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Quentin Skinner 1 QUENTIN SKINNER Curriculum vitae and list of principal publications December 2020 PERSONAL DETAILS Full name: Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire, England Date of birth: 26th November, 1940 Nationality: British Address: School of History, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS. E-mail: [email protected] CAREER Higher education 1965: M.A., University of Cambridge 1962: B.A., University of Cambridge 1959: Entrance Scholar, Gonville and Caius College Cambridge Academic appointments Since 2008: Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities, Queen Mary University of London 1996-2008: Regius Professor of History, University of Cambridge 1979-96: Professor of Political Science, University of Cambridge 1974-79: The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton: Longer-term Member, School of Social Science, 1976-79 Member, School of Historical Studies, 1974-75 1967-74: Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge 1965-67: Assistant Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge 1962-2008: Fellow of Christ’s College Cambridge (Vice Master, 1997-99) Visiting Appointments 2019: Weinstein Fellow, School of Law, Berkeley 2017: Visiting Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago 2017: Visiting Professor, Global Fellowship Programme, Peking University 2014: Spinoza Visiting Professor, University of Amsterdam 2013-14: Laurance Rockefeller Visiting Professor, Princeton University 2011: Distinguished Visiting Professor, Northwestern University 2008: Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University 2006: Visiting Fellow, Australian National University 2003-4: Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin 2003: Ford’s Lecturer, University of Oxford 1997: Professeur invité, Collège de France 1995: Avalon Visiting Professor, Northwestern University 1994: Visiting Fellow, Australian National University 1992: Cardinal Mercier Visiting Professor, University of Leuven 2 1991: Professeur Associé, Université Paris X 1989: Visiting Fellow, Australian National University 1987: Directeur d’Etudes Associé, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris 1987: Visiting Lecturer, Newberry Library, Chicago 1982: Lewin Visiting Professor, Washington University, St. Louis 1980: Carlyle Lecturer, University of Oxford 1970: Visiting Fellow, Australian National University. ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS Awards and prizes 2008: The Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis 2007: The David Easton Award, American Political Science Association 2006: The Balzan Prize 2006: The Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize, British Political Studies Association 2001-04: Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship 2001: Officier, Palmes académiques 2001: The Lippincott Award, American Political Science Association 2001: The Pilkington Teaching Prize, University of Cambridge 1997: The Medal of the Collège de France 1979: The Wolfson History Prize Honorary Degrees and Fellowships 2018: Doctor of Letters, Honoris causa, Uppsala University 2017: Doctor of Letters, Honoris causa, University of Kent 2014: Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris causa, University of Copenhagen 2011: Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris causa, University of Oslo 2009: Miembro Académico Honorario, Universidad Adolfo Ibáňez, Santiago 2008: Honorary Fellow, Christ’s College Cambridge 2007: Doctor of Letters, Honoris causa, The University of Aberdeen 2007: Doctor of Letters, Honoris causa, The University of Athens 2005: Doctor of Letters, Honoris causa, The University of St Andrews 2005: Doctor of Laws, Honoris causa, Harvard University 2004: Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris causa, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2000: Doctor of Letters, Honoris causa, The University of Oxford 2000: Honorary Fellow, Queen Mary University of London 1997: Honorary Fellow, Gonville and Caius College Cambridge 1997: Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris causa, The University of Helsinki 1992: Doctor of Letters, Honoris causa, The University of East Anglia 1992: Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris causa, The University of Chicago Membership of learned societies 2015: Foreign Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 2009: Corresponding Fellow, Österreichische Academie der Wissenschaften 2007: Foreign Member, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 1999: Honorary Member, Royal Irish Academy 1997: Foreign Member, American Philosophical Society 1996: Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 1989: Fellow of the Academia Europea 1986: Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1981: Fellow of the British Academy 1971: Fellow of the Royal Historical Society 3 NAMED LECTURE-SERIES [2020: The Ferrater Mora Lectures, University of Girona – postponed] 2015: The Agnes Cuming Lectures, University College Dublin 2014: The Spinoza Lectures, University of Amsterdam 2013: The Academia Sinica Lectures, Taiwan 2012: The Clark Lectures, Trinity College Cambridge 2011: The Clarendon Lectures, University of Oxford 2005: The Adorno Lectures, University of Frankfurt. 