James McDougall (academic)

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James McDougall (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 . [1]

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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. [2]

In 2015, he supported an academic boycott of Israeli higher education institutions. [3]

McDougall has written for The Guardian and Times Higher Education . [4] [5] In 2018, McDougall was involved in academic disagreement in Oxford with Nigel Biggar's controversial "Ethics and Empire" project. [6] [7]

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References

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