Karl Hack (historian), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Karl Hack (historian)

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1966

Place of Birth: Changi, Singapore

Profession: historian, academic

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Karl Anthony Hack is a British historian and academic, who specialises in the history of Southeast Asia, the British Empire, and of insurgency and counter-insurgency.
Drawing on interviews with insurgents, his work has demonstrated the role of high-level coercion in winning post-war counter-insurgencies, and explored extreme violence and violence limitation.
He has also carried out a wide range of public work, ranging across heritage, memory, the media and the courts.
He is a Professor of History at The Open University where he has also been Head of the School of History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology .
Prior to joining The Open University in 2006, he taught at the National Institute of Education, at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, from 1995 to 2006.