Paul Betts
Professor of Modern European History, University of Oxford
I’m Professor of Modern European History at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. I’m a historian of modern Europe. I’ve been interested in the interface between cultural and political history over the course of my career. I have a long-standing interest in German cultural history, which has expanded to a broader idea of European cultural history and to thinking about Europe’s changing place in a post-Cold War world.
EXPs by Paul Betts
One of the most striking features of international politics in the 21st century has been the widespread calls to protect civilisation in danger.
One of the most powerful myths of Eastern European history after 1989 is that Eastern Europe was returned back to the international community.
In the name of post-communist democratic transition, the German government granted all East German citizens the right to retrieve their secret police files.