James Vernon

Research Bio

James Vernon's work focuses on the cultural, social, political and economic history of Britain and its imperial world from 1750 to the present.  He also has broad comparative and theoretical interests in questions about the nature of modernity, liberalism, capitalism, imperialism, decolonization, state formation, welfare regimes, and neoliberalism. 

Research Expertise and Interest

Britain, its Empire and World, 1750 to present

In the News

Five Berkeleyans among 2019 Guggenheim winners

Five UC Berkeley professors are among this year’s 168 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellows. The prestigious fellowships recognize scholars with impressive achievements who also show promise in fields ranging from the natural sciences to the creative arts.

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April 17, 2019

Guggenheim Foundation Names 2019 Fellows

Art Forum
Five Berkeley professors have won John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowships this year. The honor recognizes highly accomplished scholars who show exceptional promise in the creative arts and humanities. The Berkeley honorees are associate history professor Brian DeLay for U.S. history; history professor James Vernon for European and Latin American history; art history professor Julia Bryan-Wilson for fine arts research; English and journalism professor Mark Danner for general nonfiction; and literature, rhetoric and classics professor James Porter for classics. For more on this, see our story at Berkeley News. Another story on this topic appeared in Art & Education.
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