David Christian
Professor
Department of Modern History, Politics and International Rel
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
David Christian (D.Phil. Oxford, 1974) is by training a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union, but since the 1980s he has become interested in world history and in history at very large scales and across many disciplines. He began teaching Russian and European history at Macquarie University in 1975; from 1989 he also began teaching courses in Big History. In 2001 he took up a position at San Diego State University, where he taught courses on World History, Big History, World Environmental History, Russian History, and the History of Inner Eurasia. In January 2009 he returned to Macquarie University, where he has mainly taught Big History.
Research Interest
Modern History, Politics
Publications
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Climate change and the course of global history: a rough journey Christian, D. 2015 In : Journal of Global History. 10, 2, p. 357-358 2 p.
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From mapping to meaning Christian, D. 2016 Creation stories in dialogue: the Bible, science, and folk traditions : Radboud prestige lectures in New Testament by R. Alan Culpepper. Culpepper, R. A. & van der Watt, J. G. (eds.). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, p. 35-47 13 p. (Biblical interpretation series; vol. 139)
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What is Big History? Christian, D. 2017 In : Journal of Big History. 1, 1, p. 4-19 16 p.
