Sally J. Marks (January 18, 1931 – January 14, 2018) was an American historian and author specialising in the field of post-First World War diplomatic history.
Sally Marks | |
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| Born | January 18, 1931 New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | January 13, 2018 (aged 86) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, London School of Economics |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Rhode Island College |
Biography edit
Marks was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduation from Wellesley College, she worked for the US Department of Defense. Marks received a master's degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, before doing a PhD in the United Kingdom at the London School of Economics.[1]
Marks lectured in history at Rhode Island College, receiving the Mary Tucker Thorp College Professorship in 1983.[2] Her research during the 1970s focused on then-newly opened archives of diplomatic correspondence from the period during and immediately after the First World War. Her discoveries in these archives cast doubt on the then-popular viewpoint advocated by John Maynard Keynes that the Versailles treaty had been excessively punitive. In 1988 she took early retirement from teaching at the college to focus full-time on research. From the 1990s onwards Marks suffered from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, and in later life from poor eyesight.[1]
Historian William R. Keylor of Boston University said of her work that it had "...precipitated what might be called the post-Keynesian version of the economic portion of the peace settlement of 1919 that has won widespread acceptance in the profession".[3]
Awards and honors edit
Marks received the George Louis Beer Prize for her 1981 book Innocent Abroad: Belgium at the Paris Peace Conference.[4] She also received the Phi Alpha Theta senior scholar award, as well as fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies.[1]
Books edit
Marks was the author of books including:
- The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe 1918–1933 (Macmillan, 1976)[5]
- Innocent Abroad: Belgium at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 (University of North Carolina Press, 1981)[6]
- The Ebbing of European Ascendancy: An International History of the World, 1914–1945 (Arnold, 2002)[7]
- Paul Hymans: Belgium (Makers of the Modern World: The Peace Conferences of 1919–23 and Their Aftermath, Haus Publishing, 2010)[8]
References edit
- ^ a b c Fink, Carole (September 4, 2018). "Sally Marks (1931–2018)". Perspectives on History. American Historical Association. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "About the Mary Tucker Thorp College Professorship". Rhode Island College. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Keylor, William R. (January 19, 2018). "A Tribute to Sally Marks" (PDF). H-Diplo. H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "AHA Prize in European International History Recipients". American Historical Association. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ Reviews of The Illusion of Peace:
- Anthony Adamthwaite, The English Historical Review, JSTOR 565540
- Roger Chickering, The Historian, JSTOR 24445060
- Ruth Henig, International Affairs, doi:10.2307/2615601, JSTOR 2615601
- Klaus Hildebrand, Historische Zeitschrift, JSTOR 27620633
- Michael W. Howell, Teaching History, [1]
- Keith Robbins, History, JSTOR 24410894
- William E. Scott, The American Historical Review, doi:10.1086/ahr/82.5.1239, JSTOR 1856386
- ^ Reviews of Innocent Abroad:
- M. L. Dockrill, International Affairs, doi:10.2307/2619878, JSTOR 2619878
- Jost Dülffer, Historische Zeitschrift, JSTOR 27623126
- C. H. D. Howard, History, JSTOR 24418284
- Melvyn P. Leffler, The American Historical Review, doi:10.1086/ahr/87.1.191, JSTOR 1863377
- Anne Orde, The English Historical Review, JSTOR 567882
- Roy Prete, The International History Review, JSTOR 40105263
- Reinhard Schiffers, Francia, doi:10.11588/fr.1981.0.51055
- Gilbert Trausch, Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, [2]
- Studia Diplomatica, JSTOR 44835046
- ^ Reviews of The Ebbing of European Ascendancy:
- ^ Review of Paul Hymans: Norman Stone, Diplomacy & Statecraft, doi:10.1080/09592296.2011.599673