Timothy Garton Ash | |
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 Garton Ash in 2019 | |
| Born | 12 July 1955 London, England |
| Occupation | Historian, author |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford St Antony's College, Oxford Free University of Berlin University of Berlin |
| Notable awards | Charlemagne Prize (2017) |
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Timothy Garton Ash CMG FRSA (born 12 July 1955) is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe.
He has written about the former Communist regimes of that region, their experience with the secret police, the Revolutions of 1989 and the transformation of the former Eastern Bloc states into member states of the European Union. He has also examined the role of Europe in the world and the challenge of combining political freedom and diversity, especially in relation to free speech.