Patrick Joyce
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Patrick Joyce is a British
social historian
, who has also worked on political history
. He is also known for his theoretical work on the nature of history
, especially on the relationship between history and the social sciences
. He has consistently challenged academic orthodoxies, and been a radical voice in successive debates about the direction of social and cultural history since the 1970s. While his research has ranged widely from the politics of class in Victorian England to the formation of the modern self, it has always shown a preoccupation with liberalism, governance and the nature of freedom. Although his work has concentrated on Britain, its influence has registered worldwide, not only in Britain and North America.
He was born in Paddington
, London
in 1945, the child of Irish rural immigrants. He was educated in a West London secondary modern school, and worked after leaving school early, before studying history and English literature at the University of Keele. He did his graduate work in history at Balliol College
Oxford
. He is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Manchester
, and has been appointed to numerous visiting professorships in history and sociology, including at the University of California
, Berkeley and San Diego; the London School of Economics
; and the European University Institute
in Florence.
A number of these articles have been extensively anthologised in various readers on the nature of contemporary history, and post-modernism and history.
United Kingdom
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social historian
Social history
Social history, often called the new social history, is a branch of History that includes history of ordinary people and their strategies of coping with life. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in history departments...
, who has also worked on political history
Political history
Political history is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders. It is distinct from, but related to, other fields of history such as Diplomatic history, social history, economic history, and military history, as well as constitutional history and public...
. He is also known for his theoretical work on the nature of history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, especially on the relationship between history and the social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. He has consistently challenged academic orthodoxies, and been a radical voice in successive debates about the direction of social and cultural history since the 1970s. While his research has ranged widely from the politics of class in Victorian England to the formation of the modern self, it has always shown a preoccupation with liberalism, governance and the nature of freedom. Although his work has concentrated on Britain, its influence has registered worldwide, not only in Britain and North America.
He was born in Paddington
Paddington
Paddington is a district within the City of Westminster, in central London, England. Formerly a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965...
, London
London
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in 1945, the child of Irish rural immigrants. He was educated in a West London secondary modern school, and worked after leaving school early, before studying history and English literature at the University of Keele. He did his graduate work in history at Balliol College
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
Oxford
University of Oxford
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. He is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
, and has been appointed to numerous visiting professorships in history and sociology, including at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Berkeley and San Diego; the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
; and the European University Institute
European University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
in Florence.
Books
- Joint ed., with T Bennett, Material Powers: Cultural Studies, History and the Material Turn (Routledge, 2010).
- Special issue: joint editor, with T Bennett and F Dodsworth, “Liberalisms,
- Government, Culture”, Cultural Studies, 21:4-5, Sept 2007, 525-778.
- The Rule of Freedom: Liberalism and the Modern City (Verso, 2003), translated into Greek and Chinese editions.
- (Ed.), The Social in Question : New Bearings in History and the Social Sciences, (Routledge, 2002).
- (Ed.), The Oxford Reader on Class, (Oxford University Press, 1995).
- Democratic Subjects: the Self and the Social in Nineteenth-century England (Cambridge University Press, 1994).
- Visions of the People: Industrial England and the Question of Class 1848-1914 (CUP, 1991).
- (Ed.), The Historical Meanings of Work, (Cambridge University Press, 1987).
- Work, Society and Politics: The Culture of the Factory in Later Victorian England (Harvester Press, Brighton, 1980).
Articles, chapters
- " What is the social in social history? ", Past and Present, Feb., 2010.
- "History: Great Britain: 1815 to their Present", Encyclopædia Britannica, current edition.
- "The gift of the past: towards a critical history" in K. Jenkins, et al. (eds), Manifestos for History (Routledge, 2007).
- “A Post-modern Historian: Interview with Patrick Joyce”, Historiography Quarterly, 2:2003 (University of Shanghai Press, in Chinese).
- “More secondary modern than postmodern”, Rethinking History, 5:3, Dec.2001.
- “The return of history : postmodernism and the politics of academic history in Britain”, Past and Present, no 158, Feb 1998 207-235.
- "The end of social history?", Social History, 20:1, Jan. 1995, 73-91.
- "History and post-modernism", Past and Present, 133, Nov. 1991.
- "Work", chapter in Cambridge Social History of Great Britain, 1750–1950, vol.II (3 vols.), ed. F.M.L. Thompson (Cambridge University Press, 1990).
A number of these articles have been extensively anthologised in various readers on the nature of contemporary history, and post-modernism and history.
External links
- Patrick Joyce’s personal webpages: http://www.patrickjoyce.info
- Patrick Joyce’s webpages at Manchester University: http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/subjectareas/history/academicstaff/patrickjoyce/ and http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Patrick.joyce/
- Patrick Joyce’s webpages at the Centre for Research in Sociocultural Change: http://www.cresc.ac.uk/people/p_joyce.html
- Patrick Joyce’s webpages at :Making History, developed by the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, Prominent Contemporary British Historians: http://www.history.ac.uk/makinghistory/historians/joyce_patrick.html