the sleepwalkers christopher clark review

Missionary Protestantism and the Jews in Prussia, 1728–1941 Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995). He is the author of a study of Christian–Jewish relations in Prussia ( The Politics of Conversion. His scope has since broadened to embrace more generally the competitive relationships between religious institutions and the state in modern Europe. Professional career Īs he acknowledges in the foreword to Iron Kingdom, living in West Berlin from 1985 to 1987, during what turned out to be the last years of the divided Germany, gave him an insight into German history and society.Ĭlark's academic focus started with the history of Prussia, with his earlier researches concentrating on Pietism and on Judaism in Prussia as well as the power struggle, known as the Kulturkampf, between Bismarck's Prussian state and the Catholic Church. In the birthday honours of June 2015, Clark was knighted on the recommendation of the foreign secretary for his services to Anglo-German relations. Evans as Regius Professor of History at Cambridge. In September 2014 he succeeded Richard J. His Cambridge University professorship in history followed in 2008. In 2003, Clark was appointed University Lecturer in Modern European History and, in 2006, Reader in Modern European History.

He is Professor in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and, since 1991, has been a fellow of St Catharine's College, where he is currently Director of Studies in History. Education and academic positions Ĭlark was educated at Sydney Grammar School from 1972 to 1978, the University of Sydney (where he studied history) and the Freie Universität Berlin from 1985 to 1987.Ĭlark received his PhD at the University of Cambridge, having been a member of Pembroke College from 1987 to 1991. In 2015, he was knighted for his services to Anglo-German relations. He is the twenty-second Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. Sir Christopher Munro Clark FBA (born 14 March 1960) is an Australian historian living in the United Kingdom and Germany.

The sleepwalkers christopher clark review