Prof Sir David Cannadine's Biography

Prof Sir David Cannadine's Professional Career

Career

res fell St John's Coll Cambridge 1975-77, fell and Coll lectr in history Christ's Coll Cambridge 1977-88 (dir of studies in history 1977-83, tutor 1979-81, memb Coll Cncl 1979-88, fell steward 1981-88), lectr in history Univ of Cambridge 1980-88 (asst lectr 1976-80, memb Faculty Bd of History 1983-85), prof of history Columbia Univ 1988-98 (memb Univ Senate 1989-90, chm Dept Personnel Ctee 1991-92, memb Governing Body Soc of Fells 1992-98, Moore collegiate prof 1992-98); Inst of Historical Research Univ of London: dir 1998-2003, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother prof of Br history 2003-08; distinguished sr fell Sch of Advanced Study Univ of London 2008-,Whitney J Oates sr scholar Humanities Cncl Princeton Univ 2008-; visiting memb Sch of Historical Studies Inst for Advanced Study Princeton 1980-81, assoc fell Berkeley Coll Yale Univ 1985-, visiting prof Birkbeck Coll London 1995-97, visiting fell Whitney Humanities Center Yale Univ 1995-98; a cmmr English Heritage 2001-; gen ed: Studies in Modern History 1979-, Penguin History of Britain 1989-, Penguin History of Europe 1991-; advsy ed Complete Edition of the Works of W S Gilbert 1988-, ed Historical Research 1998-2003; memb Editorial Bd: Urban History Yearbook 1979-83, Past and Present 1983-, Midland History 1985-88, Rural History 1995-, Prospect 1995-, Library History 1998-; fell J P Morgan Library NY 1992-98; chm John Ben Snow Prize Ctee Conf on Br Studies 1993; memb: Cncl Urban History Gp 1980-88, Advsy Cncl Centre for the Study of Soc and Politics Kingston Univ 1997, Advsy Cncl Warburg Inst 1998-2003, Advsy Bd Inst of Contemporary Br History 1998-2003, Advsy Cncl PRO 1999-2004, Advsy Cncl Inst of US Studies 1999-2004, Advsy Cncl Inst of English Studies 2000-, Advsy Cncl Inst of Latin American Studies 2000-04, Eastern Regnl Ctee Nat Tst 2001-, Advsy Cncl Inst for Study of the Americas 2004-, Govt's Ind Review of the 30-Year Rule 2007-08; historical advsr Ian Fleming Centenary Exhbn Imperial War Museum 2007-08; vice-pres Br Record Soc 1998-, vice-pres Royal Historical Soc 1998-2003, pres Worcestershire Historical Soc 1999-; tstee: Parliament History 1998-, London Jl 1998-, Kennedy Meml Tst 2000-, Nat Portrait Gallery 2001-, Br Empire and Cwlth Museum 2003-; patron Attingham Tst 2006-; govr Ipswich Sch 1982-88; T S Ashton Prize in Economic History 1977, Agricultural History Silver Jubilee Prize 1977, Lionel Trilling Prize 1991, Governors' Award 1991, Dean's Distinguished Award in the Humanities Columbia Univ 1996, Tercentenary Medal Soc of Antiquaries 2008; Hon DLitt: UEA 2001, South Bank Univ 2001, Univ of Birmingham 2002; hon prof Univ of London 2008-; FRHistS 1981, FRSA 1998, FRSL 1999, FBA 1999

Prof Sir David Cannadine's Publications

Books and Publications

Lords and Landlords: The Aristocracy and the Towns 1774-1967 (1980), Patricians, Power and Politics in Nineteenth Century Towns (ed, 1982), Exploring the Urban Past: Essays in Urban History by H J Dyos (co-ed, 1982), Rituals of Royalty: Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies (co-ed, 1987), The Pleasures of the Past (1989), Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Winston Churchill's Famous Speeches (ed, 1989), The First Modern Society: Essays in English History in Honour of Lawrence Stone (co-ed, 1989), The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (1990), G M Trevelyan: A Life in History (1992), Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain, (1994), History and Biography: Essays in Honour of Derek Beales (co-ed, 1996), Class in Britain (1998), History in Our Time (1998), Ornamentalism: How the British saw their Empire (2001), In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the past in modern Britain (2002), What is History Now? (ed, 2002), History and the Media (ed, 2004), Mellon: An American Life (2006), The National Portrait Gallery: A Brief Outline History (2007), Empire, The Sea and Global History: Britain's Maritime World 1763-1833 (ed, 2007), Making History Now and Then: Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations (2008); also author of numerous book chapters and articles in learned jls

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