Dr. David E. Barclay (born July 12, 1948) is an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

and the author of several books on

German history The Germani tribes i.e. Germanic tribes are now considered to be related to the Jastorf culture before expanding and interacting with the other peoples. The concept of a region for Germanic tribes is traced to time of Julius Caesar, a Roman gen ...

. He received his

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in history from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

in 1975, where he studied under

Gordon A. Craig Gordon Alexander Craig (November 13, 1913 – October 30, 2005) was a Scottish-American liberal historian of German history and of diplomatic history. Early life Craig was born in Glasgow. In 1925 he emigrated with his family to Toronto, Onta ...

. He taught at

Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo College, also known as Kalamazoo, K College, KC or simply K, is a private liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Founded in 1833 by Baptist ministers as the Michigan and Huron Institute, Kalamazoo is the oldest private college in ...

from 1974 to 2016, and presently is the Executive Director of the

German Studies Association The German Studies Association (GSA) is an international organization of scholars in history, literature, economics, cultural studies, and political science who study Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The organization began in 1976 as the Wester ...

. Barclay was named a 2006-07 Berlin Prize Winner by the

American Academy in Berlin The American Academy in Berlin is a private, independent, nonpartisan research and cultural institution in Berlin dedicated to sustaining and enhancing the long-term intellectual, cultural, and political ties between the United States and Germany ...

Works

* ''Rudolf Wissell als Sozialpolitiker 1890–1933''. Einzelveröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin, vol. 44. Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1984. * ''Frederick William IV and the Prussian Monarchy 1840–1861''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. * ''Transatlantic Images and Perceptions: Germany and America since 1776''. Co-edited with Elsabeth Glaser-Schmidt. Cambridge University Press, 1997. * ''Between Reform and Revolution: German Socialism and Communism from 1840 to 1990''. Co-edited with Eric D. Weitz. Berghahn Books, 1998. * ''Schaut auf diese Stadt. Der unbekannte Ernst Reuter.'' Translated by Ilse Utz. Berlin: Siedler Verlag, 2000.

References

Kalamazoo College

The German Studies Association
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