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Professor Jose Harris FBA

History
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1993
Year of birth
1941
Year of death
2023
Subjects
History
Sections
Modern History from 1850

Last post

Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Leverhulme Research Professor

1998 -

St Catherine's College University of Oxford Tutorial Fellow in Modern History

1978 - 1998

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Lecturer and Senior Lecturer

1970 - 1978

Publications

Community and civil society: an edition of Ferdinand Tönnies’ Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft

Published in 2001

Private lives, public spirit: a social history of Britain, 1870-1914

Published in 1994

William Beveridge: a biography

Published in 1977

Great Thinkers: Jose Harris FBA on Beatrice Webb FBA

17 Jun 2019 Professor Jose Harris FBA

In 1931, the British Academy elected its first female fellow, Beatrice Webb. Professor Jose Harris FBA and Dr Ben Jackson take a closer look at Webb’s extraordinary life and legacy.

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