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Nicholas Stargardt

ニコラス・スターガルト

Nikorasu Sutāgaruto

Aliases: Edward Nicholas Raymond Stargardt

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962 (Melbourne)
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Australia → Japan → England → Germany

Career

Occupations
historian, academic, Professor of Modern European History
Active Years
1994-2024
Affiliations
University of Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)

Education

Hills Road Sixth Form College
General Education
Country: United Kingdom
Sixth form college
King's College, Cambridge
Faculty of History / History
Degree: BA, PhD
Country: United Kingdom
Research fellowship held

Awards

PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize
2016
Work: The German War
Organization: PEN
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The German Idea of Militarism: Radical and Socialist Critics 1866–1914

1994 Intellectual and Political History

An intellectual and political history of anti-militarist movements in Germany before the First World War.

Anti-militarismGerman history

Witnesses of War: Children’s Lives under the Nazis

2005 Social History

The first social history of Nazi Germany in the Second World War through the eyes of children.

Nazi eraChildren's perspectives

The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939–1945

2015 History

Explores the attitudes of German citizens during the Second World War.

World War IIGerman society

Bibliography

  • The German Idea of Militarism: Radical and Socialist Critics 1866–1914 (1994)
  • Witnesses of War: Children’s Lives under the Nazis (2005)
  • The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939–1945 (2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed analysis of primary sourcesFocus on children's and civilians' perspectives
Recurring Motifs
Nazi GermanyWar experiences

Legacy

Professor of Modern European History known for research on German history during WWII from civilians' and children's perspectives. Winner of PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.

Academic Societies

  • Royal Historical Society

In Popular Culture

  • Appears as commentator in BBC Four series Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany (also on Netflix).

Trivia

  • Son of a German-Jewish father and an Australian mother.
  • Has one child with fellow historian Lyndal Roper.
  • Partner is Fernanda Pirie, Professor of the Anthropology of Law at St Cross College, Oxford.