Holger Herwig
| Holger H. Herwig | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 25, 1941 Hamburg, Germany |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia (BA), State University of New York at Stony Brook (MA, Ph.D.) |
| Subject | World War I, German military and political history |
| Notable works | Deadly Seas: The Destruction of the Bismarck, The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918 |
Dr. Holger H. Herwig is a German-Canadian historian and professor. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including the award-winning, The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918 and The Origins of World War I, written with Richard F. Hamilton. His research focuses on World War I and German military and political history. Dr. Herwig holds a dual position at the University of Calgary as Professor of History and as Canada Research Chair in the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies.
Herwig was born on September 25, 1941 in Hamburg, Germany.
In 1965, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia; in 1967, he obtained his Master's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY). In 1971, he received a Ph.D from SUNY.
From 1971 to 1989, Herwig taught at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. For one year, starting in 1985, he was visiting Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 1991, he was made Head of the Department of History at the University of Calgary. He held this position until 1996. Herwig was the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Distinguished Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 1998.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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