Martin Conway (historian)

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Professor
Martin Conway
FRHistS
Born
Martin Herbert Conway

1960 (age 63–64)
Aberystwyth, Wales
Known forEuropean history
TitleProfessor of Contemporary European History
SpouseDenise Cripps
Children1
Academic background
EducationYsgol Penglais School
Alma materWadham College, Oxford
ThesisThe Rexist movement in Belgium, 1940–1944
Doctoral advisorRichard Cobb
Academic work
InstitutionsInstitute of Historical Research
Christ Church, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford

Martin Herbert Conway (born 1960) is a British historian with a focus on the history of Europe in the 20th century.[1] He is a Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Oxford.[2] His research has also focused on the political history of Belgium.[3][4]: 35  He is the MacLellan-Warburg Fellow and a Tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, and a Fellow of Aberystwyth University.[5] Conway is also a researcher on the history of democracy.[6][7]

Early life

Conway was born and raised in Aberystwyth. He attended Ysgol Penglais School.[8] He was an only child.[9] He was an undergraduate and graduate student at Wadham College, Oxford.[10] His doctoral thesis was supervised by Richard Cobb.[11]

Career

Conway's post-doctoral career began with a one-year scholarship from the Institute of Historical Research before he was elected to a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford in 1987. He was subsequently elected to a Tutorial Fellowship in History at Balliol College, Oxford in 1990, succeeding Colin Lucas.[10] In November 2014 he was awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor of Contemporary European History by the University of Oxford.[12]

Conway has held multiple roles within Oxford, including Chair of the Board of the Faculty of History and Associate Head of the Humanities Division.[13] He is also a Visiting Fellow to Princeton University.[14] He sits on the Academic Advisory Council of Heidelberg University.[15]

During his career, he has spoken at the National WWI Museum and Memorial,[16] Princeton University,[17] and Edge Hill University.[18]

Affiliations

Conway is on the Journal of Belgian History International Advisory Board.[19]

Personal life

Conway is married to Denise Cripps, a publisher based in Oxford, and they have a son together, Nick, born in 2000.[10]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Professor Martin Conway". The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. ^ "Academics". Centre for Intellectual History. University of Oxford. Professor Martin Conway. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ Raspoet, Erik (2017-07-25). "Oxford-historicus Martin Conway: 'Samusocial is een typisch Belgisch schandaal'". Knack (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. ^ Verbeylen, Giles (2018). Flemish unite at campus Solbosch: A study of Dutch speaking organisations and networks in the run-up to the separation of the unitary university ULB/VUB 1950–1970 (PDF) (Thesis). Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
  5. ^ ""Europe's New Postwar Era: After the War in Ukraine," 11/14 Kansas City Alumni Lecture with Oxford's Martin Conway". Kinder Institute. University of Missouri. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  6. ^ "Does Democracy Have a History?". Balliol College, Oxford. Retrieved 2023-04-30 – via Facebook.
  7. ^ Kempf, Justin (2021-10-05). "Martin Conway Believes "Democracy Owes its Durability Not to its Principles but to its Flexibility." Democracy in Western Europe from 1945 to 1968". Democracy Paradox (Podcast).
  8. ^ "Professor Martin Conway honoured as Fellow of Aberystwyth University". Aberystwyth University. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  9. ^ Conway, Martin (September 29, 2020). Labrosse, Diane; Fujii, George (eds.). "The Accidents of a European Historian". H-Net – via Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum (RJISSF).
  10. ^ a b c Conway, Martin. "The Accidents of a European Historian". H-Diplo. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ^ Conway, Martin (1993). Collaboration in Belgium: Léon Degrelle and the Rexist movement, 1940-1944. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. vi. ISBN 0300055005.
  12. ^ "Recognition of Distinction: Successful applicants 2014" Archived 16 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The University of Oxford Gazette, no. 5076, 6 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Martin Conway". Universität Heidelberg. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  14. ^ "Visiting Faculty and Researchers". Princeton University Humanities Council. Princeton University. Martin Conway. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  15. ^ "Martin Conway". Heidelberg University. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  16. ^ Europe's New Postwar Era – Martin Conway. National WWI Museum and Memorial. Nov 14, 2022 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ ""The Present: A New Period in European History" | A Lecture by Martin Conway". Department of History. Princeton University. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  18. ^ "Prof Martin Conway: A History of Social Justice". Edge Hill University. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  19. ^ "International Advisory Board". Journal of Belgian History. 22 March 2012. Martin Conway.