Alexandra Richie

Professor Alexandra Richie is a historian specializing in Central and Eastern Europe, German history, and defense/security issues. She currently holds the Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Chair teaching History and International Studies at Civitas University, while serving as Presidential Counselor at the National World War II Museum (New Orleans) and Governor of St Michael’s University School (Victoria, Canada).

Her academic background includes a doctorate from the University of Oxford with a thesis on The Political Manipulation of History in East and West Germany, preceded by industry restructuring work at the Boston Consulting Group across Eastern Europe. She later returned to Oxford as a Wolfson College Fellow teaching History and Political Philosophy.

Professor Richie's research centers on 20th-century Central European history, particularly Berlin and Warsaw during WWII and the Cold War. Her narrative-driven scholarship bridges academic rigor and public accessibility, focusing on political manipulation of historical narratives, urban destruction, and geopolitical security dynamics in the region.

Her major accolades include:

• Newsweek Teresa Torańska Prize (2014) for Warsaw 1944
• Kazimierz Moczarski Prize (2015) for Best History Book in Poland
• Recognition as a top-ten book of the year by American Publisher’s Weekly for Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin

She actively contributes to documentaries, radio, and television programs while advising cultural institutions, though no formal student mentorship or research grants are documented in the source material.