John Belchem is an emeritus British professor whose work covers popular radicalism in 19th-century Britain, Irish migration, the Isle of Man, and modern history.[1] He has a special interest in the history of Liverpool.[2] He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society[3] in 1987 and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[4]
John Belchem | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 May 1948 |
| Occupation(s) | Emeritus Professor of History, University of Liverpool |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA (hons) 1970, D.Phil. 1974 |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
Academic career edit
Belchem served as head of the School of History, dean of the Faculty of Arts and pro-vice chancellor of the University of Liverpool.[5][1] He is presently vice-president of the Society for the Study of Labour History.[6]
Belchem's 1985 work on Henry Hunt made a "major contribution to our understanding" of political strategies of progressive movements in 19th-century Britain.[7] Industrialization and the Working Class (1990) was viewed as a "lucid and wide-ranging survey of recent works on working-class movements and their context."[8] Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain (1996) was reviewed as an "excellent work" and a "valuable guide" to the literature on Chartism and the origins of the Labour Party.[9] Merseypride (2000), a collection of essays on the history of Liverpool, is considered to be a "valuable work...of a consistently high standard."[10] His Irish, Catholic and Scouse (2007) was noted to have made a "vital contribution to the historiography of the Irish in Britain."[11]
Other activities edit
Belchem worked on Liverpool's successful bid for UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2004.[12][13] In 2017,[14] he was appointed to the Liverpool mayor's task force, which assisted in efforts that ensured the city's status was not lost when under review by UNESCO in 2018.[15][16][17]
He was an adviser on Mike Leigh's 2018 film Peterloo.[18]
Selected works edit
- "Orator" Hunt: Henry Hunt and English Working-Class Radicalism. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 1985.
- Class, Party, and the Political System in Britain, 1867–1914. Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell. 1990.
- Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience, 1750–1900. Brookfield, VT: Gower Publishing. 1990.
- Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain. New York, NY: St. Martin's. 1996.
- Merseypride: Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism. Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press. 2000. ISBN 9780853237150.
- Irish, Catholic and Scouse: The History of the Liverpool-Irish, 1800-1939. Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press. 2007. ISBN 9781846311079.
- Before the Windrush: Race Relations in Twentieth-century Liverpool. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 2014. ISBN 9781846319679.
- John Belchem; Richard Price (2007). Diccionario Akal de Historia del siglo XIX (in Spanish). Translated by Isabel Bennasar Cabrera. ISBN 978-84-460-1848-3.
References edit
- ^ a b "John Belchem - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Waller, Philip (1 August 2015). "Before the Windrush: Race Relations in Twentieth-Century Liverpool, by John Belchem". The English Historical Review. 130 (545): 1050–1052. doi:10.1093/ehr/cev152. ISSN 0013-8266.
- ^ "Current Fellows and Members". RHS. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Obras de John Belchem". AKAL (in Spanish).
- ^ "Belchem, John (Charles) 1948– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ SSLH. "Society officers". Society for the Study of Labour History. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Sykes, Robert (1987). "Review of Orator Hunt, Henry Hunt and English Working-Class Radicalism". Social History. 12 (2): 253–256. ISSN 0307-1022. JSTOR 4285605.
- ^ Stevenson, John (1994). "Review of Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience, 1750-1900". The English Historical Review. 109 (431): 483–484. ISSN 0013-8266. JSTOR 574128.
- ^ Rule, John (1996). "Review of Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain". The Economic History Review. 49 (4): 840–841. doi:10.2307/2597989. ISSN 0013-0117. JSTOR 2597989.
- ^ Davies, Sam (2003). "Review of Merseypride: Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism". The English Historical Review. 118 (476): 539–541. doi:10.1093/ehr/118.476.539. ISSN 0013-8266. JSTOR 3490211.
- ^ Macpherson, D. A. J. (2008). "Review of Irish, Catholic and Scouse: The History of the Liverpool Irish, 1800-1939". The Economic History Review. 61 (4): 1011–1012. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00447_13.x. ISSN 0013-0117. JSTOR 40057675.
- ^ Belchem, John (15 February 2016). "Redevelopment and conservation have been polarised in Liverpool". Architects Journal. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ Wainwright, Oliver (1 July 2017). "'Final warning': Liverpool's Unesco status at risk over docks scheme". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool creates World Heritage taskforce". Liverpool Express. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool retains World Heritage status". BBC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "2018 State of Conservation Report by the State Party". UNESCO. 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "2019 State of Conservation Report by the State Party". UNESCO. 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Peterloo, Professor John Belchem, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Labour History Society". Nottinghamshire Local History Association. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
External links edit
- "Professor John Belchem biography" (PDF). Beyond Impacts – Lessons and legacies from researching Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture. University of Liverpool. 12 March 2010. p. 2.
