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Thomas Childers
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Harvard University
 

Thomas Childers is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been teaching for over 25 years. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Tennessee and earned his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University.

In addition to his position at Penn, Professor Childers has held visiting professorships at Trinity Hall College, Cambridge, Smith College, and Swarthmore College. He is a popular lecturer abroad as well, in London, Oxford, Berlin, and Munich.

Professor Childers has won several teaching awards, including the Ira T. Abrahms Award for Distinguished Teaching and Challenging Teaching in the Arts and Sciences, the Richard S. Dunn Award for Distinguished Teaching in History, and the Senior Class Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Professor Childers is the author and editor of several books on modern German history and the Second World War. He is currently completing a trilogy on the Second World War. The first volume, Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II, was praised by Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post as “a powerful and unselfconsciously beautiful book.”
 
Courses by this professor:

American Civil War & World War II: A Military and Social History (Set)  
By Professor Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania
Experience the triumphs and tragedies of two defining wars in world history. Examine the experience of the American Civil War, from the front lines of battle to the home fronts of the Union and the Confederacy, in American Civil War. Afterward, examine the people, battles, and legacies of the 20th century's most monumental conflict in World War II: A Military and Social History.
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$390 		Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age  
By Professor Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania
Do you want to improve your understanding of where we are today, how we got here, why the 20th century unfolded as it did, and even what the next millennium might hold? This perceptive, richly documented course covers the history and global impact of Europe since the French Revolution.
History of Hitler’s Empire, 2nd Edition  
By Professor Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania
In A History of Hitler's Empire, 2nd Edition, award-winning Professor Thomas Childers explains the unexplainable about Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement that would become the greatest enemy ever faced by modern civilization. These powerful lectures answer two burning issues that have nagged humankind for more than 50 years: How Hitler and Nazism came to power in a highly developed country, and how the Nazi regime was able to establish itself in such a short amount of time and spark World War II. With this unforgettable course, you can study and understand the rise of one man and his terrible regime the way the inhabitants of Germany—and the mid-20th–century world—experienced it.
World War I & World War II (Set)  
By Professor Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania
In the 20th century, two epic wars forever altered the course of human history. Get a comprehensive look at these conflicts in two fascinating courses. In World War I: The "Great War," award-winning Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, you’ll see inside the years between 1914 and 1918 to examine history's "Great War." Then in World War II: A Military and Social History, follow renowned war historian and Professor Thomas Childers. You meet iconic historical figures, scrutinize the military decisions that changed the course of history, explore how the war unfolded, and encounter examples of heroism that still resonate in our memories.
World War II: A Military and Social History  
By Professor Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania
This course examines one of the greatest conflicts in human history, World War II. Between 1937 and 1945, 55 million people perished. It was a series of interrelated conflicts; no continent was left untouched, no ocean or sea unaffected. World War II taught lessons that none of us can ever study enough. Professor Thomas Childers uses the dual perspective of military and social history to explain both the epic course and epoch-making effects of the "last good war." This is a great introduction to a period of history that remains as addictively interesting as it is important.