John Dickie (historian)
Professor John Dickie (born 1963) is a British author, historian and academic who specialises in Italy.
Education
Born in Dundee, he was brought up in Leicestershire and went to Loughborough Grammar School. He studied Modern Languages at Pembroke College, Oxford, obtaining a Bachelor's degree with first class honours. He continued his studies at the University of Sussex, completing a Master's degree and becoming a Doctor of Philosophy.
Career
He is Professor of
John Dickie is a leading member of a group of young historians working in British universities with a distinctive revisionist thrust to their work on modern and contemporary Italian history. They do not shy away from theory, whether historiographical or broadly social scientific, and are happy to challenge past and current monstres sacres, from Denis Mack Smith to Edward Said. [1]
Bibliography and publications
Dickie is the author of various books:
- Darkest Italy. The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900 (New York, 1999),
- Cosa Nostra: A History Of The Sicilian Mafia (2004),[2] A "fine achievement" according to Professor Jane Schneider, in European History Quarterly (2008) 38#1 p.129-132.
- Delizia! The Epic History of Italians and their Food (2007),
- Una catastrofe patriottica. 1908: il terremoto di Messina (A Patriotic Catastrophe. 1908: The Earthquake of Messina, Rome, 2008),
- Blood Brotherhoods: the Rise of the Italian Mafias (2011)
- Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present (2014).
In 2020 he published The Craft – How the Freemasons Made the Modern World.
Research interests
He states his research interests as "Representations of the
Awards
In 2005
Personal life
In 2005 he married the author Sarah Penny; they have three children.
References
- ^ Roger Absalom, "Review" in American Historical Review , (June 2001), p. 1082
- ^ Vulliamy, Ed (15 February 2004). "The Observer review: Sins of the godfathers". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ King, Carol (18 July 2012). "Interview with John Dickie". Italy Magazine. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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