Professor of History at UCLA and Global Distinguished Professor at NYU, Chair of the Board of the Center for Jewish History and a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library.
Baldwin is especially interested in the historical development of the modern state – a broad field that has led him in many different directions. He is the author of many books which has dealt above all with France, Germany, Britain, Sweden, Denmark and the United States. He has published works on the comparative history of the welfare state, on social policy more broadly, on public health, and on the history of copyright
