Mark Almond
{{Short description|British writer and lecturer}}
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Mark Almond (born 1958) is a British author, and was a lecturer in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford.
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| occupation = Writer
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| birth_date = 1958 (age 67)
| education = Masters Degree
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Education
Almond holds a master's degree (M.A.), and was the Chair of the British Helsinki Human Rights Group (which despite its name was not affiliated with the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights).
Career
He served as an election observer under the aegis of the BHHRG, a group that has been accused of producing fraudulent reports on elections in countries such as Georgia and Ukraine.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/30/pressandpublishing.marketingandpr |title=PR man to Europe's nastiest regimes |accessdate=26 June 2024 |work=The Guardian, 30 November 2004 |date=30 November 2004 |last1=Aaronovitch |first1=David }} Almond took part in these reports.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhhrg.org/pressDetails.asp?ArticleID=24 |title=U.S. Blinded by Its Love Affair With Saakashvili |accessdate=31 January 2007 |work=The Moscow Times, 10 August 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004005511/http://www.bhhrg.org/pressDetails.asp?ArticleID=24 |archivedate=4 October 2006 |url-status=usurped }} Almond has been critical of what he characterizes as Western interference with democracy, such as the activities of George Soros.
His research interests lie in 19th century and 20th century Central-Eastern Europe; Almond has written a biography of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu, a study of Albanian migration, and a study of the Bosnian War in its historical context. He has recently been teaching a course on 18th Century France, focusing on the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville.
As of 2012, Almond was delivering lectures on European History in Bilkent University in Turkey.{{cite web |url=http://catalog.bilkent.edu.tr/current/instructor/i8311.html |title=Bilkent University – Online Academic Catalog |accessdate=20 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223033319/http://catalog.bilkent.edu.tr/current/instructor/i8311.html |archivedate=23 February 2012 }} Almond also writes articles for national papers.
Publications
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- Revolution: 500 Years of Struggle for Change (London, 1996). {{ISBN|1-899883-73-8}}
- Europe's backyard war: the war in the Balkans (London: Heinemann, 1994). {{ISBN|0-434-00003-5}}
- National pacifism: Germany's new temptation (London: Alliance Publishers, 1991). {{ISBN|0-907967-26-4}}
- Decline without fall: Romania under Ceausescu (London: Alliance Publishers for the Institute for European Defence & Strategic Studies, 1988). {{ISBN|0-907967-96-5}}
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Category:Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford
Category:British human rights activists
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