Adam Tooze

John Adam Tooze (born 5 July 1967) is an English historian who is a professor at Columbia University, Director of the European Institute and nonresident scholar at Carnegie Europe. Previously, he was Reader in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Cambridge and Gurnee Hart Fellow in History at Jesus College, Cambridge.

Adam Tooze
Born
John Adam Tooze

(1967-07-05) 5 July 1967
London, England
Awards
  • Philip Leverhulme Prize (2002)
  • Wolfson History Prize (2006)
  • Lionel Gelber Prize (2019)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisOfficial Statistics and Economic Governance in Interwar Germany (1996)
Doctoral advisorAlan Milward
InfluencesWynne Godley
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
Institutions
Notable works
  • The Wages of Destruction (2006)
  • The Deluge (2014)
  • Crashed (2018)
Websiteadamtooze.com

After leaving Cambridge in 2009, he spent six years at Yale University as Professor of Modern German History and Director of International Security Studies at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, succeeding Paul Kennedy. Through his books (such as Crashed) and his online newsletter (Chartbook), he reaches a varied audience of historians, investors, administrators, and others.

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