Professor Alan Ryan FBA

Political Studies

Elected 1986

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 1986
Sections: Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
Website: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ajryan/

Recently retired after fifty-three years teaching political philosophy in Britain and the US. Central interests in the history of liberalism from Mill to Rawls. About to embark on a short book on American social and political thought in the period 1880 to 1920.

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of Political Theory

2016 -

Stanford University, California Visiting Professor (Philosophy)

2014 - 2015

Princeton Professor of Politics

2010 - 2016

New College University of Oxford Warden

1996 - 2010

Princeton Professor of Politics

1987 - 1996

New College University of Oxford Warden, New College, Oxford

1987 - 2010

University of Oxford Reader in Politics

1978 - 1986

Publications

Liberal Anxieties and Liberal Education 1998

On Politics 2012

The Making of Modern Liberalism 2012

The philosophy of John Stuart Mill 1970

Property and political theory 1984

John Dewey and the high tide of American liberalism 1995

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Cécile Fabre FBA

Political philosophy; the ethics of war; bioethics; theories of justice

Professor Christina Boswell FBA

Theories of public policy, the role of knowledge in policy and politics, governance and performance measurement, UK and EU immigration and asylum policy

Professor Hillel Steiner FBA

Philosophy

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Professor Alan Ryan FBA

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of Political Theory

2016 -

Stanford University, California Visiting Professor (Philosophy)

2014 - 2015

Princeton Professor of Politics

2010 - 2016

New College University of Oxford Warden

1996 - 2010

Princeton Professor of Politics

1987 - 1996

New College University of Oxford Warden, New College, Oxford

1987 - 2010

University of Oxford Reader in Politics

1978 - 1986

Publications

Liberal Anxieties and Liberal Education 1998

On Politics 2012

The Making of Modern Liberalism 2012

The philosophy of John Stuart Mill 1970

Property and political theory 1984

John Dewey and the high tide of American liberalism 1995

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Cécile Fabre FBA

Professor Christina Boswell FBA

Professor Hillel Steiner FBA

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Professor Alan Ryan FBA

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of Political Theory

2016 -

Stanford University, California Visiting Professor (Philosophy)

2014 - 2015

Princeton Professor of Politics

2010 - 2016

New College University of Oxford Warden

1996 - 2010

Princeton Professor of Politics

1987 - 1996

New College University of Oxford Warden, New College, Oxford

1987 - 2010

University of Oxford Reader in Politics

1978 - 1986

Publications

Liberal Anxieties and Liberal Education 1998

On Politics 2012

The Making of Modern Liberalism 2012

The philosophy of John Stuart Mill 1970

Property and political theory 1984

John Dewey and the high tide of American liberalism 1995

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Cécile Fabre FBA

Professor Christina Boswell FBA

Professor Hillel Steiner FBA

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