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United Kingdom Sir Richard J. Evans is a distinguished historian, author, and academic, renowned for his contributions to modern European history, particularly focusing on Germany.
Sir Richard J. Evans participated in a conversation event for his book 'Hitler's People' with the Imperial War Museums, discussing the rise of Nazism.
Sir Richard J. Evans delivered a speech, Q&A, and book signing related to his work at the Cambridge Union.
Sir Richard J. Evans is a renowned British historian specializing in 19th and 20th-century European history, with a particular focus on Germany, and is associated with the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.
Sir Richard J. Evans is the author of 'The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination' published by Oxford University Press.
Sir Richard J. Evans' book 'Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich' was published in hardback by Penguin Books in the UK and Penguin Press in the USA. His 'The Third Reich Trilogy' was also published by Penguin.
Sir Richard J. Evans served as Provost of Gresham College from 2014-2020 and has delivered numerous lectures available on their website.
Sir Richard J. Evans was born Richard John Evans on September 29, 1947, in Woodford, Essex. His academic journey began at Jesus College, Oxford, where he earned his MA, followed by a DPhil from St Antony’s College, Oxford. His doctoral thesis, completed in 1972, focused on ‘The women’s movement in Germany, 1890–1919′. Evans’ early work established his reputation as a historian of Germany, with publications like ‘The Feminist Movement in Germany, 1894–1933’ (1976) and ‘The Feminists’ (1977) exploring the history of feminist movements and their societal contexts.
Throughout his career, Sir Richard J. Evans has held academic positions at various institutions, including the University of Stirling, University of East Anglia, and Birkbeck College. He was appointed Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, serving from 2008 until his retirement in 2014. In this role, he also chaired the history faculty from October 2008 to September 2010. Demonstrating a commitment to public scholarship, he became President of Wolfson College, Cambridge, from 2010 to 2017, and has been the Provost of Gresham College in London since 2014, an institution dedicated to providing free public lectures.
A pivotal moment in his career came in 2000, when he served as an expert witness in the high-profile libel case, Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt. His rigorous analysis and defense of historical and academic integrity played a crucial role in the court’s judgment. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed ‘The Third Reich Trilogy’ (2003–2008), which is considered a comprehensive account of Nazi Germany. For his extensive contributions to scholarship, Sir Richard was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours, and has received numerous other accolades, including the Wolfson History Prize and the British Academy Leverhulme Prize and Medal.
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