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Also known as Timothy David Snyder, Timothy D. Snyder, T.D. Snyder, Tim Snyder

American historian (born 1969)

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Born
18 Aug 1969
Works
31

Top works

  • Chervonyĭ kni͡azʹ
  • Ukrainskai͡a istorii͡a, rossiĭskai͡a politika, evropeĭskoe budushchee
  • על הרודנות
  • Must muld
  • Power of the Powerless

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Key facts

Born
Timothy David Snyder , ( 1969-08-18 ) August 18, 1969 (age 56) , Dayton, Ohio , U.S.
Spouse
Marci Shore ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2005 ) ​
Awards
George Louis Beer Prize (2003) , Hannah Arendt Prize (2013), The VIZE 97 Prize (2015)
Education
Brown University ( BA ) Balliol College, Oxford ( DPhil )
Thesis
Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz (1872–1905): A Political and Intellectual Biography (1995)
Doctoral advisor
Timothy Garton Ash , Jerzy Jedlicki
Other advisor
Charles Feinstein
Sub discipline
History of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust
Institutions
Yale University London School of Economics College of Europe University of Toronto

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Encyclopedic overview

Timothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He holds the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. From 2017 to 2025 he was the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University.

He is a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Snyder serves on the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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