Biography/Contacts
Biography
Biography
Margaret MacMillan is emeritus Professor of History at the University of Toronto and Professor of International History and the former Warden of St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford. Her books include Women of the Raj (1988, 2007); Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World (2001) (Peacemakers in the UK) for which she was the first woman to win the Samuel Johnson Prize; Nixon in China: Six Days that Changed the World (Seize the Hour: When Nixon Met Mao in the UK); The Uses and Abuses of History (2008); Extraordinary Canadians: Stephen Leacock (2009); The War that Ended Peace (2014). Her most recent book is War: How Conflict Shaped Us (2020) which was a New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Geographical Society of Canada, Honorary Fellow of the British Academy and of the Learned Society of Wales, Fellow of Trinity College, University of Toronto, Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, St Hilda’s College and St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. Margaret is also a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum.
University of Oxford
St. Antony's College
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University of Oxford
University of Toronto
Trinity College
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University of Toronto
Contacts
Margaret MacMillan's personal pages at
- Penguin Books: www.penquinbooks.com
- Profile Books: www.profilebooks.com
- Random House: www.randomhouse.com
- Amazon US: www.amazon.com - WAR
- Amazon US: www.amazon.com
- Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk - WAR
- Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk
To enquire about booking Margaret for a speaking engagement please click the links below.
- United Agents: kaitken@unitedagents.co.uk
- General Information: For more information please contact Margaret MacMillan's assistant below.
- Asst. to Margaret MacMillan: judd@margaretmacmillan.com
Awards
Pritzker Military
United States, 2021
Literature Award Winner
Duff Cooper Prize
United Kingdom, 2001
Peacemakers(Paris 1919)
PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize
United Kingdom, 2002
Peacemakers (Paris 1919)
Samuel Johnson Prize
United Kingdom, 2003
Peacemakers (Paris 1919)
Governor General's Literary Award
Canada, 2003
Paris 1919 (Peacemakers)
Officer of the Order of Canada
Canada, 2006 - 2015
Companion of the Order of Canada
Canada, 2015
Companion of Honour
United Kingdom, 2017
Writers Trust of Canada
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
Political Writing Finalist
Canada, 2013
The War That Ended Peace
Paddy Power Political Book Awards
International Affairs Book of the Year
United Kingdom, 2014
The War That Ended Peace
Symons Medal
Confederation Centre of the Arts
Canada, 2018
Political Studies Association Award
Political Studies Communicator
United Kingdom, 2018
Honorary Degrees
University of King's College, Halifax, Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Huron University of the University of Western Ontario
University of Calgary
University of Western Ontario
University of Toronto
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Bishop’s University
McGill University
American University of Paris
Served on the boards of:
Canadian Institute for International Affairs
The Atlantic Council of Canada
The Ontario Heritage Foundation
Historica
Churchill Society for the Advancement of
Parliamentary Democracy
Rhodes Trust
Fellow of:
Royal Geographical Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Literature
Honorary Fellow of:
The British Academy
The Learned Society of Wales
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University
St. Antony's College, Oxford University
St. Hilda's College, Oxford University
Trinity College, University of Toronto
Trustee of:
The Imperial War Museum
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