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United States Timothy D. Snyder is an acclaimed historian and author, recognized for his profound analysis of Central and Eastern European history, specializing in the Soviet Union and the Holocaust. He brings a deep historical perspective to contemporary global challenges for diverse audiences.
Timothy Snyder signed up for news and updates about his books and more from Penguin Random House, indicating an ongoing author-publisher relationship.
Timothy Snyder became the tenth ambassador for the UNITED24 fundraising platform on November 2, 2022. He successfully completed a fundraiser for a system to counter Russian unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine. On August 18, 2024, Snyder and Mark Hamill jointly launched the United24 Safe Terrain Initiative to fund mine-clearing robots.
Snyder co-organized the 'Ukraine: Thinking Together' conference in May 2014 with Leon Wieseltier, which was supported by Victor Pinchuk. He has consistently participated in the Yalta European Strategy meetings in Kyiv. In November 2014, he attended Pinchuk's decoration with the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Medal. In January 2019, he addressed the Ukraine House Davos event, also sponsored by Pinchuk. In November 2023, he launched the Ukrainian History Global Initiative, conceived and funded by Victor Pinchuk, and joined its board of trustees and chaired its academic council.
Timothy Snyder co-organized the 'Ukraine: Thinking Together' conference with Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic in Kyiv in May 2014.
On September 25, 2020, Timothy Snyder was named one of 25 members of the Real Facebook Oversight Board, an independent group monitoring Facebook.
Timothy D. Snyder holds the inaugural Temerty Chair in Modern European History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies. He assumed this position in July 2025 and also directs the Public History Lab.
Historian and author Timothy Snyder discussed the complex relationship between 'On Freedom,' 'On Tyranny,' and resilience on 'The State of Belief Podcast' hosted by Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush.
Timothy Snyder delivered a presentation titled 'Ukraine: From Propaganda to Reality' at the Chicago Humanities Festival on November 14, 2014.
Publishers Weekly reviewed 'On Tyranny,' Timothy Snyder's collaboration with a historian, noting its caution against political regression.
Timothy David Snyder was born on August 18, 1969, near Dayton, Ohio. His parents, Christine Hadley Snyder, a teacher and accountant, and Estel Eugene Snyder, a veterinarian, had served in the Peace Corps before starting their family. Snyder received a Quaker education and developed an early interest in history during a holiday to a Quaker dairy commune in Costa Rica during ninth grade. He pursued his higher education at Brown University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science in 1991. Subsequently, he completed his D.Phil. in modern history in 1995 at the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar at Balliol College.
Snyder’s career began with fellowships at prestigious institutions such as the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris (1994-1995), the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna (1996), and the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University (1997). He was an Academy Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard from 1998 to 2001. In 2001, Snyder joined Yale University, and in 2017, he became the Richard C. Levin Professor of History. In July 2025, he transitioned to the University of Toronto to hold the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
Throughout his distinguished career, Snyder has authored or co-edited twenty books, many of which have achieved bestseller status and been translated into numerous languages. His notable works include “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin” (2010), “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” (2017), “The Road to Unfreedom” (2018), and “On Freedom” (2024). He is a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and serves on the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, as well as being a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Snyder actively contributes to public discourse through essays in major publications like “The New York Times” and consistently engages with various media platforms to share his insights on history and contemporary global affairs.
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