Patricia Clavin

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Patricia Meria Clavin, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRHistS|FBA|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 6 January 1964) is a British-Irish 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.{{cite web|title=Professor Patricia Clavin|url=https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-patricia-clavin-ba-phd|website=Faculty of History|publisher=University of Oxford|accessdate=3 December 2023}}

Early life and education

Clavin was born in England to Irish parents and holds dual Irish and British nationalities. Clavin was raised in Germany where Irish father was serving in the British army. She studied Modern History at King's College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.{{cite web |title=Meet the Fellows: Professor Patricia Clavin |url=https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/meet-fellows/meet-fellows-professor-patricia-clavin |website=Jesus College, Oxford |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413053416/https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/meet-fellows/meet-fellows-professor-patricia-clavin |access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=13 April 2020 }}

Academic career

Before moving to Oxford, Clavin was Reader in Modern History at Keele University.

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.{{cite journal|title=Appointments and Reappointments|journal=Oxford University Gazette|date=15 January 2004|volume=135|issue=4681|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2003-4/weekly/150104/exam.htm|accessdate=26 July 2016}} In 2011, she was granted a Title of Distinction as Professor of International History.{{cite journal|title=Recognition of Distinction 2010–2011: Successful Candidate|journal=Oxford University Gazette|date=18 January 2012|volume=141|issue=4974|page=237|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwoxacuk/localsites/gazette/documents/supplements2011-12/Recognition_of_Distinction_2010-2011_Successful_Candidates_(1)_to_No._4974.pdf|accessdate=26 July 2016}}

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.{{cite web |title=Patricia Clavin appointed as the new Professor of Modern History |url=https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/patricia-clavin-appointed-as-the-new-professor-of-modern-history |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=3 December 2023}}

She is a member of the Editorial Board for Past & Present.{{cite web | url=https://pastandpresent.org.uk/about-us/ | title=About us | date=16 June 2014 }}

Honours

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".{{cite web|title=British Academy announces 2015 prize and medal winners|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/british-academy-announces-2015-prize-and-medal-winners|website=The British Academy|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=29 September 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=British Academy announces new President and elects 66 new Fellows|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/british-academy-announces-new-president-and-elects-66-new-fellows|website=The British Academy|accessdate=18 July 2016|date=15 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Professor Patricia Clavin elected British Academy Fellow|url=http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/news/2016/july/professor-patricia-clavin-elected-british-academy-fellow|website=Jesus College|publisher=University of Oxford|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=18 July 2016}} She is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS),{{cite web|title=Fellows - C|url=http://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/RHS-Fellows-C.pdf|website=Current RHS Fellows and Members|publisher=Royal Historical Society|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=May 2016}} and a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite web|title=Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellowship/STIR|url=http://sydney.edu.au/arts/research/inventing-the-international/women-in-the-international-past/kathleen-fitzpatrick-fellowship.shtml|website=Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences|publisher=University of Sydney|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=22 July 2016}}

Selected works

{{cite book |last1=Clavin |first1=Patricia |title=The failure of economic diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States, 1931-36 |date=1996 |publisher=Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=978-0333605301}}
{{cite book |last1=Briggs |first1=Asa |authorlink=Asa Briggs |last2=Clavin |first2=Patricia |title=Modern Europe: 1789-1989 |date=1997 |publisher=Longman |location=London |isbn=978-0582494060 |edition=1st |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/moderneurope17890000brig }}
{{cite book |last1=Clavin |first1=Patricia |title=The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939 |date=2000 |publisher=Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=978-0333606803}}
{{cite book |last1=Briggs |first1=Asa |last2=Clavin |first2=Patricia |title=Modern Europe, 1789 - present |date=2003 |publisher=Pearson Longman |location=London |isbn=978-0582772601 |edition=2nd}}
{{cite book |last1=Clavin |first1=Patricia |title=Securing the world economy: the reinvention of the League of Nations, 1920-1946 |date=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0199577934}}
{{cite book |last1=Clavin |first1=Patricia |last2=Sluga |first2=Glenda |authorlink2=Glenda Sluga |title=Internationalisms: A Twentieth-Century History |date=2017 |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107062856}}
{{cite book|title=Keynes's Economic Consequences of the Peace After 100 Years: Polemics and Policy|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2023|editor1=Patricia Clavin|editor2=Giancarlo Corsetti|editor3=Maurice Obstfeld|editor4=Adam Tooze|isbn=9781009407519}}