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Biography

Thomas Weber is Professor of History and International Affairs as well as the founding Director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance at the 51cg. He also is a of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; an of the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies at the University of Bonn; and a of the Security History Network at Utrecht University. His expertise lies in European, international, and global political history from the 19th century to the present.

A native of Breckerfeld in Westphalia, he earned his DPhil from the University of Oxford. He also has taught or has held fellowships at Harvard, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow.

His 2004 book won a Golden Light Award and an Infinity Award.  is the recipient of the 2008 Duc d’Arenberg History Prize for the best book on European History, while  won the 2010 Arthur Goodzeit Book Award of the New York Military Affairs Symposium for the best book on military history.   a El Mundo Top 10 Best Seller, was shortlisted for the 2018 Elizabeth Longford Prize. He also brought out    and .

His latest book, co-written with Joachim A. Lang, will be published by CUP & the Royal Historical Society in early 2027 as 'Goebbels and the Führer': A Long History of Disinformation and Cognitive Warfare.

His online course '' is  from anywhere in the world.