Mary Jean Alexandra Fulbrook, FRHistS, FBA (née Wilson; born 28 November 1951) is a British academic and historian. Since 1995, she has been Professor of German History at University College London.[1] She is a noted researcher in a wide range of fields, including religion and society in early modern Europe, the German dictatorships of the twentieth century, Europe after the Holocaust, and historiography and social theory.[2]
Mary Fulbrook | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Jean Alexandra Wilson 28 November 1951 |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Wolfson History Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Sidcot School King Edward VI High School for Girls |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | History of Germany |
Early life
editFulbrook was born Mary Jean Alexandra Wilson on 28 November 1951 to Arthur Wilson and Harriett C. Wilson (née Friedeberg). She was educated at Sidcot School, a private day and boarding school in Somerset, and at King Edward VI High School, an all-girls independent school in Birmingham. She went on to study at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1973, she graduated with a double first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; this was converted to Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1977. She then moved to the United States where she undertook post-graduate study at Harvard University. She completed her Master of Arts (AM) degree in 1975 and her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1979.[1]
Academic career
editFulbrook began her academic career as a temporary lecturer at the London School of Economics for the 1977/1978 academic year and at Brunel University for 1978/1979.[3] She was then held the Lady Margaret Research Fellowship at New Hall, Cambridge from 1979 to 1982, and was a research associate at King's College London from 1982 to 1983.[3][4]
On 1 October 1983, Fulbrook joined University College London (UCL) as a lecturer.[5] She was promoted to Reader in German History in 1991, and made Professor of German History in 1995.[3] She was head of UCL's Department of German from 1995 to 2006,[4] and was Executive Dean of its Faculty of Social and History Sciences from 2013 to 2018.[5]
Fulbrook was the first female Chair of the German History Society; and, together with Richard J. Evans, was a founding Editor of its journal, German History.[6][7]
Personal life
editIn 1973, the then Mary Wilson married Julian Fulbrook. Together they have one daughter and two sons.[3]
Honours
editIn 2007, Fulbrook was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[2] She is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[8] For her monograph, Reckonings, Fulbrook won the 2019 Wolfson History Prize[9] and one of the two "Recognition of Excellence" Cundill Prizes awarded in 2019.[10]
Publications
edit- German National Identity after the Holocaust. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999
- Historical Theory Routledge, 2003
- The People's State: East German Society from Hitler to Honecker. New Haven, Conn.; London : Yale University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780300144246, OCLC 227926611
- Power and Society in the GDR, 1961-1979: The 'Normalisation of Rule'?. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008. ISBN 9781782381013, OCLC 822668120
- German History Since 1800. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. ISBN 9780340692004, OCLC 798041686
- Dissonant Lives: Generations and Violence Through the German Dictatorships. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 9780198799535, OCLC 1013509462
- A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust. Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 9780199679256, OCLC 809529765[11]
- Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice. Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780198811237, OCLC 1073833810[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "FULBROOK, Prof. Mary Jean Alexandra". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black. October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ a b "FULBROOK, Professor Mary". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Fulbrook, Prof. Mary Jean Alexandra". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44842. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Professor Mary Fulbrook". The British Academy. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Prof Mary Fulbrook". School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS). University College London. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ UCL: Mary Fulbrook (Accessed July 2013)
- ^ Evans, Richard J. and Mary Fulbrook (1984) Editorial, German History Volume 1 Issue 1.
- ^ "Fellows - F" (PDF). The Royal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Mary Fulbrook wins Wolfson History Prize 2019 for revelatory Holocaust study 'Reckonings'". wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "2019 Cundill History Prize". Faculty of Arts - McGill University. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Alberge, Dalya (2012) Historian uncovers her family link to secret Nazi's role in the Holocaust: The guilty tale of the German civil servant who married her godmother is revealed in a new book by historian Mary Fulbrook, The Observer, Sunday 16 September.
- ^ Fulbrook, Mary (11 October 2018). Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198811237.