Patricia Clavin | |
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Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
Nationality | British |
Title | Professor of Modern History |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | King's College London |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Sub-discipline | International relations 20th century history |
Institutions |
Patricia M. Clavin, FRHistS , FBA (born 1964) is a British historian and academic,who specialises in international relations,economic crises,and twentieth-century history. She is Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of Worcester College. [1]
Clavin studied Modern History at King's College London,graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. [2]
Before moving to Oxford,Clavin was Reader in Modern History at Keele University. [2] In October 2003,she was elected a Fellow of Jesus College,Oxford and appointed a university lecturer in modern history at the University of Oxford. [3] In 2011,she was granted a Title of Distinction as Professor of International History. [4]
In October 2021 Clavin was appointed to the Professorship of Modern History at Worcester College,succeeding Robert Gildea and becoming the first woman to ever hold the chair. [5]
She is a member of the Editorial Board for Past &Present . [6]
In 2015,Clavin was awarded the British Academy Medal for her book,Securing The World Economy:The Reinvention of the League of Nations 1920-1946;the medals are awarded each year to up to three people "for landmark academic achievement in any of the humanities and social science disciplines supported by the Academy". [7] In July 2016,she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA),the UK's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. [8] [9] She is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), [10] and a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. [11]
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