- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 1981
- Sections
- Early Modern History to 1850
Prizes: Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis (2008); David Easton Award APSA (2007); Balzan Prize (2006); Wolfson History Prize (1979). Honorary Degrees: Copenhagen (2014); Oslo (2011); Santiago (2009); Aberdeen (2007); Athens (2007); St Andrews (2005); Harvard (2005); Leuven (2004); Oxford (2000); Helsinki (1997); Chicago (1992); East Anglia (1992). Foreign membership of learned societies: Royal Danish Academy (2015); Österreichische Academie (2009); Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2007); Royal Irish Academy (1999); American Philosophical Society (1997); Academia Europea (1989); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986). Named lecture-series: Agnes Cuming Lectures, UCD (2015); Spinoza Lectures, Amsterdam (2014); Academia Sinica Lectures, Taiwan (2013); Clark Lectures, Cambridge (2013); Clarendon Lectures, Oxford (2011); Adorno Lectures, Frankfurt (2005); Benedict Lectures, Boston University (2005); Page-Barbour Lectures, University of Virginia (2003); Ford Lectures, Oxford (2003); Tanner Lectures, Harvard (1984); Messenger Lectures, Cornell (1983); Carlyle Lectures, Oxford (1980); Gauss Seminars, Princeton (1980). Visiting Professorships: Amsterdam (2014); Princeton (2013-14); Harvard (2008); Australian National University (1970, 1994, 2006) Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2003-4); Collège de France (1997); Leuven (1992); Université Paris X (1991); Ecole des Hautes Etudes (1987); Washington University, St. Louis (1982).
Current post
Professor of the Humanities, Queen Mary University of London