Fellow
- Year elected
- 1991
- Subjects
- History
- Sections
- Modern History from 1850
Summary
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.
Current post
Emeritus Professor of Modern History, The University of Sheffield
Past appointments
The University of Sheffield Professor of Modern History
1989 - 2008
The University of Sheffield Professor of Modern History
1989 - 2008
University of Nottingham Professor of Modern History
1987 - 1989
University of Nottingham Professor of Modern History
1987 - 1989
University of Manchester Lecturer
1968 - 1987
University of Manchester Lecturer
1968 - 1987
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Penny Summerfield FBA
Modern British social, cultural and gender history, with a focus on the Second World War; theory and method of the uses of personal narratives as historical sources
Professor Marilyn Lake FBA
Marlyn Lake FBA's areas of research include settler colonialism and the British empire, campaigns for racial and gender equality, labour history and the impact of war on the home front.
Professor Simon Schaffer FBA
Social & intellectual history of experimental philosophy & exact sciences between the seventeenth & nineteenth centuries; historiography & sociology of scientific knowledge; the sciences & European imperialism
