Karl Schweizer
Professor, Federated History
- karl.schweizer@njit.edu
- 973-596-3274
- 308 Cullimore Hall (CULM)
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
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
2026 Fall Courses
HIST 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
HIST 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
HIST 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 367 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLMCY
HIST 727 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 401 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HSS 404 - HISTORY SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HIST 702 - MASTER'S ESSAY
HIST 402 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
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 AND MISPERCEPTION
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. 2024. "Martin Luther:THe Dark Side?." European Legacy Taylor+Francis, vol. vol29, no. nr1, pp. on line publication.No pagination yet..
Karl W. Schweizer. 2023. "Rethinking Modern War." European Legacy,Routledge/Taylor Francis Group, vol. vol28, no. 1, pp. 99-102.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2023. "Fundamentalisms:Sacred Truth or Deception." European Legacy, vol. on line, no. May 2023, pp. 9.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2023. "Ignorance:Passive,Active or Virtuous." Routledge/Taylor +Francis Group, vol. vol28, no. 2, pp. 186-191.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2022. "Rethinking Science." European Legacy/Taylor+Francis Publisher, vol. On line publication, no. NA, pp. 8.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2022. "Rethinking Modern War." European Legacy, vol. on line publication.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2022. "American Exceptionalism:Origin and Policy Implications." European Legacy/Taylor+Francis Publisher, vol. On line publication, pp. 10pages.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2020. "Beyond the Nation State:Europe as communicative spaace." European Legacy/Routledge Publisher, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. pp.475-481.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2020. "Beyond the Nation State." Taylor and Francis, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 475-481.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2019. "Global History: Traditions, Innovations, Debates." European Legacy, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 225-230.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2019. "Global History: Traditions, Innovations, Debates." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 225-230.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2019. "The Post Modern State Redefinition or Retreat?." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 82-87.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2018. "Global History: Traditions, innovations, Debates." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, pp. 6.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2018. "The Postmodern State: Redefinition or Retreat." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, pp. 12.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2018. "Global Power: Contexts and Connectivities." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, vol. 23, no. 7-8, pp. pp. 883-889.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2017. "The Duke of Newcastle and the Reversal of Alliances; 1753-1757." Diplomacy and Statecraft, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 167-194.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2017. "The Duke of Newcastle and the Reversal of Alliances; 1753-1757." Diplomacy and Statecraft, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 167-194.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2016. "War: Fabrication or Historical Fact?." Routledge: Taylor and Francis, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 740-747.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2016. "Jacobitism, Scotland and the British Army 1701-1716." Eighteenth Century Scotland, vol. 30, no. 30, pp. 13-15.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2015. "Modernity: Myth or Reality?." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 652-658.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2015. ""Modernity: Mytn or Realty"." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. pp. 652-659.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2015. ""British Foreign Policy, 1689-1790: Origins, Aims and Dynamics"." State Papers Online, The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2014. ""John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute: Image and Counter Image in Hanoverian Studies"." International Review of Scottish Studies, vol. 39, pp. pp. 81-105.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2014. ""Hugh Kelly's Early Journalism: A Vital Connective"." Notes and Queries Oxford University Press, vol. 259, no. 3, pp. pp. 433-436.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2014. "Hugh Kelly's Early Journalism: A Vital Connective." Notes and Queries Oxford University Press, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 433-436.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2014. "Every Language is an Archive: On Historiography and Linguistic Evidence." European Legacy Taylor and Francis, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 252-255.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2013. "Jacobitism and the Historian: Some Neglected Sources on the Jacobite Insurrections of 1715 and 1745." Canadian Journal of History, vol. XLVIII, no. 3, pp. 441-457.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2013. "Diplomacy's Seamless Web: The European Legacy." Taylor and Francis, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 487-494.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2012. "The Perils of Coalition war." European Legacy, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 940-944.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2012. ""Nazism,The wehrmacht and collective memory." Routledge/London, vol. 17, no. nr3, pp. 393-398.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2012. "Hitler the Abiding Enigma." European Legacy/Routledge, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 819-823.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2012. "Nazism Wehrmacht and Collective Memory." European Legacy Routledge, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 393-398.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2011. "Francois de Callieres and the Marquis de Torcy's "Political Academy": New Evidence." Canadian Journal of History, vol. XLVI, no. Winter 2011, pp. 619-625.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2011. "Science and its Discontents." The European Legacy, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 243-247.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2011. "Humanism: More than a Descriptive Methodology." European Legacy, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 86-89.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2009. "The Revitalization of Diplomatic: Renewed Reflections." Diplomacy and Statecraft, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 149-186.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2009. "Clausewitz Revisited." The European Legacy, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 457-461.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2009. "Clausewitz Revisited." European Legacy, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 457-461.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2008. "The Defense of Edinburgh during the '45: A Diary Account by Colin McLaurin." 18th Century Scotland, no. no 22, pp. 12-16.
