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Timothy Garton Ash

February 15, 2024

Timothy Garton Ash CMG FRSA (born 12 July 1955) is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe.

Timothy Garton Ash

CMG FRSA
Garton Ash in 2019
Born (1955-07-12) 12 July 1955 (age 68)
London, England
OccupationHistorian, author
Alma materExeter College, Oxford
St Antony's College, Oxford
Free University of Berlin
University of Berlin
Notable awardsCharlemagne Prize (2017)
Website
timothygartonash.com

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.

Education edit

Garton Ash was born to John Garton Ash (1919–2014) and Lorna Judith Freke. His father was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was involved in finance, as well as being a Royal Artillery officer in the British Army during the Second World War.[1] Garton Ash was educated at St Edmund's School, Hindhead, Surrey,[2] before going on to Sherborne School, a public school in Dorset in South West England, followed by Exeter College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History.

For postgraduate study he went to St Antony's College, Oxford, and then, in the still divided Berlin, the Free University in West Berlin and the Humboldt University in East Berlin. During his studies in East Berlin, he was under surveillance from the Stasi, which served as the basis for his 1997 book The File.[3] Garton Ash cut a suspect figure to the Stasi, who regarded him as a "bourgeois-liberal" and potential British spy.[4]

Although he denies being or having been a British intelligence operative, Garton Ash described himself as a "soldier behind enemy lines" and described the German Democratic Republic as a "very nasty regime indeed".[4]

 
Pavel Žáček, Timothy Garton Ash and Kristian Gerner (Tallinn, 2012)

Life and career edit

In the 1980s Garton Ash was Foreign Editor of The Spectator and a columnist for The Independent. He became a Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, in 1989, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution[5] in 2000, and Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford[6] in 2004. He has written a (formerly weekly) column in The Guardian since 2004 and is a long-time contributor to the New York Review of Books.[7] His column was also translated in the Turkish daily Radikal[8] and in the Spanish daily El País, as well as other newspapers.

In 2005, Garton Ash was listed in Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people.[9] The article says that "shelves are where most works of history spend their lives. But the kind of history Garton Ash writes is more likely to lie on the desks of the world's decision makers."

Geopolitics edit

Garton Ash describes himself as a liberal internationalist.[10] He is a supporter of what he calls the free world and liberal democracy, represented in his view by the European Union, the United States as a superpower, and Angela Merkel's leadership of Germany. Garton Ash opposed Scottish independence and argued for Britishness, writing in The Guardian: "being British has changed into something worth preserving, especially in a world of migration where peoples are going to become ever more mixed up together. As men and women from different parts of the former British empire have come to live here in ever larger numbers, the post-imperial identity has become, ironically but not accidentally, the most liberal, civic, inclusive one."[11]

Garton Ash first came to prominence during the Cold War as a supporter of free speech and human rights within countries which were part of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, paying particular attention to Poland and Germany. In more recent times he has represented a British liberal pro-EU viewpoint, nervous at the rise of Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Brexit. He is strongly opposed to conservative and populist leaders of EU nations, such as Viktor Orbán of Hungary, arguing that Merkel should "freeze him out", evoking "appeasement".[12] Garton Ash was particularly upset about Orbán's move against George Soros' Central European University.[12] Anti-Soviet themes and Poland remain topics of interest for Garton Ash; once a promoter of the anti-Eastern Bloc movement in Poland, he notes with regret the move away from liberalism and globalism towards populism and authoritarianism under socially conservative political and religious leaders such as Jarosław Kaczyński, in a similar manner to his criticisms of Hungary's Orbán.[13]

Personal life edit

Garton Ash and his Polish-born wife Danuta live primarily in Oxford, England, and also near Stanford University in California as part of his work with the Hoover Institution.[14] They have two sons, Tom Ash, a web developer based in Canada, and Alec Ash, an author and editor focused on China.[14] His elder brother, Christopher, is a Church of England clergyman.[15]

