Professor Michael O'Brien FBA
The intellectual history of the USA since the late 18th century; transatlantic influences, the American South, historical narrative, Romanticism, and gender
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2008
- Year of birth
- 1948
- Year of death
- 2015
- Honours
- FBA
- Sections
- Modern History from 1850
Current post
Professor of American Intellectual History, University of Cambridge
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Mark Harrison FBA
Economic history of Russia and the Soviet Union; the two world wars; defence and security; fighting, cheating, stealing, lying and spying
Professor Nicola Miller FBA
The history of Latin America during the 19th and 20th centuries, especially intellectual life, knowledge and culture; comparative history of nationalism and national identity; transnational and global history
Professor Joanna Bourke FBA
Social and cultural history of modern Britain and America; history of war and violence; medical humanities; history of the emotions; masculinity; sexual violence; what it means to be human
