Margaret MacMillan
Margaret MacMillan DPhil) | |
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Thesis | Social and Political Attitudes of British Expatriates in India, 1880–1920 (1974) |
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Discipline | History |
Institutions |
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Notable works | Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War (2001) |
Website | margaretmacmillan |
Margaret Olwen MacMillan,
MacMillan was the 2018
Family
Margaret MacMillan was born to Dr Robert Laidlaw MacMillan and Eiluned Carey Evans on December 23, 1943. Her maternal grandfather was Major Sir
British popular historian and television presenter Dan Snow is her nephew.
Education
MacMillan received a
Academic career
From 1975 to 2002, she was a professor of history at Ryerson University in Toronto, including five years as department chair.[4] She was Provost of Trinity College, Toronto from 2002 to 2007. From 2007 to 2017, she was Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford,[5] and Professor of International History at the University of Oxford.[6] In December 2017, she became an honorary fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.[7]
She is the author of Women of the Raj. In addition to numerous articles and reviews on a variety of Canadian and world affairs, MacMillan has co-edited books dealing with Canada's international relations, including with NATO, and with Canadian–Australian relations.
From 1995 to 2003, MacMillan co-edited the International Journal, published by the
MacMillan's research has focused on the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and on international relations in the 20th century. Over the course of her career, she has taught a range of courses on the history of international relations. She is a member of the European Advisory Board of Princeton University Press.[10]
Recognition and honours
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Booknotes interview with MacMillan on Paris 1919, December 29, 2002, C-SPAN |
Her most successful work is
MacMillan has served on the boards of the Canadian Institute for International Affairs, the
MacMillan was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in February 2006[11] and promoted to a Companion, the highest grade of the order, on December 30, 2015.[12] MacMillan represented the order at the coronation of Charles III, King of Canada, and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023.[13] In 2017, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May advised Queen Elizabeth II to appoint MacMillan as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour. This was announced in the New Year honours list for 2018. She was chosen by Queen Elizabeth II and made a member of the Order of Merit by King Charles III in 2022.[14]
On May 29, 2018, MacMillan received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from
In May 2019, MacMillan received an honorary degree from the American University of Paris.[15]
In May 2020, MacMillan was admitted as an Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[16]
Articles and other media
MacMillan often appears in the popular and literary press, with a focus on events surrounding the First World War. Examples in 2014 include her retrospective trip to
In September 2013, she was interviewed upon the release of her book The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914,
MacMillan has written several op-eds for The New York Times. In December 2013, they abridged an essay of hers from the Brookings Institution,[21] in which she wrote that "Globalization can have the paradoxical effect of fostering intense localism and nativism, frightening people into taking refuge in small like-minded groups. Globalization also makes possible the widespread transmission of radical ideologies and the bringing together of fanatics who will stop at nothing in their quest for the perfect society", and urged Western leaders to "build a stable international order" based on "a moment of real danger" which would unite the population in "coalitions able and willing to act".[22]
On the ten-year anniversary of the
In August 2014, MacMillan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[24]
Bibliography
Books
- Women of the Raj. Thames and Hudson, 1988; Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India. Random House LLC. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8129-7639-7.
- Canada and NATO: Uneasy Past, Uncertain Future. Edited with David Sorenson. Waterloo, 1990.
- The Uneasy Century: International Relations 1900–1990. Kendall/Hunt, 1996.
- Parties Long Estranged: Canada and Australia in the Twentieth Century. Co-authored with Francine McKenzie. University of British Columbia, 2003.
- ISBN 9780719559396
- Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. Random House Publishing Group. 18 December 2007. ISBN 978-0-307-43296-4.
- Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. Random House Publishing Group. 18 December 2007.
- Canada's House: Rideau Hall and the Invention of a Canadian Home. Co-authored with Marjorie Harris and Anne L. Desjardins. Knopf Canada, 2004
- Nixon in China: The Week That Changed the World. Viking Canada, 2006.
- Nixon and Mao : the week that changed the world (1st U.S. pbk ed.). Random House. 2008.
