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2003 Balzan Prize for European History since 1900

For his brilliant analysis of the troubled history of twentieth-century Europe and for his ability to combine in-depth historical research with great literary talent.

Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, born in Alexandria, Egypt, on 9 June 1917 [*9 June 1917 – † 1st October 2012], is a British citizen and was educated in Vienna, Berlin, London and Cambridge.

Academic Activities:

1947-82 Lecturer, Reader and from 1971 Professor of (Economic and Social) History, Birkbeck College, University of London.

Since then Emeritus Professor
1950-55 also: Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge
1960 Visiting Professor, Stanford University
1967 Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1971 Visiting Professor, UNAM, Mexico
1976-82 Andrew D.

White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University
1978-83 Visiting Directeur de Recherche Associé, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
1982 Vis