Peter Ghosh

Professor
Peter Ghosh
Born
Peter R. Ghosh

1954 (age 69–70)
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
TitleProfessor of the History of Ideas
Spouse
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(m. 1979)​
Children2
Academic background
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Nuffield College, Oxford
Doctoral advisorA. F. Thompson
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsSt Anne's College, Oxford

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 read Modern History at Merton College, Oxford as an undergraduate and continued his studies at graduate level at Nuffield College, Oxford, later becoming a Junior Research Fellow there.[4] His doctoral thesis on Victorian finance was supervised by A. F. Thompson.[5]

Ghosh was Jean Duffield Fellow in Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford from 1982 to his retirement in 2023.[2] In January 2022 he was awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor of the History of Ideas by the University of Oxford.[6]

After retiring he became a Senior Research Fellow at St Anne's College[7] and continued to teach modern history at Jesus College.[4]

He has two related research interests: first, the interface between political ideas and English politics, c. 1850 – 1895; secondly, the evolution of Western European and British ideas, including historiography, from the Enlightenment to the present.[8]

He has written for the London Review of Books[9] and appeared on In Our Time discussing Max Weber.[10]

Personal life

Ghosh married Helen Kirkby, whom he met as a fellow History undergraduate at Oxford, in 1979.[11] They have two children together.[12] Their son William is an English tutor at Christ Church, Oxford.[13]

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. ^ 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. ^ a b "Professor Peter Ghosh". Jesus College, Oxford. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ "'Clapham Junction: the place of the Protestant Ethic in Max Weber's intellectual biography'" (PDF). Cambridge Centre for Political Thought. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Recognition of Distinction 2021" (PDF). Oxford University Gazette. 152 (5334). University of Oxford: 7. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Ghosh, Professor Peter". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Mr Peter Ghosh". History Faculty. University of Oxford. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Peter Ghosh". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Weber's The Protestant Ethic". In Our Time (BBC Radio 4). BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ^ St Hugh's College Chronicle 1984-1985, no. 37, Oxford University Press, 1985, p. 42
  12. ^ Boulton, Alison (4 June 2015). "Profile: Dame Helen Ghosh - 'I'm a huge fan of the train'". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Professor William Ghosh". Faculty of English, University of Oxford. Retrieved 3 July 2024.