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Mary Fulbrook

メアリー・フルブルック

Mearī Furuburukku

Aliases: Mary Jean Alexandra Fulbrook / Mary Jean Alexandra Wilson

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1951-11-28
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
historian, professor
Active Years
1977-
Affiliations
University College London (UCL), German History Society
Memberships
German History Society (first female Chair)

Education

Newnham College, Cambridge
History
Degree: BA (Double First Class) / MA
Period: 1970-1973
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: United Kingdom
Double first class honours
Harvard University
History
Degree: AM / PhD
Period: 1973-1979
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: United States

Awards

Wolfson History Prize
2019
Work: Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice
Organization: Wolfson Foundation
Result: winner
Cundill Prize Recognition of Excellence
2019
Work: Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice
Organization: McGill University
Result: Recognition of Excellence
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
2007
Organization: British Academy
Result: elected
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
Organization: Royal Historical Society
Result: elected

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice

2018 History
HolocaustNazi Germany

Bibliography

  • German National Identity after the Holocaust
  • Historical Theory
  • The People's State: East German Society from Hitler to Honecker
  • Power and Society in the GDR, 1961-1979: The 'Normalisation of Rule'?},{
  • German History Since 1800
  • Dissonant Lives: Generations and Violence Through the German Dictatorships
  • A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust

Style & Themes

Literary Style
academicanalytical
Recurring Motifs
German historydictatorshipsHolocaust

Legacy

Renowned for her research on German history, particularly 20th-century dictatorships and the Holocaust.

Academic Societies

  • British Academy
  • Royal Historical Society

Trivia

  • First female Chair of the German History Society.