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'''Gareth Stedman Jones''' [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (born 17 December 1942) is an English [[academic]] and historian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/28/comment.china |title=Lessons for Beijing emerge from the Dickensian smog |last=Hunt |first=Tristram |date=28 July 2006 |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref> As Professor of the History of Ideas at [[Queen Mary, University of London]], he deals particularly with working-class history and Marxism.<ref>Queen Mary University of London School of History [http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/staff/profile/4569-professor-gareth-stedman-jones Retrieved 11 July 2017.]</ref>
'''Gareth Stedman Jones''' {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]]}} (born 17 December 1942) is an English [[academic]] and historian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/28/comment.china |title=Lessons for Beijing emerge from the Dickensian smog |last=Hunt |first=Tristram |date=28 July 2006 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref> As Professor of the History of Ideas at [[Queen Mary, University of London]], he deals particularly with working-class history and Marxism.<ref>Queen Mary University of London School of History [http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/staff/profile/4569-professor-gareth-stedman-jones Retrieved 11 July 2017.]</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Educated at [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's School]] and [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], where he graduated in history in 1964, Stedman Jones went on to [[Nuffield College, Oxford]] to take a [[DPhil]] in 1970.
Educated at [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's School]] and [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], where he graduated in history in 1964, Stedman Jones went on to [[Nuffield College, Oxford]] to take a [[DPhil]] in 1970.{{fact|date=September 2021}}


He moved to [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] in 1974, becoming a Fellow of [[King's College, Cambridge]], and in 1979, a lecturer in history. He was a research fellow at [[Nuffield College, Oxford]] from 1967 to 1970, a senior associate member of [[St Antony's College, Oxford]] in 1971–1972, and an Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Goethe University, Frankfurt in 1973–1974, before becoming a lecturer in history at Cambridge in 1979–1986 and a reader in History of Social Thought there in 1986–1997.<ref>Joint Centre for History and Economics [http://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/gareth_stedman-jones.htm Retrieved 17 July 2017.]</ref> He has served as co-director of the Centre for History and Economics at King's since 1991 and held the post of professor of [[political science]] since 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/subjects/history.html |title=King's History Fellows|publisher=King's College |accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref>
He moved to [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] in 1974, becoming a fellow of [[King's College, Cambridge]], and in 1979, a lecturer in history. He was a research fellow at [[Nuffield College, Oxford]], from 1967 to 1970, a senior associate member of [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], in 1971–1972, and an Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Goethe University, Frankfurt in 1973–1974, before becoming a lecturer in history at Cambridge in 1979–1986 and a reader in history of social thought there in 1986–1997.<ref>Joint Centre for History and Economics [http://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/gareth_stedman-jones.htm Retrieved 17 July 2017.]</ref> He has served as co-director of the Centre for History and Economics at King's since 1991 and held the post of professor of [[political science]] from 1997 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/subjects/history.html |title=King's History Fellows|publisher=King's College |accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref> In 2010 Stedman Jones became Professor of the History of Ideas at Queen Mary, University of London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/gareth_stedman-jones.htm |title=Gareth Stedman Jones|publisher=Joint Centre for History and Economics |accessdate=19 November 2023}}</ref>


From 1964 to 1981 Stedman Jones served on the editorial board of the ''[[New Left Review]]''. He was a joint founder of the ''[[History Workshop Journal]]'' in 1976.
From 1964 to 1981 Stedman Jones served on the editorial board of the ''[[New Left Review]]''. He was a joint founder of the ''[[History Workshop Journal]]'' in 1976.{{fact|date=September 2021}}


