Michael Broers

|birth_date = |birth_name = Michael George Broers |occupation = Historian and academic |title = Professor of Western European History |awards = Prix Napoleon (2006) |alma_mater = University of St Andrews (MA)
University of Oxford (DPhil) |workplaces = University of Aberdeen
University of Leeds
Kalamazoo College
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |thesis_title = The restoration of order in Napoleonic Piedmont, 1797-1814, with particular reference to the departments of Stura and Marengo |thesis_year = 1986 |doctoral_advisor = Richard Cobb }} Michael George Broers (born 1954) is a British historian. Broers is Professor of Western European History at the University of Oxford. He was Fellow and Tutor in History at Lady Margaret Hall from 2004 until his retirement in 2022.

Broers attended the University of St Andrews (MA, 1978) and the University of Oxford (DPhil, 1982). His doctoral supervisor was Richard Cobb. Prior to joining Lady Margaret Hall Broers taught at the University of Aberdeen, the University of Leeds and Kalamazoo College. At Lady Margaret Hall he served as the college's wine steward and tutor for admissions.

Broers is the author of several academic books about revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe. He won the Grand Prix Napoléon in 2006. Professor Saul David in ''The Daily Telegraph'' wrote that ''Napoleon: The Spirit of the Age'' is perhaps the "finest biography of Napoleon ever written". He served as a historical advisor for the 2023 film ''Napoleon'' directed by Ridley Scott.

Broers has contributed to academic journals such as ''War in History'', ''The Historical Journal'' and ''Central European History''. He is on the editorial boards of the international journal ''Napoleonica La Revue'', "an online review which aims to promote research in the history of the First and Second French Empires". ''Napoleonica La Revue'', "published by the Fondation Napoléon, is academic, multidisciplinary, international and peer-reviewed". Provided by Wikipedia