Jonathan Steinberg (historian)
Jonathan Steinberg | |
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Born | Cambridge University (Ph.D.) | 8 March 1934
Occupation | Professor of European History |
Jonathan Steinberg (8 March 1934 – 4 March 2021) was the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of European History Emeritus and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Career
Steinberg received his undergraduate degree from
He was an emeritus fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and served as an External Examiner in Part II of the Cambridge History Tripos for 2009 to 2011.
Steinberg's teaching covered modern Europe since 1789 with specialization in the
Publications
He is the author of Yesterday’s Deterrent: Tirpitz and the Birth of the German Battle Fleet, Why Switzerland?, All or Nothing: The Axis and the Holocaust and Die Deutsche Bank und ihre Goldtransaktionen im Zweiten Weltkrieg (also published in English). His reviews have appeared in
He was co-editor of
The biography of Bismarck was well received by scholars. Jonathan Sperber said it is, "Elegantly and forcefully written, with a thorough command of the scholarship on all the relevant aspects of nineteenth-century history and an equally thorough acquaintance with the printed sources."[3] Robert M. Citino wrote, "Happily, Steinberg's book triumphs....no other biography reflects such a careful reading of the secondary literature. By now, mastery of the enormous Bismarck literature can only be the product of a lifetime of reading and reflection. The result is synthesis in the classic style."[4] Abigail Green wrote, "Steinberg’s new biography of Bismarck has been widely acclaimed, and rightly so....As a deeply researched but accessible guide to the life of one of nineteenth-century Europe’s most compelling and significant political figures, it stands head and shoulders above other Bismarck biographies."[5]
Non-academic appointments
Steinberg served as an expert witness in the Commonwealth of Australia War Crimes prosecution. He was also appointed to the Historical Commission of the
He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Franklin University Switzerland in Lugano, Switzerland, and the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Keynote Speaker Jonathan Steinberg". Franklin University Switzerland. 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Jonathan Steinberg: Bismarck. Magier der Macht". www.perlentaucher.de (in German).
- ^ Journal of Modern History 84#3 (2012), pp. 768-769.
- ^ Central European History 45#1 (2012), pp. 141-143.
- ^ European History Quarterly (2012) 43#3 p 588.
- Daily News. 11 May 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
External links
- Jonathan Steinberg profile page, University of Pennsylvania Department of History.
- Henry Kissinger review of Bismarck: A Life in the New York Times Book Review
- Professor Jonathan Steinberg 1934-2021 by Trinity Hall, Cambridge