Martin Jacques
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| Martin Jacques | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 69–70) Coventry, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | King Henry VIII School, Coventry |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (B.A.) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Occupation | editor, academic, author |
| Website | MartinJacques |
Martin Jacques (born 1945) is a British journalist and academic.
Early life[edit]
Jacques was born in October 1945 in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands, and was brought up there.
Education[edit]
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[edit]
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.
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
- 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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| Preceded by James Klugmann |
Editor of Marxism Today 1977–1991 |
Succeeded by Publication closed |
| Preceded by Matthew Symonds |
Deputy Editor of The Independent 1994–1996 |
Succeeded by Chris Blackhurst |
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