Michael Broers

Professor Michael Broers FRHistS
Born	Michael George Broers 1954 (age 70–71)
Occupation(s)	Historian and academic
Title	Professor of Western European History
Awards	Prix Napoleon (2006)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of St Andrews (MA) University of Oxford (DPhil)
Thesis	The restoration of order in Napoleonic Piedmont, 1797-1814, with particular reference to the departments of Stura and Marengo (1986)
Doctoral advisor	Richard Cobb
Academic work
Institutions	University of Aberdeen University of Leeds Kalamazoo College Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Michael George Broers FRHistS^[1] (born 1954) is a British historian. Broers is Professor of Western European History at the University of Oxford.^[2] He was Fellow and Tutor in History at Lady Margaret Hall from 2004 until his retirement in 2022.^[3]

Broers attended the University of St Andrews (MA, 1978) and the University of Oxford (DPhil, 1982). His doctoral supervisor was Richard Cobb.^[4] Prior to joining Lady Margaret Hall Broers taught at the University of Aberdeen, the University of Leeds and Kalamazoo College. At Lady Margaret Hall he served as the college's wine steward and tutor for admissions.^[3]

Broers is the author of several academic books about revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe. He won the Grand Prix Napoléon in 2006. Professor Saul David in The Daily Telegraph wrote that Napoleon: The Spirit of the Age is perhaps the "finest biography of Napoleon ever written".^[5] He served as a historical advisor for the 2023 film Napoleon directed by Ridley Scott.^[6]

Broers has contributed to academic journals such as War in History, The Historical Journal and Central European History. He is on the editorial boards of the international journal Napoleonica La Revue, "an online review which aims to promote research in the history of the First and Second French Empires".^[7] Napoleonica La Revue, "published by the Fondation Napoléon, is academic, multidisciplinary, international and peer-reviewed".^[8]

Bibliography

• Europe Under Napoleon, 1799-1815 (1996)
• Europe After Napoleon: Revolution, Reaction, and Romanticism, 1814-1848 (1996)
• Politics and Religion in Napoleonic Italy (2001)
• The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796-1814 (2005)
• Napoleon's Other War: Bandits, Rebels and their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions (2010)
• Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny (2014)
• The Napoleonic Mediterranean: Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire (2016)
• Napoleon: The Spirit of the Age: 1805-1810 (2018)
• Napoleon: The Decline and Fall of an Empire: 1811-1821 (2022)

References

1. "List of current Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
2. "Professor Michael Broers". www.history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
3. "LMH bids farewell to departing Fellows". Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
4. Broers, Michael (2015). Europe Under Napoleon, 1799-1815 (Second ed.). London: I.B. Tauris. p. xii. ISBN 9780857725226.
5. David, Saul (10 March 2018). "Is this the finest biography of Napoleon ever written?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
6. "Professor Michael Broers discusses Napoleon Bonaparte at New College History Society Dinner". New College, Oxford. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
7. https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-napoleonica-la-revue.htm?contenu=about
8. https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-napoleonica-la-revue.htm?contenu=about