Bibliography edit

  • Und willst du nicht mein Bruder sein ... Die DDR heute (Rowohlt, 1981) ISBN 3-499-33015-6
  • The Polish Revolution: Solidarity, 1980–82 (Scribner, 1984) ISBN 0-684-18114-2
  • The Uses of Adversity: Essays on the Fate of Central Europe (Random House, 1989) ISBN 0-394-57573-3
  • The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of 1989 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague (Random House, 1990) ISBN 0-394-58884-3
  • In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent (Random House, 1993) ISBN 0-394-55711-5
  • The File: A Personal History (Random House, 1997) ISBN 0-679-45574-4
  • History of the Present: Essays, Sketches, and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s (Allen Lane, 1999) ISBN 0-7139-9323-5
  • Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West (Random House, 2004) ISBN 1-4000-6219-5
  • Facts are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade without a Name (Atlantic Books, 2009) ISBN 1-84887-089-2
  • (edited, with Adam Roberts) Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present (Oxford University Press, 2011) ISBN 9780199552016
  • Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World (Yale University Press, 2016) ISBN 978-0-300-16116-8
  • (edited, with Adam Roberts, Michael J. Willis, and Rory McCarthy) Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring: Triumphs and Disasters (Oxford University Press, 2016) ISBN 9780198749028
  • Obrona Liberalizmu (Fundacja Kultura Liberalna, 2022) ISBN 9788366619067
  • Homelands: A Personal History of Europe (Yale University Press, 2023)[16] ISBN 9780300257076