- The Uses and Abuses of History. Penguin Canada, 2008; The Uses and Abuses of History. Profile Books. 1 March 2010. ISBN 978-1-84668-210-0.
- Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History. Random House Publishing Group. 7 July 2009. ISBN 978-1-58836-768-6.
- Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History. Random House Publishing Group. 7 July 2009.
- Stephen Leacock. Penguin Group US. 31 March 2009. ISBN 978-0-14-317521-6.
- The War That Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War. London: Profile Books. 2013. ISBN 9781846682728.
- Canadian edition: The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914. Toronto: Penguin Canada. 2013. ISBN 9780670064045.
- U.S. edition: The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914. New York: Random House. 2013. ISBN 9781400068555.
- Canadian edition: The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914. Toronto: Penguin Canada. 2013.
- History's People: Personalities and the Past. OCLC 913612314.
- War: How conflict shaped us (First U.S. ed.). New York: Random House. 2020. OCLC 1158508035.
Critical studies and reviews of MacMillan's work
- Nixon and Mao
- MacFarquhar, Roderick (28 June 2007). "Mission to Mao". The New York Review of Books. 54 (11): 67–71.
References
- , Media Centre, BBC, 19 April 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ University affairs: "The making of a best-seller" (January 2004) Archived 28 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine, universityaffairs.ca. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ Macmillan, M. O. (1974). Social and political attitudes of British expatriates in India, 1880–1920. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
- ^ St Antony's College, University of Oxford, The Warden, archived from the original on 15 September 2008, retrieved 21 February 2008
- ^ Moss, Stephen (25 July 2014). "Margaret MacMillan: 'Just don't ask me who started the first world war'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Professor Margaret MacMillan elected LMH Honorary Fellow". Lady Margaret Hall. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "International Journal". 4 April 2017.
- ^ National Defence Canada. Prestigious author to be honoured at RMC. DND press release. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
- ^ Princeton University Press, European Advisory Board Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Governor General announces new appointments to the Order of Canada", Governor General of Canada, 3 February 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2006.
- ^ "Order of Canada Appointments". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "New Appointments to the Order of Merit". Royal Household. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Honorary Degree Recipients". American University of Paris. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Learned Society of Wales Announces Two New Honorary Fellows". Learned Society of Wales. 29 April 2020.
- ^ MacMillan, Margaret (27 June 2014). "Margaret MacMillan in Sarajevo, 100 years later". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ MacMillan, Margaret (27 June 2014). "The Archduke's assassination came close to being just another killing". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Scowen, Peter (22 March 2014). "Margaret MacMillan: How today is like the period before the First World War". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ a b Martin, Sandra (7 September 2013). "Historian Margaret MacMillan on what the 'war to end wars' can teach us". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ MacMillan, Margaret (14 December 2013). "The Rhyme of History: Lessons of the Great War". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ MacMillan, Margaret (14 December 2013). "The Great War's Ominous Echoes". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Carter, Graydon; MacMillan, Margaret; Clarkson, Stephen; Stein, Janice; Graham, Bill (11 September 2011). "Essays on the unexpected consequences of 9/11". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
Further reading
- MacMillan, Margaret. "On Becoming an Historian" 23 February 2021 online at H-DIPLO, autobiographical essay.
- MacMillan, Margaret, and Patrick Quinton-Brown. "The uses of history in international society: from the Paris peace conference to the present." International Affairs 95.1 (2019): 181–200 online.
- Thomas, Michael (June–July 2014). "Here because we're here". The London Magazine: 1271–30. Review of The War That Ended Peace.
External links
- Official website
- Radio interview with Margaret MacMillan (2003) Fresh Air, NPR
- Biography of Margaret Olwen MacMillan at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- Margaret MacMillan audio interview 12/2006, The Commentary, Joseph Planta
- Margaret MacMillan television interview 2009-11-13[TVOntario
- Margaret MacMillan: The Road to 1914 (Nov 11, 2014) The Agenda with Steve Paikin
- Margaret MacMillan: Reith Lectures 2018
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Margaret MacMillan at IMDb