In 2018, reviewing Stedman Jones's intellectual evolution, historian Terence Renaud described a "journey from the [[New Left]], through French [[structuralism]], to a contextualist practice of intellectual history that leaves Marxism behind."<ref>"Inflatable Marx," review of ''Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion'', H-Ideas (March 2018).[https://networks.h-net.org/node/6873/reviews/1566298/renaud-stedman-jones-karl-marx-greatness-and-illusion]</ref>
In 2018, reviewing Stedman Jones's intellectual evolution, historian Terence Renaud described a "journey from the [[New Left]], through French [[structuralism]], to a contextualist practice of intellectual history that leaves Marxism behind."<ref>"Inflatable Marx," review of ''Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion'', H-Ideas (March 2018).[https://networks.h-net.org/node/6873/reviews/1566298/renaud-stedman-jones-karl-marx-greatness-and-illusion]</ref>
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*''Outcast London'', Oxford, 1971, reprinted 1984 (with new preface), 1992 and 2002
*''Outcast London'', Oxford, 1971, reprinted 1984 (with new preface), 1992 and 2002
*''Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History, 1832–1982'', Cambridge, 1983
*''Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History, 1832–1982'', Cambridge, 1983
*''Klassen, Politik, Sprache'', edited by P. Schöttler, Munster, 1988
*''Klassen, Politik, Sprache'', edited by {Peter Schöttler}, Munster, 1988
*''Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto'', Harmondsworth, 2002: introduction of 180 pp.
*''Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto'', Harmondsworth, 2002: introduction of 180 pp.
*''An End to Poverty?'' London, Profile Books, July 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/an-end-to-poverty-by-gareth-stedman-jones-555537.html|title=A wealth of ideas about an age-old problem|last=Howe|first=Stephen|date=6 August 2004|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref>
*''An End to Poverty?'' London, Profile Books, July 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/an-end-to-poverty-by-gareth-stedman-jones-50377.html|title=A wealth of ideas about an age-old problem|last=Howe|first=Stephen|date=6 August 2004|work=The Independent|accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref>
*''Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion'', published by Allan Lane, August 2016
*''Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion'', published by Allan Lane, August 2016


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1402192 Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 23rd April 2012 (video)]
* [https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1402192 Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 23 April 2012 (video)]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 12 July 2024

Gareth Stedman Jones
FBA
Born (1942-12-17) 17 December 1942 (age 81)
Occupations
Academic background
Alma materSt Paul's School
Lincoln College, Oxford (MA)
Nuffield College, Oxford (DPhil)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsQueen Mary, University of London
Main interestsHistory of Ideas

Gareth Stedman Jones FBA (born 17 December 1942) is an English academic and historian.[1] As Professor of the History of Ideas at Queen Mary, University of London, he deals particularly with working-class history and Marxism.[2]

Career

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Educated at St Paul's School and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated in history in 1964, Stedman Jones went on to Nuffield College, Oxford to take a DPhil in 1970.[citation needed]

He moved to Cambridge in 1974, becoming a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and in 1979, a lecturer in history. He was a research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1967 to 1970, a senior associate member of St Antony's College, Oxford, in 1971–1972, and an Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Goethe University, Frankfurt in 1973–1974, before becoming a lecturer in history at Cambridge in 1979–1986 and a reader in history of social thought there in 1986–1997.[3] He has served as co-director of the Centre for History and Economics at King's since 1991 and held the post of professor of political science from 1997 to 2010.[4] In 2010 Stedman Jones became Professor of the History of Ideas at Queen Mary, University of London.[5]

From 1964 to 1981 Stedman Jones served on the editorial board of the New Left Review. He was a joint founder of the History Workshop Journal in 1976.[citation needed]

In 2018, reviewing Stedman Jones's intellectual evolution, historian Terence Renaud described a "journey from the New Left, through French structuralism, to a contextualist practice of intellectual history that leaves Marxism behind."[6]

Publications

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  • Outcast London, Oxford, 1971, reprinted 1984 (with new preface), 1992 and 2002
  • Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History, 1832–1982, Cambridge, 1983
  • Klassen, Politik, Sprache, edited by {Peter Schöttler}, Munster, 1988
  • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto, Harmondsworth, 2002: introduction of 180 pp.
  • An End to Poverty? London, Profile Books, July 2004[7]
  • Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, published by Allan Lane, August 2016
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References

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  1. ^ Hunt, Tristram (28 July 2006). "Lessons for Beijing emerge from the Dickensian smog". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  2. ^ Queen Mary University of London School of History Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ^ Joint Centre for History and Economics Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ^ "King's History Fellows". King's College. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Gareth Stedman Jones". Joint Centre for History and Economics. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Inflatable Marx," review of Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, H-Ideas (March 2018).[1]
  7. ^ Howe, Stephen (6 August 2004). "A wealth of ideas about an age-old problem". The Independent. Retrieved 29 May 2011.


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