Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black is Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. He is a prolific lecturer and writer, the author of over 100 books. Many concern aspects of eighteenth century British, European and American political, diplomatic and military history but he has also published on the history of the press, cartography, warfare, culture and on the nature and uses of history itself. His recent books include The Geographies of an Imperial Power: Britain 1688-1815, Fortifications and Siegecraft: Defense and Attack through the Ages, and Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost

Feeling strongly about an issue is a dangerous justification for mob action

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Professor Jeremy Black proposes a way of saving history from ideological capture

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Ambitious young academics see the lecture hall and research laboratory as a shackle

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Covid-19 has left universities in crisis – and provided an opportunity to reform a bloated system

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Newman’s Idea of The University imagined by Jeremy Black and William Gibson for the modern world

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Universities must fight attempts to “decolonise” the curriculum

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Jeremy Black reviews Hitler: Downfall 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich

Books

The institutions that survive the crisis need to make radical changes

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Jeremy Black explains how free speech is being undermined at Exeter University

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Obituaries are not a place to speak ill of the dead, but how are we to tell the truth honestly if we shy away from difficulties?

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