Roger Woods

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Roger Woods (born 1949) [1] is a British contemporary historian who specialises on 20th-century German political history. [2] [3]

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Life and career

Woods is Emeritus Professor in the Department of German studies at the University of Nottingham. [2] [4]

From 2004 to 2006, he was Chairman of the University Council of Modern Languages, and then Provost and CEO of University of Nottingham Ningbo China from 2007 to 2010. [5]

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