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 species; as well as the ...

of the

German Empire The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...

and

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. He was a professor at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

, retiring in 2010.

Education

Chickering received his doctorate in 1968 at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, where he studied with Gordon A. Craig. ''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 () is an interdisciplinary institute founded in 1981 in Grunewald, Berlin, Germany, dedicated to research projects in the natural and social sciences. It is modeled after the original IAS in Princeto ...

, 2008-2009 * Research fellow,

National Humanities Center The National Humanities Center (NHC) is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any uni ...

Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States; it occupies in North Carolina and hosts more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. It is owned and managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, a private non-profi ...

, NC * Research fellow,

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) or Wilson Center is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topi ...

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

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1876, the university is organized into nine colleges and schools and offers 420 undergraduate and gra ...

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

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New Jersey. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholars, including Albert Ein ...

, 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, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

, 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 university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...

, 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

, his interests increasingly migrated to the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

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

Selected publications

* ''The German Empire, 1871–1918''. Cambridge UP, 2025. * *''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: 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 appro ...

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

Endnotes

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