Steven Ozment is a historian specializing in European history, particularly Germany and the Reformation era. He is a professor of history at Harvard University and the author of numerous books on German and European cultural history. He contributed essays and book reviews to The Weekly Standard between 2005 and 2012, covering topics in European history, religion, and culture.
Jonathan Steinberg presents the fabled German chancellor as both an egomaniacal hypochondriac and a political-military genius: “He is the statesman who unified Germany in three wars . . . a hypochondriac with the constitution of an ox, a brutal tyrant who could easily shed tears, a convert to an…
Marcel Duchamp
Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution
How Jews Became Germans
A saying from the German Middle Ages suggests that a couple who cannot have children may be more burdened than a couple who do have children.
The Seduction of Culture in German History
Exorcism and Enlightenment
Fighting for Christendom