Charles Maier

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Charles Maier, May 2013.

Charles Steven Maier (born February 23, 1939 in New York City ) is an American historian.

Life and work

Maier studied history at Harvard University , where he also received his doctorate . Maier has been Professor of European History at Harvard since 1981, where he currently holds the Frederick Saltonstall Professor of Modern History . In 1991 Maier was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

From 1994 to 2001 he also headed the Minda de Ginzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard, which has set itself the goal of promoting interdisciplinary research and teaching on contemporary Europe. External research assignments include teaching at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (2007). Maier is also a member of the German-American Academic Advisory Council and several other academic advisory boards and expert commissions. Maier was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his research on German history in the 20th century .

Maier's research focus in the past was European and especially German history in the 20th century, dealing with economic-historical questions such as inflation and the Marshall Plan aid , as well as considerations on the topic of global history . Maier's current research projects include a history of the problem of territoriality in modern times and, together with William C. Kirby and Sugata Bose , a global history of the 20th century ( The Passaging of the Territorial Age. Transformations of Territoriality and Their Impact on Domestic and International Politics ).

Maier was married to Pauline R. Maier , professor of American history at MIT, who died in 2013 .

Works (selection)

Monographs

  • Recasting Bourgeois Europe. Stabilization in France, Germany and Italy in the decade after World War II . University Press, Princeton (NJ) 1975, ISBN 0-691-05220-4 .
  • In Search of Stability. Explorations in Historical Political Economy (Cambridge Studies in Modern Political Economies). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1987, ISBN 0-521-23001-2 .
  • The present of the past. History and the international identity of Germans ("The Unmasterable Past. History, Holocaust, and German National Identity", 1988). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-593-34523-4 .
  • The disappearance of the GDR and the fall of communism ("Dissolution. The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany", 1997). Fischer-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-10-046108-8 .
  • Unlimited possibilities? Europe and the United States (= Christoph-Martin-Wieland-Vorlesungen. Vol. 5). Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2004, ISBN 3-89702-732-1 .
  • Among Empires. American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2006, ISBN 978-0-674-02189-1 .
  • Leviathan 2.0. Inventing Modern Statehood . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2014, ISBN 978-0-674-28132-5 .
  • Once within borders. Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging since 1500 . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2016, ISBN 978-0-674-05978-8 .

Essays

Editing

  • The Thirteenth of May. The advent of the Gaulle's republic (Problems in European History). Oxford University Press, New York 1968.
  • The Origins of the Cold War and Contemporary Europe (Modern Scholarship on European History). New Viewpoints Editions, New York 1978, ISBN 0-531-05607-4 .
  • Changing Boundaries of the Political. Essays on the evolving balance between the state and society, public and private in Europe . University Press, Cambridge 1987, ISBN 0-521-34366-6 .
  • The Cold War in Europe. Era of a divided continent . Wiener Books, Princeton 1991, ISBN 1-55876-133-0 .
  • Germany and the Marschall Plan ("The Marshall Plan and Germany", 1991). Nomos-VG, Baden-Baden 1992, ISBN 3-7890-2479-1 .
  • The Rise of Nazi Regime. Historical reassessments (Westview Special Studies). Westview Press, Boulder (Col.) 1986, ISBN 0-8133-0192-0 .

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SURNAME Maier, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maier, Charles S .; Maier, Charles Steven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City