Margaret MacMillan

Margaret MacMillan (Toronto and Oxford) is an emeritus professor of History at the University of Toronto and an emeritus professor of International History at Oxford University. She served as Provost of Trinity College, Toronto (2002–2007) and as Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford (2007–2017). She is currently a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Imperial War Museum (London), and the Institute of Human Sciences (Vienna).

Her research specializes in British imperial history and the international history of the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Her latest book is War: How Conflict Shaped Us, and her other publications include Paris, 1919, and The War that Ended Peace. She delivered the CBC Massey Lectures in 2015 and the BBC Reith Lectures in 2018. Among her many honours are the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and the Governor General’s Literary Award. She holds honorary degrees from several universities and is an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy, a Companion of the Order of Canada, a Companion of Honour (UK), and a Member of the Order of Merit. She is also a frequent contributor to and commentator in the media, both in Canada and internationally.