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Christopher Clark

Sir Christopher Munro Clark FBA (born 14 March 1960) is an Australian historian living in the United Kingdom and Germany. He is the twenty-second Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. In the 2015 Birthday Honours, he was knighted for his services to Anglo-German relations.[2]

For other people named Christopher Clark, see Christopher Clark (disambiguation).


Christopher Clark

Christopher Munro Clark

(1960-03-14) 14 March 1960
Sydney, Australia

Australian

Two sons

Jewish mission in the Christian state: Protestant missions to the Jews in 18th- and 19th-century Prussia[1] (1991)

Education and academic positions[edit]

Clark 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.[3]


Clark received his PhD at the University of Cambridge, having been a member of Pembroke College from 1987 to 1991. He is Professor in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and, since 1991, has been a fellow of St Catharine's College,[4] where he is currently Director of Studies in History.


In 2003, Clark was appointed lecturer in Modern European History and, in 2006, reader in Modern European History. His Cambridge University professorship in history followed in 2008.[5]


In September 2014 he succeeded Richard J. Evans as Regius Professor of History at Cambridge. In the birthday honours of June 2015, Clark was knighted on the recommendation of the foreign secretary for his services to Anglo-German relations.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Clark and his wife, Nina Lübbren, have two sons.[25]

2007 awarded for Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947[21]

Wolfson History Prize

2007 H-Soz-u-Kult prize "Das historische Buch"

[26]

2007 , History Book Award for Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947[21]

Queensland Premier's Literary Awards

2007 General History Prize, , for Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947[21]

New South Wales Premier's History Awards

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2013 , finalist, for The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went To War In 1914[29]

Cundill Prize

2013 (History), winner for The Sleepwalkers[30]

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

2013 , shortlist for The Sleepwalkers[31]

Hessell-Tiltman Prize

2015 , for The Sleepwalkers[32]

Laura Shannon Prize

2015 [33]

Knight Bachelor

2018 [34]

European Prize for Political Culture

2019 [35]

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts

Clark, Christopher Munro (1991). (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. ISNI 0000000135530317. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

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

Books written


Books edited


Articles


Films

by Scott McLean and Nadine Schmidt, CNN, 26 September 2020

"Germany's ex-royals want their riches back, but past ties to Hitler stand in the way"

at IMDb

Christopher Clark