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Peter Baldwin | |
|---|---|
 Peter Baldwin | |
| Born | December 22, 1956 |
| Occupation | Professor & philanthropist |
Peter Baldwin (born December 22, 1956)[1] is a research professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, Global Distinguished Professor at New York University, and a philanthropist.[2]
Early life
[edit]Baldwin's parents were the medieval historians Jenny Jochens and John W. Baldwin.[3]:?450?
Academic career
[edit]He was educated at Harvard (MA and PhD, both in History 1980 and 1986), and Yale (BA Philosophy and History, 1978).[4] He has written several books on the comparative history of Europe and America.
Baldwin also serves on the boards of the New York Public Library,[5] the American Council of Learned Societies,[6] the Central European University,[7] and as chair of the board of the Center for Jewish History.[8]
Philanthropy
[edit]With his wife Lisbet Rausing, who is an heir of the Tetra Pak fortune, Baldwin co-founded the Arcadia Fund in 2001. The Fund has given away over $1 billion to charities and scholarly institutions globally that preserve cultural heritage and the environment and promote open access.[9]
Arcadia-funded projects include the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities,[10] The Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library[11] and Fauna & Flora International's Halcyon Land and Sea fund.
Baldwin joined the advisory board of the Wikimedia Endowment in 2016.[12] Baldwin and Rausing gave $5 million to the Wikimedia Endowment in 2017[13] and are listed among the biggest benefactors to the Wikimedia Foundation.[14]
Publications
[edit]- The Politics of Social Solidarity: Class Bases of the European Welfare State, 1875-1975 (Cambridge University Press, 1990)
- Reworking the Past: Hitler, the Holocaust and the Historians' Debate, edited with an introduction (Beacon Press, 1990)
- Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930 (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
- Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS (University of California Press, Berkeley, and the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, 2005)
- The Narcissism of Minor Differences: How America and Europe Are Alike (Oxford University Press, 2009)[15]
- The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle (Princeton University Press, 2014)[16]
- Command and Persuade: Crime, Law, and the State across History (MIT Press 2021)
- Fighting the First Wave: Why the Coronavirus was Tackled so Differently across the Globe (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
- Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All (The MIT Press, 2023)[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding Library of Congress Linked Data Service: linked authority record n88275684.
- ^ "Peter Baldwin | UCLA History". history.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ McCormick, Michael. "John W. Baldwin, 13 July 1929. 8 February 2015" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 160 (4): 450–55.
- ^ "Peter Baldwin". UCLA. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "The New York Public Library Board of Trustees". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "ACLS Board of Directors". ACLS. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Board of Trustees | Central European University". www.ceu.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Center for Jewish History :: 15 W. 16th Street NY, NY 10011". www.cjh.org. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "For Libraries at UCLA and Yale, $5 Million Arcadia Fund Gifts Go Beyond Money". Archived from the original on 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) – Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities". www.bbaw.de. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Welcome to the Endangered Archives Program". 2025-08-06. Archived from the original on 2025-08-06.
- ^ Brent, Marc (2025-08-06). "Peter Baldwin, professor and philanthropist, is appointed to the Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board". Diff.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ Thaney, Kaitlin (2025-08-06). "Matching gift grows Wikimedia Endowment by $10 million". Diff.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ Wikipedia 15 Contributors Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ "Faculty—History: Peter Baldwin". University of California. Archived from the original on 2025-08-06. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Baldwin, Peter (17 May 2016). "The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle". ISBN 9780691169095.
- ^ Danton, Robert (December 21, 2023). "The Dream of a Universal Library". The New York Review of Books. 70 (20): 73–74.
External links
[edit]- Page at UCLA, detailing various publications.
- Academic publications
