James Vernon (historian)
James Vernon (born March 2, 1965) is a British and American historian and Helen Fawcett Distinguished Professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
Early life
Vernon was born March 2, 1965, in England.[1] Vernon began undergraduate studies at the University of Manchester in 1984 and continued on there to earn a Ph.D.[2]
Career
Vernon became a professor at the University of Manchester after finishing his Ph.D. and remained there until 2000, when he was appointed professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, he rose to a named chair, the Helen Fawcett Distinguished Professor, and retired in 2025.[2]
His teaching has focused on global history and British history. Vernon is noted for his books on 19th century British history, on the history of hunger, and for his attention to questions related to the cultural turn and postcolonialism.[2]
Publications
Monographs
- Politics and the People. A Study in English Political Culture, 1815–1867. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993 (Paperback 2009)
- Hunger. A Modern History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007
- Distant Strangers. How Britain Became Modern. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2014
- Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present (volume 4 in Cambridge History of Britain series). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017; revised edition 2025.
References
- ↑ "Vernon, James". Library of Congress. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "James Vernon". UC Berkeley Department of History. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
External links
- James Vernon faculty profile at UC Berkeley