Jay Winter

He is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He is a specialist on World War I and its impact on the 20th century. Previously, Winter taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Warwick, the University of Cambridge, and Columbia University. In 2001, he joined the faculty of Yale. Winter is the author of Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History (1995); Remembering War: The Great War between History and Memory (2005); Dreams of Peace and Freedom: Utopian moments in the twentieth century (2006); Rene Cassin and the rights of man (2012), and The Day the Great War Ended, 24 July 1923: The Civilianization of War (2023). He was editor of the three volume Cambridge History of the First World War (2014), which has appeared in French and Chinese. Winter was also co-producer, co-writer, and chief historian for the PBS/BBC series ‘The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century’, which won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award and a Producers Guild of America Award for best television documentary in 1997. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Graz, the University of Leuven, and the University of Paris. He retired in 2015, and was awarded the Howard Lamar award for service to Yale alumni.

BOOKS

Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning, 1995

Remenbering War, 2005

Dreams of Peace and Freedom, 2006

PUBLICATIONS

Winter, J. (1974). Socialism and the challenge of war: Ideas and politics in Britain, 1912–18. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Winter, J., & others. (1983). Defended to death: A study of the nuclear arms race. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Winter, J. (1985). The Great War and the British people. London: Macmillan; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Winter, J., & Teitelbaum, M. S. (1986). The fear of population decline. New York: Academic Press.

Winter, J. (1988). The experience of World War I. London: Macmillan.

Winter, J. M., Becker, J. J., Becker, A., Audoin-Rouzeau, S., & Krumeich, G. (1994). La très grande guerre. Paris: Le Monde.

Winter, J. (1995). Sites of memory, sites of mourning: The Great War in European cultural history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J., & Baggett, B. (1996). 1914–18: The Great War and the shaping of the twentieth century. London: BBC Books; New York: Viking/Penguin.

Winter, J., & Robert, J.-L. (1997). Capital cities at war: Paris, London, Berlin, 1914–1919. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J., & Teitelbaum, M. S. (1998). A question of numbers: High migration, low fertility and national identity. New York: Hill & Wang.

Winter, J., & Prost, A. (2004). Penser la Grande Guerre. Paris: Le Seuil.

Winter, J. (2006). Remembering war: The Great War between history and memory in the twentieth century. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Winter, J. (2006). Dreams of peace and freedom: Utopian moments in the twentieth century. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Winter, J., & Robert, J.-L. (2007). Capital cities at war: Paris, London, Berlin, 1914–1919. A cultural history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J., & Prost, A. (2011). René Cassin et les droits de l’homme: Le projet d’une génération. Paris: Fayard.

Winter, J., & Teitelbaum, M. S. (2013). The global spread of low fertility: Population, fear, and uncertainty. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Winter, J. (2017). War beyond words: Languages of remembrance from the Great War to the present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J., Inglis, K., Spark, S., & Bunyan, C. (in press). Dunera lives: A visual history. Melbourne: Monash University Publishing.

Winter, J. M., & Joslin, D. M. (Eds.). (1972). R.H. Tawney's commonplace book. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (1975). War and economic development: Essays in memory of David Joslin. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (1978). History and society: Essays by R.H. Tawney. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (1979). The American Labour Movement and other essays by R.H. Tawney. Brighton: Harvester Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (1983). The working class in modern British history: Essays in honour of Henry Pelling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wall, R., & Winter, J. M. (Eds.). (1988). The upheaval of war: Family, work and welfare in Europe, 1914–1918. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Teitelbaum, M. S., & Winter, J. M. (Eds.). (1989). Population and resources in Western intellectual traditions. New York: Population and Development Review; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M., Becker, J. J., Becker, A., Audoin-Rouzeau, S., & Krumeich, G. (Eds.). (1994). Guerres et cultures. Paris: Armand Colin.

Sivan, E., & Winter, J. (Eds.). (1999). War and remembrance in the twentieth century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2000). Special issue: Shell shock. Journal of Contemporary History, 35(1), 1–108.

Winter, J., Parker, G., & Habeck, M. (Eds.). (2000). The Great War and the twentieth century. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2003). America and the Armenian genocide of 1915. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lehmann, H., Canning, J., & Winter, J. (Eds.). (2003). Power, violence and mass death in pre-modern and modern times. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Merriman, J., & Winter, J. (Eds.). (2005). Encyclopedia of Europe, 1789–1914. Dearborn, MI: Thomson Gale.

Merriman, J., & Winter, J. (Eds.). (2005). Encyclopedia of Europe, 1914–2004. Dearborn, MI: Thomson Gale.

Charle, C., Vincent, J., & Winter, J. (Eds.). (2007). Anglo-French attitudes: Comparisons and transfers between English and French intellectuals since the eighteenth century. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2009). The legacy of the Great War: Ninety years on. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press.

Ben Ze’ev, E., Ginio, R., & Winter, J. (Eds.). (2010). Shadows of war: A social history of silence in the twentieth century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Tilmans, K., van Vree, F., & Winter, J. (Eds.). (2010). Performing the past: Memory, history and identity in modern Europe. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge history of the First World War: Volume 1: Global war. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge history of the First World War: Volume 2: The state. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge history of the First World War: Volume 3: Civil society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (1998). War and remembrance in the twentieth century. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M., Parker, G., & Habeck, M. R. (Eds.). (2000). The Great War and the twentieth century. Yale University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (2003). America and the Armenian genocide of 1915. Cambridge University Press.

Lehmann, H., Canning, J., & Winter, J. M. (Eds.). (2003). Power, violence and mass death in pre-modern and modern times. Ashgate.

