Martin Jacques
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Martin Jacques | |
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| File:Martin Jacques, Lupus Alpha Investment Focus 2015.jpg Jacques presenting in January 2015 | |
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Coventry, England, Great Britain, U.K |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | King Henry VIII School, Coventry |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (B.A.) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, academic, author |
| Website | MartinJacques.com |
Martin Jacques (born 1945) is a British journalist and academic.
Early life
Jacques was born in October 1945 in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands, and was brought up there.
Education
Jacques was educated at King Henry VIII School, an independent school in Coventry (at the time a partly fee-paying boys' direct grant grammar school),[1][2] followed by the University of Manchester, where he graduated with a first-class Honours degree, and subsequently at King's College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied for a PhD.
Life and career
Jacques was editor of the Communist Party of Great Britain's journal, Marxism Today, from 1977 until its closure in 1991. In this period, he was the co-editor or co-author of The Forward March of Labour Halted? (1981), The Politics of Thatcherism (1983) and New Times (1989).
Jacques was a co-founder of the think-tank Demos.
He has been a columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times and was deputy editor of The Independent.
Jacques is a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre.
He was a visiting professor at the International Centre for Chinese Studies at Aichi University in Japan, a visiting professor at Renmin University in Beijing and a senior visiting fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Jacques' wife Harinder Kaur Veriah, a Malaysian lawyer, died in January 2000 aged 33 at Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong after suffering epileptic fits and then cardiac arrest. Jacques and their son Ravi, who was aged 16 months when she died, sued the Hospital Authority for negligence and racism; the hospital settled the case in 2010. Her death led to the introduction of anti-racism laws in 2008.[3][4]
In 2009, Jacques' book about Asian modernity and the rise of China entitled When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order was published.
Jacques is a columnist for The Guardian and New Statesman.
References
- ^ Martin Jacques Publisher: King Henry VIII School, Coventry. Retrieved: 23 February 2013.
- ^ Martin Jacques interview Publisher: Alan MacFarlane.Com. Interview date: 20 September 2011. Retrieved: 23 February 2013.
- ^ Jacques, Martin (3 April 2010). "It seemed impossible, but at last Martin Jacques got justice for the wife he loved". The Observer. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Hospital pays compensation over 'racism' death". The Guardian. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Martin Jacques at TED
- Guardian Column – Martin Jacques
- New Statesman – Martin Jacques
- Audio: Martin Jacques in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion show The Forum
- Video: Martin Jacques discusses his book, When China Rules the World, at the Asia Society, 11 November 2009
- Profile at China Speakers Agency
- Martin Jacques interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 12 April 2011 (film)
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Academics of the London School of Economics
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- English socialists
- People educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry
- People from Coventry
- The Guardian journalists
- The Sunday Times people
- The Times people
- The Independent people
- International relations scholars
- Communist Party of Great Britain members