Eric J. Evans
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1945 –
Who is Eric J. Evans?
Professor Eric J. Evans is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Lancaster. His first degree was from Oxford University and his PhD was from the University of Warwick. His specialist research interests include: British political history since the eighteenth century; the history of social policy; how social change affects the political process; British national identities.
His academic career began as a lecturer at Stirling University. He has been at Lancaster University since 1971, being successively lecturer, senior lecturer and reader. He became Professor of Social History in 1985. He was an office-holder of the Social History Society from its inception in 1976 to 1998, serving as the Society's Chairman from 1991-98. He is now Honorary Vice-President.
Recent publications include The Shaping of Modern Britain, 1780-1914, Sir Robert Peel, Statesmanship Power and Party and The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain 1783-1870. He is also interested in curriculum development and assessment. He has Chief Examiner and Chair of Examiners in History for each of the three major English GCSE and A-level Awarding Bodies. He was Chair of the Arts & Humanities Research Board's History Postgraduate Awards Panel from 2000 to 2005.
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