David Blackbourn

David Blackbourn
Born1949 (age 7576)
Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Board member ofEditorial board of Past & Present
Academic advisory board of the Institute for European History Mainz
Advisory board of the Friends of the German Historical Institute, Washington
Trustee of the National Humanities Center
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1994)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)
Academic background
Alma materLeeds Modern School
Christ's College
Cambridge, Jesus College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineModern German History, Modern European History
InstitutionsQueen Mary College
Birkbeck College
Harvard University
Vanderbilt University

David Gordon Blackbourn (born 1949 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England) is Cornelius Vanderbilt distinguished chair of history at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches modern German and European history. Prior to arriving at Vanderbilt, Blackbourn was Coolidge Professor of history at Harvard University.