Wolfson alumni honoured in King's New Year's List
BA MA PhD
Darren is a historian of modern Germany. His research explores the country's politics, government, and administration from 1871 to the present.
Darren O’Byrne received his PhD in History from the University of Cambridge, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Politics and a Master’s Degree in the History of International Relations, both from University College Dublin. During his doctoral studies he was a DAAD research fellow at Berlin’s Humboldt University, and a visiting fellow at the Technical University in Berlin. Since receiving his PhD he has held a visiting fellowship at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, and taken up a position as a Research Associate and Affiliated Lecturer in Modern German History at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics.
Darren is working on his first monograph, an interdisciplinary study of the civil service in Weimar and Nazi Germany. He is also working on different projects relating to sport and sports journalism in the interwar period.
We are delighted to announce the open call for this year’s WolfWords anthology. The theme for this year’s collection is 'lost and found'.
Join us in January for an extended retreat for planning, analysing, reading or writing.
Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'Life and Experience' featuring work by contemporary artist Janette Parris.
How does the roda de samba function as a ritual, emotional, and spiritual practice in Rio de Janeiro?
Join the Wolfson Science Society for an evening under the stars!