James McDougall (academic)

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James McDougall
Born
James Robert McDougall

1974 (age 4950)
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
TitleProfessor of Modern and Contemporary History
Academic background
Alma mater University of St Andrews
St Antony's College, Oxford
Thesis Colonial words: nationalism, Islam, and languages of history in Algeria (2002)
Institutions St Antony's College, Oxford
Princeton University
SOAS University of London
Trinity College, Oxford
Notable works History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria
A History of Algeria

James Robert McDougall FRHistS [1] (born 1974) is a British historian. He is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Oxford and Laithwaite Fellow in History at Trinity College, Oxford . [2]

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Career

James McDougall studied French, German, and Arabic at the University of St Andrews, then modern Middle Eastern history and politics at St Antony's College, Oxford. He was a junior research fellow at the Middle East Centre of St Antony's College, Oxford (2002–2004), then assistant professor of history at Princeton University (2004–2007) and lecturer in the history of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (2007–2009), before taking up a tutorial fellowship in modern history at Trinity College, Oxford, in 2009. He was awarded a professorial title in 2018.

McDougall's research focuses on the history of North Africa and the French colonial empire. [3]

In 2015, he supported an academic boycott of Israeli higher education institutions. [4]

McDougall has written for The Guardian and Times Higher Education . [5] [6] In 2018, McDougall was involved in academic disagreement in Oxford with Nigel Biggar's controversial "Ethics and Empire" project. [7] [8]

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References

  1. "List of Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. "James McDougall, Trinity College". Trinity College, Oxford . Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. "Professor James McDougall". University of Oxford . Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. Milligan, Ellen (30 October 2015). "Oxford academics sign open letter supporting Israel boycott". Cherwell .
  5. "James McDougall". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. "Author: James McDougall". Times Higher Education . Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  7. McDougall, James (3 January 2018). "The history of empire isn't about pride – or guilt". The Guardian.
  8. "Oxford Uni don says 'peer pressure' is stifling debate". BBC News . 2 February 2018.