David Motadel
David Motadel (born December 26, 1981 in Detmold ) is a German historian and publicist . He is an Associate Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science .
Life
Motadel grew up in Detmold and studied history at the Universities of Freiburg , Basel and Cambridge . During his studies he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation . He received his PhD in 2010 from the University of Cambridge with Richard J. Evans , where he was a Gates Fellow . He then became a Research Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (2010–2015) and Chancellor's Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh (2015–2016). As a visiting scholar, he held positions at Harvard (2007/08), Yale (2009/10) and Oxford (2012/13).
Motadel publishes regularly in the New York Times , The Guardian , The Times Literary Supplement , The London Review of Books , Der Spiegel , Süddeutsche Zeitung , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Zeit Online .
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Motadel researches mainly on the history of Europe and its relations to the non-European world. His book on the history of Muslims under German rule in World War II and on the Nazi regime's Islamic policy has received high international acclaim.
According to Armin Fuhrer , Motadel did something "that no historian has done before: Motadel has written a book that comprehensively sheds light on the relationship between National Socialism and Islam".
Awards
- Philip Leverhulme Prize , 2017
- Fraenkel Prize , 2014
- Walter Laqueur Prize , 2014
- Prince Consort Prize and Seeley Medal of the University of Cambridge , 2011
- Doctoral Dissertation Prize of the British International History Group , 2011
- Doctoral Dissertation Prize of the German Historical Institute London , 2011
- Essay Prize of the German History Society and the Royal Historical Society , 2007
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Publications (selection)
- Islam and the European Empires , Oxford University Press , 2014.
- Islam and Nazi Germany's War , Harvard University Press , 2014.
- For prophets and leaders. The Islamic World and the Third Reich. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-608-98105-6 .
- Adler on the "Hitlerhöhe": The creation of the Berlebeck Adlerwarte at the time of National Socialism , Panorama, Detmold 2008.
Web links
- Literature by and about David Motadel in the catalog of the German National Library
- David Motadel's website
- LSE website by David Motadel
- Short biography and reviews of works by David Motadel at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170710100153/https://www.klett-cotta.de/media/35/VL_DL_Prospekt_AutorenLesen_2017_Herbst2017_Low.pdf
- ↑ Entry on the LSE ; accessed on December 20, 2019
- ↑ Islam in the Third Reich: For leaders and prophets . Deutschlandfunk . 20th February 2018
- ↑ https://www.klett-cotta.de/autor/David_Motadel/84718?bereich_subnavi=zusatzinfo
- ↑ http://www.davidmotadel.com/biography/
- ↑ http://www.davidmotadel.com/journalism/
- ↑ http://www.lse.ac.uk/International-History/People/academicStaff/motadel/motadel
- ↑ http://www.davidmotadel.com/books/islam-and-nazi-germanys-war/ . ( davidmotadel.com ).
- ↑ Armin Fuhrer: Nazis and Muslims stood together at the front. In: Focus Online . December 24, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.lse.ac.uk/International-History/People/academicStaff/motadel/motadel
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SURNAME | Motadel, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and publicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Detmold , Germany |