Mark Mazower
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Mark A. Mazower (born 1958) is a notable British historian of Greece, the Balkans, and 20th century Europe in general. He currently is professor of history at Columbia University in New York City.
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[edit] Studies
Mazower earned his BA from Oxford in 1981 and his doctorate from the same university in 1988. He also holds an MA in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University (1983). Prior to his arrival at Columbia, Mazower taught at Birkbeck, University of London, and at the University of Sussex. He has also taught at Princeton University.
[edit] Fields of interest
He is considered to be one of the leading world specialists in Balkan history; indeed he has written extensively on the region, often focusing on Greek history. His book The Balkans: A Short History won the Wolfson History Prize.
In addition, Mazower is concerned with 20th century European history. His book Dark Continent: Europe's 20th century was a major contribution to the modern historiography of the region, arguing that the triumph of democracy in Europe was never inevitable, but was in fact the result of pure chance.
[edit] Publications
This is a selected sample.
- Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 (HarperCollins, 2004)
- The Balkans: A Short History (Random House, 2002)
- After the War was Over: Reconstructing the Family, Nation and State in Greece, 1943-1960 (as an editor, Princeton UP, 2000)
- The Balkans (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2000)
- Dark Continent: Europe's 20th Century (Knopf, 1998)
- Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44 (Yale UP, 1993)
[edit] External links
- Mazower's page at the Columbia University website
- Ethnicity and War in the Balkans- a short article by Mazower
- Mazower on the Armenian genocide controversy
- Mazower's official webpage (currently under construction)
- Reviews of Mazower books in Foreign Affairs
- Jason R. Koepke on a lecture by Mazower
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