Peter Ghosh

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Peter R. Ghosh (/ɡəʊʃ/; gauche;[1] born December 1954, Sutton Coldfield) is a British historian, specialising in the history of ideas and historiography.[2] He was Jean Duffield Fellow in Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford, and Professor of the History of Ideas at the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.[3]

Career

Ghosh was Jean Duffield Fellow in Modern History at

Senior Research Fellow at St Anne's College.[4]

He has two related research interests: first, the interface between political ideas and

the Enlightenment to the present.[5]

He has written for the

Personal life

Peter Ghosh is married to Dame Helen Ghosh.[1]

Works

  • Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain: Essays in Memory of Colin Matthew (2006)
  • A Historian Reads Max Weber: Essays on the Protestant Ethic (2008)
  • Max Weber and 'The Protestant Ethic': Twin Histories (2014)
  • Max Weber in Context: Essays in the History of German Ideas C. 1870-1930 (2016)

References

  1. ^ a b Moreton, Cole (3 March 2013). "Dame Helen Ghosh says: 'I believe the Government will talk to the National Trust'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Peter Ghosh | Faculty of History". History.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Professor Peter Ghosh". Faculty of History. University of Oxford. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Ghosh, Professor Peter". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Mr Peter Ghosh". History Faculty. University of Oxford. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Peter Ghosh". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Weber's The Protestant Ethic". In Our Time (BBC Radio 4). BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2 August 2014.