2005: The Robert P. Benedict Lectures, Boston University 2003: The Page-Barbour Lectures, University of Virginia 2003: The Ford Lectures, University of Oxford 1995: The T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures, University of Kent 1984: The Tanner Lectures, Harvard University 1983: The Messenger Lectures, Cornell University 1980: The Carlyle Lectures, University of Oxford 1980: The Gauss Seminars, Princeton University NAMED LECTURES 2019: The Royal Danish Academy Annual Lecture in the Humanities 2018: The Annual Lecture, The German Historical Institute, London 2017: The Avineri Lecture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2016: The Harry Camp Memorial Lecture, Stanford University 2016: The J. H. Burns Lecture, the University of St Andrews 2016: The Mudd Center for Ethics Lecture, Washington and Lee University 2015: The Carl Schmitt Lecture, The Humboldt University, Berlin 2015: The Balzan Lecture, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome 2015: The Max Weber Lecture, European University Institute, Florence. 2015: The Director’s Lecture, Neubauer Collegium, University of Chicago 2014: The John Burrow Memorial Lecture, University of Sussex 2013: The AMIAS Lecture, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 2013: The George S. Parthemos Lecture, University of Georgia 2012: The T. M. Knox Memorial Lecture, University of St Andrews 2012 The 1814 Lecture, University of Bergen 2012 The Creighton Lecture, University of London 2011: The Kantorowicz Lecture, University of Frankfurt 2010: The Sheffield Lecture, University of Sheffield 2010: The Roy Porter Memorial Lecture, University College London 2009: The Sykes Lecture, Pembroke College Cambridge 2008: The BBC History Lecture, University of London 2008: The Lady Margaret Lecture, Christ’s College Cambridge 2008: The Ramsay Murray Lecture, Selwyn College Cambridge. 2008: The Annual British Academy Lecture 2008: The Una’s Lecture, University of California at Berkeley 2008: The Lansdowne Lecture, University of Victoria, Canada 2008: The Anson G. Phelps Lecture, New York University 2008: The James A. Moffett Lecture, Princeton University 2007: The Research Institute in Humanities Lecture, University of Bristol 2007: The Dr. Lee Seng Tee Lecture, Wolfson College Cambridge 2007: The Årets Sløk Lecture, University of Aarhus 2007: The Rubinstein Lecture, Queen Mary University of London 4 2006: The Kossmann Lecture, University of Gröningen 2006: The Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture, University of Sydney 2005: The Morrell Address, University of York 2004: The Annual European Journal of Philosophy Lecture 2003: The Lady Margaret Lecture, Christ’s College Cambridge 2003: The John Coffin Memorial Lecture, University of London 2001: The Isaiah Berlin Memorial Lecture, The British Academy 2001: The Rowland Egger Memorial Lecture, University of Virginia 2001: The Marc Bloch Lecture, École des Hautes Études, Paris 2000: The Neale Lecture, University of London 2000: The Henry Tudor Memorial Lecture, University of Durham 2000: The Patrides Lecture, University of York 2000: The John Passmore Lecture, Australian National University 1999: The Lionel Trilling Seminars, Columbia University 1998: The Judith Shklar Memorial Lecture, Harvard University 1998: The Martin Hollis Memorial Lecture, University of East Anglia 1998: The Bickley Memorial Lecture, St Hugh’s College Oxford 1996: The A. B. Emden Lecture, St Edmund Hall Oxford 1995: The Charlton Lecture, Warwick University 1994: The F. W. Bateson Memorial Lecture, Corpus Christi College Oxford 1993: The Iredell Lecture, University of Lancaster 1991: The Matthew Vassar Lecture, Vassar College 1991: The Hannah Arendt Lecture, University of Southampton 1990: The Dawes Hicks Lecture on Philosophy, British Academy 1989: The Prothero Lecture, Royal Historical Society 1988: The Warrender Lecture, University of Sheffield 1988: The H. L. A. Hart Memorial Lecture, University of Oxford 1986: The Raleigh Lecture on History, British Academy 1985: The James Ford Special Lecture, University of Oxford TEACHING Supervision of graduate students 33 PhD students successfully supervised. Guest Lectures: Lectures at Universities in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and numerous Universities in the United Kingdom and United States. ADMINISTRATION Since 2012: Co-Chair, Centre for the Study of Political Thought, Queen Mary University of London. 2010: Member of Jury, Francqui Prize in the Humanities 2008-2020: Member of Prize Committee,
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