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Christopher Munro Clark

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Christopher Munro Clark

別名: Chris Clark

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1960-03-14 （Sydney, Australia）
国籍
Australian
言語
English
居住地歴
United Kingdom (Cambridge) → Germany (Berlin, etc.) → Australia (birthplace)

経歴

職業
Historian, University professor, Researcher, Documentary presenter
活動期間
1991年〜
所属
St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, Australian Academy of the Humanities, German Historical Institute London (advisory member), Preußische Historische Kommission (Prussian Historical Commission)
所属団体
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Preußische Historische Kommission (Prussian Historical Commission)
影響を受けた人物
Jonathan Steinberg (doctoral advisor), German historiography and its scholars
影響を与えた人物
Influence on younger historians and general readers
ノミネート
Cundill Prize (2013, finalist), Hessell-Tiltman Prize (2013, shortlist)

学歴

Sydney Grammar School
期間: 1972–1978
卒業年: 1978
国: Australia
Secondary education. Attended 1972–1978.
University of Sydney
Department of History
学位: B.A.
国: Australia
BA in History. Graduation year uncertain.
Freie Universität Berlin
期間: 1985–1987
国: Germany
Study/research period (visitor).
University of Cambridge (Pembroke College)
History
学位: PhD
期間: 1987–1991
卒業年: 1991
国: United Kingdom
PhD thesis: 'Jewish mission in the Christian state' (1991).

受賞歴

Wolfson History Prize
2007
対象作品: Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
主催: Wolfson Foundation
結果: winner
H-Soz-u-Kult prize (Das historische Buch)
2007
対象作品: Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
主催: H-Soz-u-Kult
結果: winner
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards (History Book Award)
2007
対象作品: Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
部門: History
主催: Government of Queensland
結果: winner
New South Wales Premier's History Awards (General History Prize)
2007
対象作品: Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
部門: History
主催: Government of New South Wales
結果: winner
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Officer's Cross)
2010
主催: Federal Republic of Germany
結果: recipient
German Historians' Prize
2010
対象作品: Preußen: Aufstieg und Niedergang 1600–1947 (German edition of Iron Kingdom)
主催: German historians' prize organization
結果: winner
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)
2013
対象作品: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
部門: History
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: winner
Cundill Prize
2013
対象作品: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
主催: Cundill Prize (McGill University)
結果: finalist
Hessell-Tiltman Prize
2013
対象作品: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
主催: PEN/Hessell-Tiltman Prize organizers
結果: shortlist
Laura Shannon Prize
2015
対象作品: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
主催: Nanovic Institute (University of Notre Dame)
結果: winner
Knight Bachelor
2015
主催: The Crown (United Kingdom)
結果: honour
European Prize for Political Culture
2018
主催: European Prize organizers (Bundestag-related)
結果: recipient
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
2019
主催: Pour le Mérite organization
結果: member
Doctorate of Letters (honoris causa)
2024
主催: University of Sydney
結果: honorary degree

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Jewish mission in the Christian state: Protestant missions to the Jews in 18th- and 19th-century Prussia

1991年 Academic history

Based on his PhD thesis. Investigates Protestant missions to Jews in Prussia and their implications for church–state relations.

Church–state relationsPrussian historyJewish studies

Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

2006年 History (comprehensive) 800ページ

A wide-ranging history of Prussia from 1600 to 1947. Reassesses notions of German uniqueness and traces Prussia's rise and eventual downfall.

State formationComparative historyChurch and state
翻訳
  • Preußen: Aufstieg und Niedergang 1600–1947 (German edition)

Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power

2000年 Biography / History

A critical biography of Wilhelm II that offers corrective perspectives on earlier biographies.

BiographyPower and politics

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

2012年 History (World War I) 560ページ

Reconstructs the lead-up to World War I as a complex chain of decisions and misjudgements across multiple states, challenging simple assignations of guilt.

Diplomatic historyDecision-making processesCauses of war
翻訳
  • Die Schlafwandler: Wie Europa in den Ersten Weltkrieg zog (German edition)

Time and Power – Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich

2019年 History / Political thought

Examines how historical visions and concepts of time in German politics influenced policy and notions of power across centuries.

HistoriographyPolitical culture

全著作

  • Jewish mission in the Christian state: Protestant missions to the Jews in 18th- and 19th-century Prussia (PhD thesis, 1991)
  • The Politics of Conversion: Missionary Protestantism and the Jews in Prussia, 1728–1941 (1995)
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power (2000)
  • Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2006)
  • The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 (2012)
  • Time and Power – Visions of History in German Politics (2019)
  • Prisoners of Time – Prussians, Germans and Other Humans (2021)
  • Revolutionary Spring – Fighting for a New World 1848–1849 (2023)

翻案

  • Frederick the Great and the Enigma of Prussia (BBC Four documentary, presenter)
  • The Story of Europe (ZDF documentary, 2017, presenter/narrator)
  • Planet of Treasures (ZDF/2020, presenter)

作品の翻訳

  • Preußen: Aufstieg und Niedergang 1600–1947
  • Die Schlafwandler: Wie Europa in den Ersten Weltkrieg zog

作風・主題

文体
Scholarly yet accessible proseComparative and transnational perspective
頻出モチーフ
Interaction of state and religionModernization and identity formationMisjudgements in diplomatic decision-making

評価・遺産

An Australian historian based in the UK, known for wide-ranging comparative historical studies that have influenced both scholars and general readers. Works such as Iron Kingdom and The Sleepwalkers achieved international recognition and multiple awards; his research has contributed to Anglo–German understanding.

関連学会

  • British Academy
  • Australian Academy of the Humanities

資料所蔵先

  • University of Cambridge (possible holdings of related papers/lectures)
  • St Catharine's College archives

大衆文化への影響

  • Popularizing history through television documentary presentations

引用

  • "Not the fulfillment of Prussia's destiny but its downfall."
    出典: Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2006年)

豆知識

  • Awarded the German Historians' Prize in 2010; the youngest recipient and first non-native German speaker at the time.
  • Knighted (Knight Bachelor) in 2015.
  • Iron Kingdom achieved wide readership and influenced both academic and general audiences.
  • Married with two sons.
  • Appointed Regius Professor of History at Cambridge in 2014.