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Julian Wright (historian)

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Julian Wright
Born9 June 1974
NationalityBritish
OccupationAcademic historian
EmployerNorthumbria University
TitleProfessor
ParentN.T. Wright (father)

Julian Wright is Professor of History and Head of Humanities at Northumbria University and Secretary for Professional Engagement at the Royal Historical Society. He was previously a senior lecturer in history at the University of Durham and earlier a Junior Research Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford.

He is a historian of modern culture, politics and ideas, and has worked in particular on ideas and experiences of time in modern Europe; on the social history of intellectuals and politicians in France; and on historiography.

Between 2007 and 2022 he was Musical Director of The Durham Singers.

He is the elder son of the theologian and former Bishop of Durham N. T. Wright

Bibliography

  • The Regionalist Movement in France, 1890-1914: Jean Charles-Brun and French Political Thought (Oxford University Press, 2003)
  • Socialism and the Experience of Time: Idealism and the Present in Modern France (Oxford University Press, 2017)

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