Peter Baldwin (professor)

Peter Baldwin is a professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He specializes in the history of Europe, particularly comparative social, cultural, and intellectual history from the 18th century to the present. His research interests include the history of social solidarity, welfare states, diseases and public health, and the cultural history of science.

Baldwin received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, among others.

His published works include:

• Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930 (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
• The Politics of Social Solidarity: Class Bases of the European Welfare State, 1875-1975 (Cambridge University Press, 1990)
• Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS (University of California Press, 2005)
• From Population to Security: European Population Politics, 1945-1990 (Cambridge University Press, 2013)

Professor Baldwin's research and teaching contribute to the fields of European history, social history, and the history of medicine. He is known for his comparative approach and his focus on the relationship between social, political, and cultural developments.