Paris 1919: How Lofty Ambitions Fell Prey to the Passions of Nationalism (2002)
Margaret Olwen MacMillan, CC (born
23 December 1943) is a
Canadian historian and professor at the
University of Oxford, where she is
Warden of
St Antony's College. She is former provost of
Trinity College and professor of history at the
University of Toronto and previously at
Ryerson University. A leading expert on history and international relations, MacMillan is a commentator in the media. She is a great-granddaughter of former
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
Margaret MacMillan was born to
Dr. Robert MacMillan and Eluned
Carey Evans. Her maternal grandfather was Dr.
Thomas John Carey Evans of the
Indian Medical Service. The senior Evans served as personal physician to
Rufus Isaacs, 1st
Marquess of Reading during the latter's term as
Viceroy of India (
1921–1926). Her maternal grandmother, Olwen
Elizabeth Lloyd George, was a daughter of David Lloyd George,
Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom and his first wife
Margaret Owen.[2][3] MacMillan's sister Ann served as the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (
CBC)'s
London correspondent for almost 40 years, retiring in
2013;[4] Ann is married to
British journalist
Peter Snow, making
Margaret the aunt of historian
Dan Snow.
MacMillan received an Honours
B.A. in history from the University of Toronto (attending Trinity College, where she would later become Provost 2002-2007) and a
B.Phil. in
Politics and
D.Phil. (
1974) at
Oxford University (attending
St Hilda's College and later St Antony's College, where she became Warden in
2007[1]). Her doctoral dissertation was on the social and political perspectives of the
British in India. From
1975 to
2002, she was a professor of history at Ryerson University in
Toronto, including five years as department chair.[5] She is the author of
Women of the Raj, a selection of the "
History Book Club". In addition to numerous articles and reviews on a variety of Canadian and world affairs, MacMillan has co-edited books dealing with
Canada's international relations, including with
NATO, and with
Canadian-Australian relations.
From
1995 to
2003, MacMillan co-edited the
International Journal, published by the
Canadian Institute of International Affairs. Since 1995, she has served as a member of the
National Board of Directors of the
CIIA. She was the
Young Memorial Visitor at
Royal Military College of Canada in 2004 and delivered the
J.D. Young Memorial Lecture on
November 24, 2004.[6]
MacMillan's research has focused on the
British Empire in the late 19th and early
20th centuries and on international relations in the
20th century. Over the course of her career, she has taught a range of courses on the history of international relations. She sits on the
European Advisory Board of
Princeton University Press[7] and the Advisory Board of the
Institute for Historical
Justice and
Reconciliation.
Her most successful work is
Peacemakers: The
Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to
End War, also published as
Paris 1919: Six Months That
Changed the
World. Peacemakers won the
Duff Cooper Prize for outstanding literary work in the field of history, biography or politics; the
Hessell-Tiltman Prize for
History; the prestigious
Samuel Johnson Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in the United Kingdom and the 2003
Governor General's Literary Award in
Canada. MacMillan has served on the boards of the
Canadian Institute for
International Affairs, the
Atlantic Council of
Canada, the
Ontario Heritage Foundation,
Historica and the
Churchill Society for the Advancement of
Parliamentary Democracy (
Canada). She is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an
Honorary Fellow of
St Antony's College, Oxford and a
Senior Fellow of
Massey College, University of Toronto. She has honorary degrees from the
University of King's College, the Royal Military College of Canada and Ryerson University, Toronto.
She was made an
Officer of the
Order of Canada in
February 2006.[8] It was later upgraded to Companion of the Order of Canada on
December 30,
2015, the highest grade of the honour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_MacMillan