Thomas Weber, Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, spoke to EPIIC students about the future of the Nation-State

Thomas Weber is Professor of History and International Affairs as well as the founding Director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Weber's research and teaching expertise lies in European, international, and global political history. Before coming to Aberdeen, Weber held fellowships or taught at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. His first book, Lodz Ghetto Album, won a 2004 Golden Light Award and a 2005 Infinity Award. His second book, Our Friend “The Enemy” was the recipient of the 2008 Duc d’Arenberg History Prize. His latest book, Hitler's First War, was published in English by Oxford University Press in the autumn of 2010. Weber is the proponent of an initiative to establish Truth Commissions in Europe and the Mediterranean basin.