Awards and honours edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "John Garton Ash – obituary". The Telegraph. London. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. ^ "St. Ed's – OSE". saintedmunds.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ Garton Ash, Timothy (31 May 2007). "The Stasi on Our Minds". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b Glover, Michael (2 September 1998). "Memoirs of an inadvertent spy". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Fellows: Timothy Garton Ash". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Governing Body Fellows: Professor Timothy Garton Ash". St. Anthony's College. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Timothy Garton Ash". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  8. ^ "timothy garton ash son dakika gelişmeleri ve haberleri Radikal'de!". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  9. ^ Ferguson, Niall (18 April 2005). "Timothy Garton Ash". TIME.com. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  10. ^ Garton Ash, Timothy (13 October 2016). "Liberal internationalists have to own up: we left too many people behind". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  11. ^ Garton Ash, Timothy (3 May 2007). "Independence for Scotland would not be good for England". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b Garton Ash, Timothy (12 April 2017). "We know the price of appeasement. That's why we must stand up to Viktor Orbán". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  13. ^ Garton Ash, Timothy (7 January 2016). "The pillars of Poland's democracy are being destroyed". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Biography". timothygartonash.com. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  15. ^ Mesa, Ivan (3 August 2020). "On My Shelf: Life and Books with Christopher Ash". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  16. ^ Ascherson, Neal (21 December 2023). "Becoming European". The New York Review of Books. 70 (20): 28–32.
  17. ^ "Premio di Giornalismo". premionapoli.it.
  18. ^ "Timothy Garton Ash :: Biography". timothygartonash.com.
  19. ^ "Eredoctoraten voor Maria Nowak, Timothy Garton Ash en Claudio Magris". Dagkrant Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (in Dutch). 22 December 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  20. ^ europeonline-magazine.eu, europe online publishing house gmbh -. "Historian Garton Ash receives Germany's Charlemagne Prize 2017 | EUROPE ONLINE". en.europeonline-magazine.eu. Retrieved 22 January 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 Oxford University Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe Timothy Garton AshCMG FRSAGarton Ash in 2019Born 1955 07 12 12 July 1955 age 68 London EnglandOccupationHistorian authorAlma materExeter College OxfordSt Antony s College OxfordFree University of BerlinUniversity of BerlinNotable awardsCharlemagne Prize 2017 Websitetimothygartonash wbr comHe 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 Contents 1 Education 2 Life and career 3 Geopolitics 4 Personal life 5 Bibliography 6 Awards and honours 7 See also 8 Notes 9 External linksEducation editGarton Ash was born to John Garton Ash 1919 2014 and Lorna Judith Freke His father was educated at Trinity Hall Cambridge and was involved in finance as well as being a Royal Artillery officer in the British Army during the Second World War 1 Garton Ash was educated at St Edmund s School Hindhead Surrey 2 before going on to Sherborne School a public school in Dorset in South West England followed by Exeter College Oxford where he studied Modern History For postgraduate study he went to St Antony s College Oxford and then in the still divided Berlin the Free University in West Berlin and the Humboldt University in East Berlin During his studies in East Berlin he was under surveillance from the Stasi which served as the basis for his 1997 book The File 3 Garton Ash cut a suspect figure to the Stasi who regarded him as a bourgeois liberal and potential British spy 4 Although he denies being or having been a British intelligence operative Garton Ash described himself as a soldier behind enemy lines and described the German Democratic Republic as a very nasty regime indeed 4 nbsp Pavel Zacek Timothy Garton Ash and Kristian Gerner Tallinn 2012 Life and career editIn the 1980s Garton Ash was Foreign Editor of The Spectator and a columnist for The Independent He became a Fellow at St Antony s College Oxford in 1989 a senior fellow at Stanford University s Hoover Institution 5 in 2000 and Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford 6 in 2004 He has written a formerly weekly column in The Guardian since 2004 and is a long time contributor to the New York Review of Books 7 His column was also translated in the Turkish daily Radikal 8 and in the Spanish daily El Pais as well as other newspapers In 2005 Garton Ash was listed in Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people 9 The article says that shelves are where most works of history spend their lives But the kind of history Garton Ash writes is more likely to lie on the desks of the world s decision makers Geopolitics editGarton Ash describes himself as a liberal internationalist 10 He is a supporter of what he calls the free world and liberal democracy represented in his view by the European Union the United States as a superpower and Angela Merkel s leadership of Germany Garton Ash opposed Scottish independence and argued for Britishness writing in The Guardian being British has changed into something worth preserving especially in a world of migration where peoples are going to become ever more mixed up together As men and women from different parts of the former British empire have come to live here in ever larger numbers the post imperial identity has become ironically but not accidentally the most liberal civic inclusive one 11 Garton Ash first came to prominence during the Cold War as a supporter of free speech and human rights within countries which were part of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc