Roger Chickering 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 st ...

of the German Empire and

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. He was a professor at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

, retiring in 2010.

Education

Chickering received his doctorate in 1968 at Stanford University, where he studied with

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 ...

. ''Imperial Germany and a World Without War: The Peace Movement and German Society, 1892-1914'', published in 1975, was based on his dissertation.

Career

* Professor of History, BMW Center for German and European Studies (Joint Appointment in the Department of History), Georgetown University, 1993-2010 * Research Fellow,

Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (german: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) is an interdisciplinary institute founded in 1981 in Grunewald, Berlin, Germany, dedicated to research projects in the natural and social sciences. It is modeled ...

, 2008-2009 * Research Fellow,

National Humanities Center The National Humanities Center (NHC) is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any university or federal agency. The center was planned under the auspi ...

, Research Triangle Park, NC * Research Fellow,

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (or Wilson Center) is a quasi-government entity and think tank which conducts research to inform public policy. Located in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Wash ...

, Washington, DC, 1996–97 * Professor of History,

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...

, 1981–94 * Visiting Research Fellow, Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Freiburg i. Br., 1991–92 * Member, School of Historical Studies,

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, Princeton, New Jersey, Spring Semester 1991 * Visiting Research Fellow, Institut für neuere Geschichte,

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

, Munich, 1984–85 * Visiting Research Fellow, Friedrich-Meinecke Institut,

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

, 1976–77 * Associate Professor of History, University of Oregon, 1974–81 * Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon, 1968–74 * Instructor of History, Stanford University, 1967–68 Chickering retired from Georgetown University in 2010. While he began his career as a historian focusing on the German Empire, his interests increasingly migrated to the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. During his career, he published multiple monographs, edited volumes, and articles.

Selected publications

* *''Freiburg im Ersten Weltkrieg: Totaler Krieg und städtischer Alltag 1914-1918''. Schoeningh Verlag, 2009. *''The Great War and Urban Life in Germany: Freiburg, 1914-1918.'' Cambridge UP, 2007. * *''Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914-1918.'' 2d ed. Cambridge UP, 2004 *''

Karl Lamprecht Karl Gotthard Lamprecht (25 February 1856 – 10 May 1915) was a German historian who specialized in German art and economic history. Biography Lamprecht was born in Jessen in the Province of Saxony. As a student, he trained in history, politic ...

: A German Academic Life (1856-1915)''. New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1993. *

' Karl Lamprecht. Leben eines deutschen Historikers 1856-1915] Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2021. *''We Men Who Feel Most German: A Cultural Study of the Pan-German League, 1886-1914''. Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1984. *''Imperial Germany and a World Without War: The Peace Movement and German Society, 1892-1914''. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1975. *"The Reichsbanner and the Weimar Republic, 1924-26," ''

The Journal of Modern History ''The Journal of Modern History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering European intellectual, political, and cultural history, published by the University of Chicago Press. Established in 1929, the journal covers events from appr ...

'' Vol. 40, No. 4, December 1968.

Endnotes

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