Dan Stone (historian)

Dan Stone is a British historian specializing in 20th-century European history, with a particular focus on the Holocaust, comparative genocide, and modern intellectual history. He is known for his work examining the perpetrators of the Holocaust, the cultural context in which it occurred, and the intellectual justifications used to support it. He also explores the ways in which the Holocaust and other genocides have been remembered and represented.

Stone received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has held academic positions at several institutions, including Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is currently a Professor of Modern History. He has published extensively on topics related to genocide, fascism, and the history of ideas.

Key Works:

• History, Memory, and Mass Atrocity: Essays on the Holocaust and Genocide (2006)
• The Historiography of the Holocaust (2004)
• Constructing the Holocaust: A Study in Historiography (2003)
• Responses to Nazism in Britain, 1933-1939 (2003)
• Concentration Camps: A Short History (2017)
• Liberation after the Holocaust: Identity, Memory, and Reckoning (2015)

Stone's work is considered significant for its critical analysis of existing scholarship on the Holocaust and genocide, as well as for its contributions to understanding the complex interplay of political, social, and intellectual factors that led to these atrocities. He is actively involved in public history and education initiatives related to the Holocaust and genocide.