Charles Read (historian)
Charles Read | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, England |
| Occupations | Historian and academic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economic history |
| Institutions | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Peterhouse, Cambridge Regent's Park College, Oxford |
Charles Read is a British economic historian who teaches at the University of Oxford.[1] He has written three books and used to write and edit for The Economist.
Early life and education
Read was born in London and is of English, Welsh, Armenian and Ethiopian ancestry.[2][3] He completed his BA, MPhil and PhD degrees at Christ's College, Cambridge with a focus on economic history, with his doctoral research garnering four academic prizes.[4][5]
Career
Read was a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he taught economics and history and served as the founding director of its bridging course (an introduction to university life aimed at widening participation), "the first of its kind in Cambridge".[6] He also served as Junior Proctor of the university for the 2023/24 academic year.[7]
In 2024, Read transferred to Oxford University where he is currently the Senior Tutor and a Tutorial Fellow in History and Economics at Regent's Park College, Oxford. He is also a Bye-Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge.[8] He is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[9] Read previously wrote and edited for The Economist.[10]
Works
Read has written three books:
- The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's Financial Crisis (2022), which challenges the idea that the severity of the Irish famine was the result of British colonialism and laissez-faire ideas.[11]
- Calming the Storms: the Carry Trade, the Banking School and British Financial Crises since 1825 (2023) discusses British financial crises over the past two hundred years, focusing on carry trade and monetary policy.[12] A review of the book in the weekly Cambridge Independent newspaper stated that the book stake a claim for Read to be 'Cambridge's avatar economist for the 21st century'.[13]
- The Financial Crisis of 1847 and the British Empire (forthcoming), under contract with British Academy Monographs.[14]
References
- ^ "Dr. Charles Read, Senior Tutor, Tutorial Fellow in History, Director of Studies in History & Organising Tutor in Economics". Regent's Park College, University of Oxford. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ^ "Podcast | Charles Read, "The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's…". New Books Network.
- ^ "Cambridge author exhumes Irish Famine and details a financial crisis still relevant today". Cambridge Independent. 2022-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Dr Charles Read". Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge. 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ "Corpus Fellow Dr Charles Read wins the WEHC 2018 19th century dissertation prize".
- ^ "Corpus Bridging Programme". Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Dr Charles Read". Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Charles Read". Peterhouse University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Dr Charles Read elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society". Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Charles Read, economic historian and journalist". Charles Read, economic historian and journalist.
- ^ Reviews of The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's Financial Crisis:
- Gaunt, Richard A. (December 2024). The Journal of Modern History. 96 (4): 961–962. doi:10.1086/732726.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Malcolm, Elizabeth (September 2023). Victorian Studies. 66 (1). Indiana University Press: 138–140. doi:10.2979/vic.00102.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Markus, M.H. (April 2023). "Review". Choice. 60 (8).
- Middleton, Alex (May 2024). Irish Historical Studies. 48 (173): 194–195. doi:10.1017/ihs.2024.9.
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- Gaunt, Richard A. (December 2024). The Journal of Modern History. 96 (4): 961–962. doi:10.1086/732726.
- ^ Read, Charles (2023). "Calming the Storms". Palgrave Studies in Economic History. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-11914-9. ISBN 978-3-031-11913-2. ISSN 2662-6497.
- ^ "Charles Read's second book offers a glimpse of greatness – if we can learn from the past". Cambridge Independent. 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Dr. Charles Read, Senior Tutor, Tutorial Fellow in History, Director of Studies in History & Organising Tutor in Economics". Regent's Park College, University of Oxford. Retrieved March 20, 2025.