About Me
Born in Germany, PhD Cambridge 1976, trained as diplomatic historian, 12 yrs teaching and admin experience in Canada, Humanities Chair NJIT 1988-1993, 2001-2003. Professor Fed Dept of History 2000-present.
Education
Ph.D.
; Cambridge University
;
; 1976
M.A. ; University of Waterloo ; ; 1970
B.A. ; Wilfrid Laurier University ; ; 1969
M.A. ; University of Waterloo ; ; 1970
B.A. ; Wilfrid Laurier University ; ; 1969
Awards & Honors
2021 Senior Fellow,Foreign Policy Research Institute,Philadelphia, Foreign Policy Research Institute
2020 CSLA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020, College of Science and Liberal Arts NJIT
Teaching Interests
History, War and Technology, History of Science, Diplomacy and International Relations, Diplomatic Theory
Past Courses
HIST 367: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLMCY
HIST 367: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY
HIST 367: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY IN HISTORY
HIST 372: CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
HIST 373: THE RISE OF MODERN SCIENCE
HIST 374: MODERN RUSSIAN CIVILIZTN
HIST 382: WAR AND SOCIETY
HSS 404: HIST SEM:
HSS 404: HIST SEM: CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: GLOBAL CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: GLOBAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HSS 404: HIST SEM: NAZI GERMANY
HSS 404: HIST SEM: SPECIAL FORCES
HSS 404: HIST SEM: WAR & MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: WAR AND MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM:NAZI GERMANY
HSS 404: HIST SEM:WAR & MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: HISTORY SEM: CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: WAR, TECHNOLOGY, AND POWER POLITICS
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: GLOBAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: GLOBAL POLITICS
HSS 404: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - HISTORY
HSS 404: HUMANITIES, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR
HSS 404: WAR AND MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: WAR, TECHNOLOGY AND POWER POLITICS
HSS 491: HONORS SEM IN HUMANITIES
HIST 367: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY
HIST 367: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY IN HISTORY
HIST 372: CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
HIST 373: THE RISE OF MODERN SCIENCE
HIST 374: MODERN RUSSIAN CIVILIZTN
HIST 382: WAR AND SOCIETY
HSS 404: HIST SEM:
HSS 404: HIST SEM: CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: GLOBAL CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: GLOBAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HSS 404: HIST SEM: NAZI GERMANY
HSS 404: HIST SEM: SPECIAL FORCES
HSS 404: HIST SEM: WAR & MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM: WAR AND MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: HIST SEM:NAZI GERMANY
HSS 404: HIST SEM:WAR & MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: HISTORY SEM: CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: WAR, TECHNOLOGY, AND POWER POLITICS
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: GLOBAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
HSS 404: HISTORY SEMINAR: GLOBAL POLITICS
HSS 404: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - HISTORY
HSS 404: HUMANITIES, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR
HSS 404: WAR AND MISPERCEPTION
HSS 404: WAR, TECHNOLOGY AND POWER POLITICS
HSS 491: HONORS SEM IN HUMANITIES
Research Interests
History of Science, 18th Century Britain, Historiography, Dilplomacy,International relations.
Journal Article
Karl W. Schweizer.
2025. "Analytic Philosophy and Human life."
European Legacy , vol. 30 , no. 5 , pp. pp632-634.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2025. "Quantum International Relations." Diplomatica , vol. 7 , no. I , pp. pp165-68.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2024. "Ominous Portents." European Legacy , vol. vol 30 , no. ISSN/1084-8770 , pp. 203-206.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2024. "Book Review." European legacy , vol. 7-8 , no. 8 , pp. pp.901-902.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2024. "Diplomacy Imperilled." European Legacy/Taylor+FRancis Publisher , vol. 28 , no. 8 , pp. pp882-887.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2025. "Quantum International Relations." Diplomatica , vol. 7 , no. I , pp. pp165-68.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2024. "Ominous Portents." European Legacy , vol. vol 30 , no. ISSN/1084-8770 , pp. 203-206.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2024. "Book Review." European legacy , vol. 7-8 , no. 8 , pp. pp.901-902.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2024. "Diplomacy Imperilled." European Legacy/Taylor+FRancis Publisher , vol. 28 , no. 8 , pp. pp882-887.
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Essay
"Science vs Story:Narrative Strategies for Science communicators"
European Legacy, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2025.
"Anthropologies of Revolution:Forging Time,People and Worlds"
European Legacy, May, 2025.
European Legacy, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2025.
"Anthropologies of Revolution:Forging Time,People and Worlds"
European Legacy, May, 2025.
Scholarly Book Review
"Review of:Scotland and the Wider World"
18th Century Scotland, June, 2025.
"Media Capitalism"
European Legacy, May, 2025.
"Review of:Eugenio Cusumuno +Christopher Kinsey,eds Diplomatic Security(Stanford,2019)"
Brill, December, 2023.
