Professor Roy Foster FBA

History
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1989
Subjects
History

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Irish History, University of Oxford; Emeritus Professor of Irish History and Literature, QMUL

Past appointments

University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of Irish History

2017 -

Queen Mary University of London Professor of Irish History and Literature

2017 -

University of Oxford Carroll Professor of Irish History, University of Oxford

1991 - 2017

Birkbeck College University of London Professor of Modern British History

1989 - 1991

Publications

Modern Ireland 1600-1972 1988

Paddy and Mr Punch: connections in Irish and English history 1993

W B Yeats, a life. Vol I: The apprentice mage, 1865-1914 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Mark Jackson FBA

Mark Jackson's research interests are the and cultural history of modern science and medicine; the history of crime and justice in Britain since 1700, particularly in relation to class and gender; and medical humanities and health policy.

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Professor Jane Humphries FBA

Eighteenth & nineteenth century economic history: industrialization; wellbeing; labour markets; women's work and family lives; child labour; anthropometrics

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Professor Megan Vaughan FBA

History, African Languages and Literature, Social History in Africa, Economic History in Africa, History of Medicine in Africa.

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