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Your Name — Writer, Scholar & Broadcaster

Writer · Scholar · Broadcaster

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Writing at the intersection of history, culture, and the present moment.

12
Publications
34
TV Appearances
15+
Years Active

Ideas worth fighting for, arguments worth making.

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Publications

Books, essays & academic papers

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Television & Media

Appearances, panels & documentary work

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Curriculum Vitae

Positions, education & selected honours

Academic & Professional
Professor of Modern History
2018–present
University College London
Chair of Twentieth-Century European Studies. Director of the Centre for Memory Studies.
Contributing Editor
2015–present
The Guardian, Long Reads
Quarterly longform essay and reportage on history, politics and culture.
Senior Research Fellow
2013–2018
St Antony's College, Oxford
Foreign Correspondent
2005–2013
The Times / The Economist
Eastern and Central Europe desk. Based in Warsaw, Prague, and Kyiv.
Education & Honours
D.Phil, Modern History
2005
University of Oxford
Thesis: "Nation, Myth and Memory in Interwar Poland". Supervisors: Prof. T. Judt, Prof. J. Gross.
BA (Hons), History, First Class
2001
Cambridge University
Awards
Historians' Book Prize
For The Memory of Nations, 2021
Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist
For Borderlands, 2022
RTS Television Journalism Award
Borderlands documentary series, 2023