"The Scientific Attitude:Defending science from Denial,Fraud and Pseudoscience"
European Legacy/Taylor+Francis, November, 2023.
"Review of:Field of Battle(2014)"
Routledge/Taylor ;Francis, May, 2023.
"Review of:Culloden:Battle and Aftermath(2021)"
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
"Diplomacy Imperiled"
European Legacy, February, 2023.
18th Century Scotland, June, 2025.
"Media Capitalism"
European Legacy, May, 2025.
"Review of:Eugenio Cusumuno +Christopher Kinsey,eds Diplomatic Security(Stanford,2019)"
Brill, December, 2023.
"The Scientific Attitude:Defending science from Denial,Fraud and Pseudoscience"
European Legacy/Taylor+Francis, November, 2023.
"Review of:Field of Battle(2014)"
Routledge/Taylor ;Francis, May, 2023.
"Review of:Culloden:Battle and Aftermath(2021)"
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
"Diplomacy Imperiled"
European Legacy, February, 2023.
Book Review
"Review of:G.Kuhn,Experiencing the Impossible:The Science of Magic(NY,2021)"
European Legacy /Taylor+Francis, November, 2023.
"Review of:The Scientific Attitude:Defending Science from Denial,Fraud and Pseudoscience"
European Legacy, August, 2023.
"Review of:Maria Vaiou,Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World"
Bloomsbury, August, 2023.
"Review of :Culloden:Battle and Aftermath(2021)"
April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
"Review of:Sinja Graf,The Humanity of Universal Crime(Oxford,2021)"
Diplomatica/Brill Publisher, May, 2022.
European Legacy /Taylor+Francis, November, 2023.
"Review of:The Scientific Attitude:Defending Science from Denial,Fraud and Pseudoscience"
European Legacy, August, 2023.
"Review of:Maria Vaiou,Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World"
Bloomsbury, August, 2023.
"Review of :Culloden:Battle and Aftermath(2021)"
April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
"Review of:Sinja Graf,The Humanity of Universal Crime(Oxford,2021)"
Diplomatica/Brill Publisher, May, 2022.
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Chapter
Karl W. Schweizer.
"The Seven Years War."
In EDward Keen+Christian-Reus-Smit + Maja Spanu, eds.,
"OXFORD HANDBOOK OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,"
pp. 739 pages in volume.My chapter was pp.560-573. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2023.
Karl W. Schweizer. "Introduction to: A. Abadeer's book: The Entrapment of the Poor into Involuntary Labour: Understanding the Practice of Modern Day Slavery." pp. i-v. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.
Karl W. Schweizer. "Introduction to: A. Abadeer's book: The Entrapment of the Poor into Involuntary Labour: Understanding the Practice of Modern Day Slavery." pp. i-v. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.
Other
"Anglo-Prussian Relations 1714-1782"
State Papers Online, The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2018.
"Anglo-Prussian Relations 1714-1782"
State Papers Online, The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, August, 2018.
"Admiral George Rodney 1719-1792"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
"Maurice of Nassau 1567-1625"
Blackwells, November, 2011.
"William Pitt Earl of Chatham"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
State Papers Online, The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2018.
"Anglo-Prussian Relations 1714-1782"
State Papers Online, The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, August, 2018.
"Admiral George Rodney 1719-1792"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
"Maurice of Nassau 1567-1625"
Blackwells, November, 2011.
"William Pitt Earl of Chatham"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
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Book
Karl W. Schweizer.
"Oligarchy, Dissent and the Culture of Print in Georgian Britain Essays, Reviews, and Documents."
465 pp. Edwin Mellen Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4955-0346-7.
Karl W. Schweizer. "Oligarchy, Dissent and the Culture of Print in Georgian Britain: Collected Essays and Reviews." 463 pp. Edwin Mellen Press, 2015. ISBN 13:978-1-4955-036-7.
Karl W. Schweizer. "The Seven Years War: A Transatlantic History (paperback)." 300 pp. Routledge: London/New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-415-39417-8.
Karl W. Schweizer. "The Seven Years War: A Transatlantic History (hardcover)." 300 pp. Routledge, 2008. ISBN 10:0-415-39418X.
Karl W. Schweizer. "Oligarchy, Dissent and the Culture of Print in Georgian Britain: Collected Essays and Reviews." 463 pp. Edwin Mellen Press, 2015. ISBN 13:978-1-4955-036-7.
Karl W. Schweizer. "The Seven Years War: A Transatlantic History (paperback)." 300 pp. Routledge: London/New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-415-39417-8.
Karl W. Schweizer. "The Seven Years War: A Transatlantic History (hardcover)." 300 pp. Routledge, 2008. ISBN 10:0-415-39418X.
Conference Proceeding
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
Monograph
"Herbert Butterfield: Essays on the History of Science"
Edwin Mellen Press, September, 2009.
Edwin Mellen Press, September, 2009.