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| Alexander Mikaberidze | |
|---|---|
| Name | Alexander Mikaberidze |
| Birth date | 1978 |
| Birth place | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Occupation | Historian, author, editor |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University, Georgetown University, University of Michigan |
| Notable works | "The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History", "The Russian Officer Corps in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars" |
| Awards | Micheletti Prize, Order of Merit (Georgia) |
Alexander Mikaberidze is a Georgian-born historian and author specializing in the Napoleonic era, the Russian Empire, and the Caucasus. He is known for scholarship bridging Georgian, Russian, European, and American historiographies, and for editorial work on primary sources related to Napoleon Bonaparte, Mikhail Kutuzov, and the French Revolutionary Wars. His work has intersected with institutions such as Harvard University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Stanford University, and Columbia University.
Born in Tbilisi during the late Soviet period, he studied at Tbilisi State University before pursuing graduate study in the United States at Georgetown University and the University of Michigan. His formative influences included scholarship on the Napoleonic Wars, the historiography of the Russian Empire, and archival traditions from the National Archives of Georgia and the Russian State Military Historical Archive. Mentors and interlocutors ranged across scholars associated with École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Institut d'Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine, and historians connected to Brown University, Yale University, Princeton University, and University of Chicago.
He has held faculty and research positions at institutions including Kennesaw State University, where he served in the Department of History, and visiting appointments at Harvard University and Stanford University. He has been a fellow at research centers such as the International Napoleonic Society, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Mikaberidze has collaborated with editorial boards of journals like the Journal of Military History, French Historical Studies, Slavic Review, Cahiers du Monde russe, and Central Asian Survey, and has participated in conferences sponsored by The Napoleonic Society of America, European Society for Military History, American Historical Association, and Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
His monographs and edited volumes include "The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History", "The Russian Officer Corps in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars", and annotated editions of correspondence by figures such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Mikhail Kutuzov. He has published articles in journals like The Journal of Military History, Slavic Review, European History Quarterly, French Historical Studies, and War in History. He served as editor for reference works and compilations connected to the Napoleonic Wars, and has contributed entries to encyclopedias associated with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Routledge. His edited collections have included documents from the Russian State Archive, the British Library, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the National Library of Georgia, and the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.
His research focuses on the Napoleonic Wars, the military and social history of the Russian Empire, the diplomatic history of Europe, and the history of the Caucasus. He has advanced understanding of command structures exemplified by figures like Mikhail Kutuzov, Marshal Michel Ney, Davout, Augereau, and Louis-Alexandre Berthier, and illuminated interactions between the Ottoman Empire, Persia, and imperial Russia. His work connects campaigns such as the Russian campaign of 1812, the Peninsular War, the Battle of Austerlitz, the Battle of Borodino, and the War of the Third Coalition to broader geopolitical currents involving the Holy Alliance, the Congress of Vienna, and colonial theaters including Haiti and Saint-Domingue. He has applied archival methods used in the Russian State Military Historical Archive, the Archives nationales (France), and the National Archives and Records Administration to reassess sources related to Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander I of Russia, Tsar Nicholas I, Joséphine de Beauharnais, and other contemporaries. His scholarship engages historiographical debates involving scholars from France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Austria, Prussia, Turkey, Iran, China, Japan, and Brazil.
He has received awards and fellowships including recognition from the Micheletti Prize, the Order of Merit (Georgia), fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study, and grants from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the American Council of Learned Societies. His books have been shortlisted or awarded by institutions like The Society for Military History, The Napoleonic Society of America, The American Historical Association, and publishers such as Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.
Mikaberidze has appeared in media outlets including BBC News, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Al Jazeera, and Euronews to discuss Napoleon Bonaparte, Russian history, and Caucasus affairs. He has lectured at public forums hosted by The Gilder Lehrman Institute, The National Archives, The Smithsonian Institution, The Library of Congress, and museums such as the Musée de l'Armée and the National Museum of Georgia. He has contributed to documentary projects aired by PBS, History Channel, Arte, and NHK and has been interviewed on podcasts produced by BBC Radio 4, NPR, and The Economist.
Category:Historians Category:Military historians Category:People from Tbilisi