Tutor information
Christopher Danziger
Christopher Danziger M.A., M.Ed., was formerly Head of History at St Edward’s School, Oxford and a lecturer at the Universities of Durham and Cape Town. He has been a Tutor in the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education for over 15 years. He teaches European History, with a special interest in Napoleonic France and Romanov Russia, on both of which he has written extensively.
Courses
Between 1865 and 1945 Germany made the proud but painful transition from political non-entity to failed superpower. Post-war Germans might have become demoralised by defeat. Instead they reinvented themselves as a different but hugely influential nation.
The Trans-Siberian Railway spans 6,000 miles and 9 time zones but also the 2,000 years of Russia's complex and little understood history. Through the windows of our railway carriage we get an insight into this enduringly mysterious country and its people.
The people from the sparse populations and inhospitable lands surrounding the Baltic Sea have played a creative and totally disproportionate role in the history of Europe and the world. This lecture series examines their history and influence