Karl W. Schweizer. 2008. "Anglo American War Reporting 1749-63: The Press and a Research Strategy." Canadian Journal of History, vol. XLIII, pp. 265-277.
Essay
"Science vs Story:Narrative Strategies for Science communicators"
European Legacy, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2025.
European Legacy, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2025.
"Anthropologies of Revolution:Forging Time,People and Worlds"
European Legacy, May, 2025.
European Legacy, May, 2025.
Scholarly Book Review
"Review of:Scotland and the Wider World"
18th Century Scotland, June, 2025.
18th Century Scotland, June, 2025.
"Media Capitalism"
European Legacy, May, 2025.
European Legacy, May, 2025.
"Review of:Eugenio Cusumuno +Christopher Kinsey,eds Diplomatic Security(Stanford,2019)"
Brill, December, 2023.
Brill, December, 2023.
"The Scientific Attitude:Defending science from Denial,Fraud and Pseudoscience"
European Legacy/Taylor+Francis, November, 2023.
European Legacy/Taylor+Francis, November, 2023.
"Review of:Field of Battle(2014)"
Routledge/Taylor ;Francis, May, 2023.
Routledge/Taylor ;Francis, May, 2023.
"Review of:Culloden:Battle and Aftermath(2021)"
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
"Diplomacy Imperiled"
European Legacy, February, 2023.
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.
European Legacy /Taylor+Francis, November, 2023.
"Review of:The Scientific Attitude:Defending Science from Denial,Fraud and Pseudoscience"
European Legacy, August, 2023.
European Legacy, August, 2023.
"Review of:Maria Vaiou,Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World"
Bloomsbury, August, 2023.
Bloomsbury, August, 2023.
"Review of :Culloden:Battle and Aftermath(2021)"
April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023.
"Review of:Sinja Graf,The Humanity of Universal Crime(Oxford,2021)"
Diplomatica/Brill Publisher, May, 2022.
Diplomatica/Brill Publisher, May, 2022.
"Review of:Disciplining the Empire:Politics,Governance and the Rise of the British Navy"
Scriblerian, December, 2021.
Scriblerian, December, 2021.
"Hobbes Transcended"
European Legacy, September, 2021.
European Legacy, September, 2021.
""A Brief History of Fascist Lies""
June, 2021.
June, 2021.
"A Review of: Sir David Nairne: The Life of a Jacobite at the Court of the Exiled Stuarts by Edward Corp"
Eighteenth Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2020.
Eighteenth Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2020.
"Review of: John A. Grenville, The Jews and Germans of Hambury: The Destruction of a Civilization 1790-1945 "
European Legacy Taylor and Francis, March, 2019.
European Legacy Taylor and Francis, March, 2019.
"Review of: John A. Grenville, The Jews and Germans of Hambury: The Destruction of a Civilization 1790-1945 "
European Legacy Taylor and Francis, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2018.
