UC's Von Rosenstiel Lecture and Book Seminar Features Noted Historian

Professor Mark Mazower of Columbia University, one of the most accomplished historians working in the academy today, will deliver the 2014 Von Rosenstiel Lecture at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27, at the University of Cincinnati's Taft Lecture Center, Edwards One.

During his visit to UC, Mazower will deliver the Von Rosenstiel Lecture and host a special session devoted to discussing "Governing the World." Both events are free and open to the public. Details on the events are as follows:

• Thursday, Feb. 27, 4 p.m. at the Taft Research Center, Ground Floor, Edwards One
  The Annual Von Rosenstiel Lecture
  The Greek War for Independence in Global Perspective 
  Reception to follow
  
  
• Friday, Feb. 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m. in 417 Tangeman University Center
  Book Seminar
  Governing the World: The History of an Idea  

“It is an honor for UC to host Professor Mazower for this visit. We are grateful to the Von Rosenstiel family and to the memory of Mr. Werner E. Von Rosenstiel for their generosity in creating the endowment that allows us to invite such eminent scholars to campus,” said Willard Sunderland, history department head. The department also thanks the UC Classics, Political Science, and Judaic Studies departments; the UC European Studies Program, the Morgan Center for Human Rights at the College of Law, UC Amnesty International, the UC History Club, the Human Rights Taft Research Group and the Global Studies Taft Research Group for funding and assistance.

MORE ABOUT MAZOWER

Mazower is the Ira D. Wallach Professor of History, department chair, and director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books and a frequent commentator on the historical context shaping contemporary affairs. His work has long been focused on some of the defining issues of modern times: the making of empires and nations; the causes of war and peace; and the grand as well as anonymous work of governments and individuals to define and expand their rights as citizens and participants in an increasingly global society.

Trained as a historian of modern Greece and the Balkans, Mazower’s interests are far-reaching, and his current work places him at the forefront of trends in international history, including his latest book, "Governing the World: The History of An Idea" (Penguin, 2012), which offers a provocative interpretation of the ways in which individuals and nations have helped shape the dream and reality of global governance from the 19th century to the present.