Andrew Thompson (historian)
Andrew Thompson CBE | |
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| Born | Andrew Stuart Thompson 3 June 1968 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Loughborough Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (MA, DPhil) |
| Thesis | Thinking imperially?: Imperial pressure groups and the idea of Empire in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain |
| Doctoral advisor | John Darwin |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | |
Andrew Stuart Thompson Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He previously taught at the University of Leeds and the University of Exeter. He was Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) from 2018 to 2020, having previously been its chief executive on a part-time basis.
Early life and education
Thompson was born on 3 June 1968 in
doctoral thesis on Thinking imperially?: Imperial pressure groups and the idea of Empire in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain.[1][3]
Academic career
Thompson began his career as a tutorial fellow in modern history at
Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford.[7]
From December 2015 until March 2017, Thompson served as interim chief executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). He was then selected to continue as its CEO, serving until his appointment as Executive Chair in 2018. He stepped down from that role in August 2020.
Thompson was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to research.[8]
Publications
- Thompson, Andrew S. (2000). Imperial Britain: the empire in British politics, c. 1880–1932. Harlow: Longman. ISBN 978-0582319202.
- Thompson, Andrew (2005). The Empire strikes back?: the impact of imperialism on Britain from the mid-nineteenth century. Harlow: Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-0582438293.
- Magee, Gary B.; Thompson, Andrew S. (2010). Empire and Globalisation: Networks of People, Goods and Capital in the British World, c.1850-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521898898.
- Thompson, Andrew, ed. (2012). Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199236589.
- Thompson, Andrew S., ed. (2013). Writing imperial histories. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0719086007.
- Fedorowich, Kent; Thompson, Andrew S., eds. (2013). Empire, migration and identity in the British World. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0719089565.
References
- ^ a b c d e "THOMPSON, Prof. Andrew Stuart". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Thompson". Senior Management Team. Arts and Humanities Research Council. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- EThOS uk.bl.ethos.260092. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Thompson – Biography". College of Humanities. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Thompson – Research interests". College of Humanities. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Andrew Thompson to join Oxford from AHRC as Professor of Global Imperial History". University of Oxford. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N9.