European Legacy Taylor and Francis, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2018.
"Review of: Brian Vick, The Congress of Vienna: Power and Politics after Napoleon"
Journal of Modern History, June, 2016.
Journal of Modern History, June, 2016.
"review of: M. Philp, Reforming Ideas in Britain: Politics and Language in the Shadow of the French Revolution 1789-1815"
Journal of Modern History, March, 2016.
Journal of Modern History, March, 2016.
"Review of: Allen McInnes and Douglas J. Hamilton, Jacobitism, Enlightenment and Empire, 1680-1820"
Journal of British Studies Cambridge Univ Press, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2015.
Journal of British Studies Cambridge Univ Press, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2015.
"Review of: Paul Tankard, Facts and Inventions: Selections from the Journalism of James Boswell "
18th Century Scotland, June, 2015.
18th Century Scotland, June, 2015.
"Scotland and the British Empire"
18 th.Scotland/18th century Scottish history Society, May, 2013.
18 th.Scotland/18th century Scottish history Society, May, 2013.
"H.Diplo Roundtable Review"
H-Net/Humanities and social Science online, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2013.
H-Net/Humanities and social Science online, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2013.
"Andrew Henderson, the Life of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland"
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2011.
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2011.
"Scottish Trade in the Wake of Union (1700-1760); The Rise of a Warehouse Economy"
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
18th Century Scotland, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
"Review of: T. Davies, Humanism: The New Critical Idiom"
European Legacy, 2009.
European Legacy, 2009.
"Review of: E. Reitan, Politics, Finance and the People: Economical Reform in England in the Age of the American Revolution 1770-1792"
Parliamentary History, September, 2009.
Parliamentary History, September, 2009.
"Review of: John Sainsbury, John Wilkes: The Lives of a Libertine"
Parilamentary History, 2008.
Parilamentary History, 2008.
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.
Other
"Anglo-Prussian Relations 1714-1782"
State Papers Online, The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2018.
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.
State Papers Online, The Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, August, 2018.
"Admiral George Rodney 1719-1792"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
"Maurice of Nassau 1567-1625"
Blackwells, November, 2011.
Blackwells, November, 2011.
"William Pitt Earl of Chatham"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
"War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
"Special Forces"
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
Encyclopedia of War, November, 2011.
"War of Jenkins Ear 1739 to 1742"
September, 2011.
September, 2011.
"Warren Hastings 1732-1818"
September, 2011.
September, 2011.
"The Seven Years War: A Transatlantic History"
Routledge, September, 2010.
Routledge, September, 2010.
"William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and British Colonial Policy: A Neglected Source"
The Free Library, September, 2010.
The Free Library, September, 2010.
"Robert Harley, 1661-1724"
Scribners, September, 2010.
Scribners, September, 2010.
"Warren Hastings 1732-1818"
April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
"War of Jenkins' Ear, 1739-1742"
encyclopedia.com, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
encyclopedia.com, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
"Britain, Prussia, Russia and the Galitzin Letter, A Reassessment"
Cambridge University online, September, 2009.
Cambridge University online, September, 2009.
"Response to Roundtable Revies of: The Seven Years War: A Transatlantic History"
h-diplo.net, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2009.
h-diplo.net, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2009.
"Robert Harley, 1661-1724"
March, 2009.
March, 2009.
"Francois de Callieres and the Marquis de Torcy's Political Academy: New Evidence"
2008.
2008.
"Russia and the Schleswig-Holstein Question 1761-1767: A Note on Sources"
2008.
2008.
"The Vote of Credit Controversy: 1762"
October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2008.
October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2008.
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.
Conference Proceeding
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
H.Diplo., September, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
""The Seven Years war:A historiographical postscript"
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
H.Diplo., June, 2013.
Monograph
"Herbert Butterfield: Essays on the History of Science"
Edwin Mellen Press, September, 2009.
Edwin Mellen Press, September, 2009.