Winter, J. M., & Merriman, J. (Eds.). (2005). Encyclopedia of Europe 1789–1914. Thomson Gale.

Winter, J. M., & Merriman, J. (Eds.). (2005). Encyclopedia of Europe 1914–2004. Thomson Gale.

Charle, C., Vincent, J., & Winter, J. M. (Eds.). (2007). Anglo-French attitudes: Comparisons and transfers between English and French intellectuals since the eighteenth century. Manchester University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (2009). The legacy of the Great War: Ninety years on. University of Missouri Press.

Winter, J. M., Ben Ze’ev, E., & Ginio, R. (Eds.). (2010). Shadows of war: A social history of silence in the twentieth century. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M., Tilmans, K., & van Vree, F. (Eds.). (2010). Performing the past: Memory, history and identity in modern Europe. Amsterdam University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge history of the First World War: Volume 1. Global war. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge history of the First World War: Volume 2. The State. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge history of the First World War: Volume 3. Civil society. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M., & Dessingué, A. (Eds.). (2016). Beyond memory: Silence and the aesthetics of remembrance. Routledge.

Winter, J. M. (1978). Tawney the historian. En J. M. Winter (Ed.), History and society: Essays by R.H. Tawney (pp. 1–38). Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Winter, J. M. (1979). Tawney on Labour and labour movements. En J. M. Winter (Ed.), The American Labour Movement and other essays by R.H. Tawney (pp. ix–xxiv). Harvester Press.

Winter, J. M. (1980). Die Legende der “verlorenen Generation” in Grossbritannien. En K. Vondung (Ed.), Kriegserlebnis (pp. 115–145). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Winter, J. M. (1980). Some aspects of the demographic consequences of the two world wars. En O. Pickl (Ed.), Krieg, Militärausgaben und wirtschaftlicher Wandel (pp. 87–96). Grazer Forschungen zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Band 4.

Winter, J. M. (1980). The fear of population decline in Western Europe, 1870–1940. En R. W. Hiorns (Ed.), Demographic patterns in developed societies (pp. 171–198). Taylor & Francis.

Winter, J. M. (1982). The decline of mortality in Britain, 1870–1950. En T. Barker & M. Drake (Eds.), Population and society (pp. 100–120). Batsford.

Winter, J. M. (1983). Unemployment, nutrition and infant mortality in Britain, 1920–1950. En J. M. Winter (Ed.), The working class in modern British history (pp. 232–256). Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. M. (1983). R.H. Tawney: Christian Socialist. En P. Barker (Ed.), Founders of the Welfare State (pp. 98–104). Heinemann.

Winter, J. M. (1984). Some aspects of the problem of manpower in the Great War: The British case. En G. Canini (Ed.), Les fronts invisibles (pp. 123–142). Presses Universitaires de Nancy.

Winter, J. M. (1985). Army and society: The demographic context. En I. Beckett & K. Simpson (Eds.), A nation in arms (pp. 193–210). Manchester University Press.

Winter, J. M. (1985). Die Gewerkschaften und die Labour Party 1900–1918. En W. Mommsen & H. Husung (Eds.), Auf dem Wege zur Massengewerkschaft (pp. 359–370). Klett-Cotta.

Winter, J. M. (1985). Socialisti inglesi e il seno della storia inglese: i Webb, Tawney e Cole. En M. Degl’Innocenti (Ed.), Filippo Turati e il socialismo europeo (pp. 207–219). Guida Editori.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume I. Global War. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume III. Civil Society. Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. (2014). Families. In J. Winter (Ed.), The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume III. Civil Society (pp. 46–70). Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. (2014). Shell shock. In J. Winter (Ed.), The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume III. Civil Society (pp. 310–333). Cambridge University Press.

Winter, J. (2014). Se souvenir de l’entrée en guerre. In F. Manfrin & L. Veyssière (Eds.), Été 14: Les derniers jours de l’ancien monde (pp. 252–262). BNF.

Winter, J. (2014). Concrete. In G. K. Barlow (Ed.), Concrete: Catalogue of an exhibition 3 May – 5 July 2014 (pp. 17–19). Monash University Press.

Winter, J. (2014). Visionäre. Die Welt auf neue Art sehen. In T. Schleper (Ed.), Aggression und Avantgarde. Zum Vorabend des Ersten Weltkrieges (pp. 36–46). Klartext Verlag.

Winter, J. (2014). Regional memory and nostalgia in Britain in the period of the Great War. In S. Berger & J. Seiffert (Eds.), Erinneringsorte: Chancen, Grenzen und Perspektiven eines Erfolgskonzeptes in den Kulturwissenschaften (pp. 175–192). Klartext Verlag.

Winter, J. (2014). Thinking about silence. In N. Martin, T. Haughton, & P. Purseigle (Eds.), Aftermath: Legacies and memories of war in Europe, 1918–1945–1989 (pp. 183–198). Ashgate.

Winter, J. (2014). O milczeniu. In K. Konczal (Ed.), (Kon)teksty Pamieci Antologia (pp. 87–415). Narodowe Centrum Kultury.

Winter, J. (2014). Faces, voices, and the shadow of catastrophe. In E. Schindler & P. Colombo (Eds.), Spaces and the memories of violence (pp. 77–90). Palgrave Macmillan.

Winter, J. (2014). Silence as a language of memory. In E. Captain & T. Mooren (Eds.), Familie, generaties en oorlog. Historische, psychologische en artistieke inzichten (pp. 26–59). Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

Winter, J. M. (2017). Käthe Kollwitz and the art of war. In J. Bourke (Ed.), War and art: A visual history of modern conflict (pp. 252–267). Reaktion Books.

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