paying particular attention to Poland and Germany In more recent times he has represented a British liberal pro EU viewpoint nervous at the rise of Vladimir Putin Donald Trump and Brexit He is strongly opposed to conservative and populist leaders of EU nations such as Viktor Orban of Hungary arguing that Merkel should freeze him out evoking appeasement 12 Garton Ash was particularly upset about Orban s move against George Soros Central European University 12 Anti Soviet themes and Poland remain topics of interest for Garton Ash once a promoter of the anti Eastern Bloc movement in Poland he notes with regret the move away from liberalism and globalism towards populism and authoritarianism under socially conservative political and religious leaders such as Jaroslaw Kaczynski in a similar manner to his criticisms of Hungary s Orban 13 Personal life editGarton Ash and his Polish born wife Danuta live primarily in Oxford England and also near Stanford University in California as part of his work with the Hoover Institution 14 They have two sons Tom Ash a web developer based in Canada and Alec Ash an author and editor focused on China 14 His elder brother Christopher is a Church of England clergyman 15 Bibliography editUnd willst du nicht mein Bruder sein Die DDR heute Rowohlt 1981 ISBN 3 499 33015 6 The Polish Revolution Solidarity 1980 82 Scribner 1984 ISBN 0 684 18114 2 The Uses of Adversity Essays on the Fate of Central Europe Random House 1989 ISBN 0 394 57573 3 The Magic Lantern The Revolution of 1989 Witnessed in Warsaw Budapest Berlin and Prague Random House 1990 ISBN 0 394 58884 3 In Europe s Name Germany and the Divided Continent Random House 1993 ISBN 0 394 55711 5 The File A Personal History Random House 1997 ISBN 0 679 45574 4 History of the Present Essays Sketches and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s Allen Lane 1999 ISBN 0 7139 9323 5 Free World America Europe and the Surprising Future of the West Random House 2004 ISBN 1 4000 6219 5 Facts are Subversive Political Writing from a Decade without a Name Atlantic Books 2009 ISBN 1 84887 089 2 edited with Adam Roberts Civil Resistance and Power Politics The Experience of Non violent Action from Gandhi to the Present Oxford University Press 2011 ISBN 9780199552016 Free Speech Ten Principles for a Connected World Yale University Press 2016 ISBN 978 0 300 16116 8 edited with Adam Roberts Michael J Willis and Rory McCarthy Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring Triumphs and Disasters Oxford University Press 2016 ISBN 9780198749028 Obrona Liberalizmu Fundacja Kultura Liberalna 2022 ISBN 9788366619067 Homelands A Personal History of Europe Yale University Press 2023 16 ISBN 9780300257076Awards and honours editSomerset Maugham Award for The Polish Revolution Solidarity 1984 Prix Europeen de l Essai Charles Veillon 1989 Premio Napoli for journalism 1995 17 Order of Merit from the Czech Republic Order of Merit from Germany 18 Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Honorary doctorate from St Andrews University Scotland Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize for political writing 2002 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG Orwell Prize for journalism 2006 Kullervo Killinen Prize from Finland 2006 Honorary doctorate from KU Leuven Belgium 19 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts FRSA Charlemagne Prize 2017 20 See also editEuropean Council on Foreign Relations Appel de Blois Project Forum List of essay contributions to the New York Review of BooksNotes edit John Garton Ash obituary The Telegraph London 16 July 2014 Retrieved 12 January 2017 St Ed s OSE saintedmunds co uk Retrieved 23 April 2016 Garton Ash Timothy 31 May 2007 The Stasi on Our Minds The New York Review of Books Retrieved 17 November 2014 a b Glover Michael 2 September 1998 Memoirs of an inadvertent spy The Independent Archived from the original on 21 June 2022 Retrieved 12 January 2017 Fellows Timothy Garton Ash Hoover Institution Retrieved 12 November 2011 Governing Body Fellows Professor Timothy Garton Ash St Anthony s College Retrieved 12 November 2011 Timothy Garton Ash The New York Review of Books Retrieved 12 November 2011 timothy garton ash son dakika gelismeleri ve haberleri Radikal de Radikal in Turkish Retrieved 23 April 2016 Ferguson Niall 18 April 2005 Timothy Garton Ash TIME com Retrieved 23 April 2016 Garton Ash Timothy 13 October 2016 Liberal internationalists have to own up we left too many people behind The Guardian Retrieved 12 September 2017 Garton Ash Timothy 3 May 2007 Independence for Scotland would not be good for England The Guardian Retrieved 12 September 2017 a b Garton Ash Timothy 12 April 2017 We know the price of appeasement That s why we must stand up to Viktor Orban The Guardian Retrieved 12 September 2017 Garton Ash Timothy 7 January 2016 The pillars of Poland s democracy are being destroyed The Guardian Retrieved 12 September 2017 a b Biography timothygartonash com Retrieved 12 November 2011 Mesa Ivan 3 August 2020 On My Shelf Life and Books with Christopher Ash The Gospel Coalition Retrieved 12 August 2021 Ascherson Neal 21 December 2023 Becoming European The New York Review of Books 70 20 28 32 Premio di Giornalismo premionapoli it Timothy Garton Ash Biography timothygartonash com Eredoctoraten voor Maria Nowak Timothy Garton Ash en Claudio Magris Dagkrant Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Dutch 22 December 2010 Retrieved 12 November 2011 europeonline magazine eu europe online publishing house gmbh Historian Garton Ash receives Germany s Charlemagne Prize 2017 EUROPE ONLINE en europeonline magazine eu Retrieved 22 January 2017 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Timothy Garton Ash nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Timothy Garton Ash Official Website Articles by Timothy Garton Ash Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Journalisted Column archives at The Guardian Contributions to the New York Review of Books Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom 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