Katja Hoyer FRHistS | |
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 Katja Hoyer (2024) | |
| Born | 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, journalist, writer |
| Known for | Work on East Germany |
| Academic background | |
| Education | MA |
| Alma mater | University of Jena |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | King's College London |
Katja Hoyer (born 1985) [1] is a German-British [2] historian,journalist and writer. [3] [4]
Hoyer was born in Guben,East Germany, [5] where her mother was a teacher and her father an East German military officer. [6] She received a Master's degree from the University of Jena [3] and moved to the United Kingdom in about 2010. [7]
Hoyer is a visiting research fellow at King's College London and has published two books about the history of Germany. [8] She is also a journalist for The Spectator , [9] The Washington Post, [10] Times Literary Supplement, [11] UnHerd , [12] and Die Welt . [3]
Her first book,Blood and Iron,about the German Empire from 1871 to 1918,was well reviewed, [13] [14] even though some reviewers suggested that she had played down the negative aspects of the period and of Otto von Bismarck's legacy. [15] [16] Her second book, Beyond the Wall ,about the history of East Germany from 1949 to 1990,was well reviewed in the United Kingdom, [1] [17] [18] [19] [20] but less well received in Germany. [6]
Hoyer is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. [3]
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