Andrew Thompson (historian)
{{short description|British historian and academic (born 1968)}}
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| thesis_title = Thinking imperially?: Imperial pressure groups and the idea of Empire in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain
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Andrew Stuart Thompson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRHistS}} (born 3 June 1968) is a British historian and academic. He specialises in modern British history, Imperialism, and the British Empire. Since September 2019, he has been Professor of Global and Imperial History at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. Thompson co-chairs the Global and Imperial History Centre. He previously taught at the University of Leeds and the University of Exeter. He was Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) from 2018 to 2020, having previously been its chief executive on a part-time basis.
Early life and education
Thompson was born on 3 June 1968 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, an all-boys private school in Loughborough, Leicestershire. He studied modern history at Regent's Park College, Oxford, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1990; as per tradition, this was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1991. He then undertook postgraduate research at Nuffield College, Oxford, under the supervision of John Darwin.{{cite web|title=Professor Andrew Thompson|url=http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/about/visionstrategygovernance/governancestructure/seniormanagementteam/professorandrewthompson/|website=Senior Management Team|publisher=Arts and Humanities Research Council|access-date=3 June 2016}} He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1994 with a doctoral thesis on Thinking imperially?: Imperial pressure groups and the idea of Empire in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain.{{cite thesis|last1=Thompson|first1=Andrew Stuart|title=Thinking imperially? Imperial pressure groups and the idea of Empire in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain|url=http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:oxfaleph011362441|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.260092}}|publisher=University of Oxford|degree=DPhil|access-date=3 June 2016|date=1994}}
Academic career
Thompson began his career as a tutorial fellow in modern history at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, between 1993 and 1997. He joined the University of Leeds as a lecturer in 1997. He was Professor of Imperial and Global History at the University of Leeds from 2005 to 2011. He was additionally its Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research between 2009 and 2011.{{cite web|title=THOMPSON, Prof. Andrew Stuart|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U254584|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=3 June 2016|date=November 2015}}{{cite web|title=Professor Andrew Thompson – Biography|url=http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/history/staff/thompson/biography/|publisher=College of Humanities|access-date=3 June 2016}}{{cite web|title=Professor Andrew Thompson – Research interests|url=http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/history/staff/thompson/research/|publisher=College of Humanities|access-date=3 June 2016}} From 2011 to 2017, he was Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter.{{cite web |title=Thompson, Prof. Andrew Stuart, (born 3 June 1968), Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council, since 2018 (Acting Chief Executive, 2015–17; Chief Executive, 2017–18)|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-254584 |website=Who's Who 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=4 September 2019 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U254584|date=1 December 2018 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }} He moved to the University of Oxford in September 2019, where he had been appointed Professor of Global Imperial History and elected a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford.{{cite web |title=Andrew Thompson to join Oxford from AHRC as Professor of Global Imperial History |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-03-25-andrew-thompson-join-oxford-ahrc-professor-global-imperial-history |website=University of Oxford |access-date=4 September 2019 |language=en |date=25 March 2019}}
From December 2015 until March 2017, Thompson served as interim chief executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). He was then selected to continue as its CEO, serving until his appointment as Executive Chair in 2018. He stepped down from that role in August 2020.
Honours
Thompson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to research.{{London Gazette|issue=63218|supp=y|page=N9|date=31 December 2020}}
Publications
- {{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Andrew S. |title=Imperial Britain: the empire in British politics, c. 1880–1932 |url=https://archive.org/details/imperialbritaine00andr |url-access=registration |date=2000 |publisher=Longman |location=Harlow |isbn=978-0582319202}}
- {{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Andrew |title=The Empire strikes back?: the impact of imperialism on Britain from the mid-nineteenth century |date=2005 |publisher=Pearson Longman |location=Harlow |isbn=978-0582438293}}
- {{cite book |last1=Magee |first1=Gary B. |last2=Thompson |first2=Andrew S. |title=Empire and Globalisation: Networks of People, Goods and Capital in the British World, c.1850-1914 |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0521898898}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Thompson |editor1-first=Andrew |title=Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0199236589}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Thompson |editor1-first=Andrew S. |title=Writing imperial histories |date=2013 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=978-0719086007}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Fedorowich |editor1-first=Kent |editor2-last=Thompson |editor2-first=Andrew S. |title=Empire, migration and identity in the British World |date=2013 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=978-0719089565}}
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Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire