Anthony Pagden
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Anthony Robin Dermer Pagden (born May 27, 1945) is an author
and distinguished professor of political science
and history
at the University of California, Los Angeles
.
in Santiago de Chile and Westminster School
in London
. He attended the University of Barcelona
from 1964-7. From 1967-9 he worked as an assistant editor at the Trianon Press (Paris), and as a free-lance translator. He also spent some time in Cyprus
in 1967 and 1968. Admitted in 1969 to Oriel College, Oxford to read Persian and Arabic, he changed the following year to History and Spanish. B.A. 1972 (congratulatory First Class Honours) awarded the De Osma Studentship; M.A. (Oxon) 1979; D.Phil. (Oxon) 1980.
He has been Senior Research Scholar of Worcester College
, Junior Research Fellow of Merton College
, Senior Research Fellow of the Warburg Institute
, and from 1980 until 1997 was Lecturer, and then University Reader in Intellectual History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Girton College from 1980–1983 and of King's College
from 1985-1997. In 1997 he succeeded J. G. A. Pocock as the Harry C. Black Professor in History at the Johns Hopkins University
. He was also Professorial Lecturer in International Relations - Global Theory and History, at the School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C. He has held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study
, Princeton, the European University Institute
, Florence, Italy, the University of Santiago de Compostela
, the Center for Kulturforskning, University of Aarhus
(Denmark), Harvard University
, at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid) as the Banco de Bilbao y Vizcaya Visiting Professor of Philosophy, at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan
and at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales
(Paris). He is currently Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Political Science and History at the University of California Los Angeles. He is married to the author and classical scholar Giulia Sissa, and has two children, Felix Alexander Xavier Pagden-Ratcliffe (born 1990) and Sebastian George Aurelian Pagden-Ratcliffe (born 1994) by a previous marriage.
Author
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and distinguished professor of political science
Political science
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and history
History
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at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.
Biography
Anthony Pagden is the son of John Brian Dermer Pagden (died 1979) and Joan Mary Pagden (died 1997). Pagden was educated at the Grange SchoolThe Grange School, Santiago
The Grange School is a private co-ed school in La Reina, Santiago, Chile with an enrollment of about 1,800 and over 300 employees. It is known for a strong sports program in addition to high academic standards. It was founded June 4, 1928, by John A.S. Jackson —an anglo-Chilean born in Valparaíso...
in Santiago de Chile and Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
in London
London
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. He attended the University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
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from 1964-7. From 1967-9 he worked as an assistant editor at the Trianon Press (Paris), and as a free-lance translator. He also spent some time in Cyprus
Cyprus
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in 1967 and 1968. Admitted in 1969 to Oriel College, Oxford to read Persian and Arabic, he changed the following year to History and Spanish. B.A. 1972 (congratulatory First Class Honours) awarded the De Osma Studentship; M.A. (Oxon) 1979; D.Phil. (Oxon) 1980.
He has been Senior Research Scholar of Worcester College
Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...
, Junior Research Fellow of Merton College
Merton College, Oxford
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, Senior Research Fellow of the Warburg Institute
Warburg Institute
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, and from 1980 until 1997 was Lecturer, and then University Reader in Intellectual History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Girton College from 1980–1983 and of King's College
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
from 1985-1997. In 1997 he succeeded J. G. A. Pocock as the Harry C. Black Professor in History at the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
. He was also Professorial Lecturer in International Relations - Global Theory and History, at the School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C. He has held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
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, Princeton, the European University Institute
European University Institute
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, Florence, Italy, the University of Santiago de Compostela
University of Santiago de Compostela
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, the Center for Kulturforskning, University of Aarhus
University of Aarhus
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(Denmark), Harvard University
Harvard University
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, at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid) as the Banco de Bilbao y Vizcaya Visiting Professor of Philosophy, at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
(Paris). He is currently Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Political Science and History at the University of California Los Angeles. He is married to the author and classical scholar Giulia Sissa, and has two children, Felix Alexander Xavier Pagden-Ratcliffe (born 1990) and Sebastian George Aurelian Pagden-Ratcliffe (born 1994) by a previous marriage.
Select bibliography
- Luis Buñuel, "Simon del deserto" (as translator) 1969
- Hernán Cortés: Letters from Mexico (as editor and translator) 1972
- Mexican Pictorial Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library 1975
- The Maya: Diego de Landa's "Account of the affairs of Yucatan" (as editor and translator) 1975
- The Spiritual Conquest of the Mayas 1975
- The Fall of Natural Man: the American Indian and the origins of comparative anthropology 1983 (winner of the Eugene Bolton Prize)Translated into Spanish and Italian
- The Languages of Political Theory in Early-Modern Europe (as editor) 1987
- Spanish Imperialism and the Political Imagination 1990 Translated into Spanish
- European Encounters with the New World: From Renaissance to Romanticism 1993 Translated into German
- The Uncertainties of Empire: Essays in Iberian and Spanish-American Intellectual History 1994
- Lords of All the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain and France, c.1500-c.1800 1995 Translated into Spanish and Italian
- Peoples and Empires: A Short History of European Migration, Exploration, and Conquest, from Greece to the Present 2001 Translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch and Japanese
- The Idea of Europe from Antiquity to the European Union (as editor) 2002 Translated into Turkish
- Worlds at War: The 2,500 year Struggle between East and West 2008 (Winner of the Bronze Medal, Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Korean
External links
- Anthony Pagden at UCLA Department of Political Science
- Anthony Pagden at Random House