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Details for Dr Mark Allinson
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| Name | Dr Mark Allinson | ||||
| Job title | Senior Lecturer |
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| Department | Department of German University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | B.A.(Salf.), Ph.D.(Lond.) | ||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | German History Society |
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| Keywords | German history German politics East Germany GDR Austrian history Austria Cold War |
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| Areas of expertise | My principal interest is modern German social and political history, though not military history. I have published mainly on the German Democratic Republic (communist East Germany), and teach on this and on current German politics and constitutional history. I also work on communism and extremism in the politics of interwar Austria. |
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| Media experience | I was involved in the production of a BBC Radio 4 programme about the downfall of Erich Honecker, and when younger (prior to joining the University) presented children's features for BBC Radio Brighton and Southern Television. I was a member of the IBA Local Radio Advisory Committee for Sussex. |
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