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Peter Ghosh

Peter Ghosh

British historian (born 1954)

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 St Anne's College, Oxford from 1982 to his retirement in 2023.[2] After retiring he became a Senior Research Fellow at St Anne's 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.[5]

He has written for the London Review of Books[6] and appeared on In Our Time discussing Max Weber.[7]

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. [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. [2]
    "Professor Peter Ghosh | Faculty of History". History.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Professor Peter Ghosh". Faculty of History. University of Oxford. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Ghosh, Professor Peter". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Mr Peter Ghosh". History Faculty. University of Oxford. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Peter Ghosh". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Weber's The Protestant Ethic". In Our Time (BBC Radio 4). BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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