Alvin Jackson#
| Membership Number: | 3950 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/history/about/staff-profiles/profile_tab1_academic.php?uun=ajackso6&search=5 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Dean of Research and Depute Head of College, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- 2010 Head of School, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
- 2005 Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History, University of Edinburgh
- 1999 Professor of Modern Irish History, Queen’s University, Belfast
- 1996 John Burns Professor, Boston College, Massachusetts
- 1995 Reader in Modern History, Queen’s University of Belfast
- 1991 Lecturer, Department of Modern History, Queen’s University of Belfast
- 1990 College Lecturer, Combined Departments of History, University College Dublin
- 1988 Assistant Lecturer, Combined Departments of History, University College Dublin
Fields of Scholarship
- History of union states and union movements
- Modern history
- Modern British, Irish history
- Political history
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Honorary Membership, Royal Irish Academy
- 2014 Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
- 2008 British Academy Senior Research Fellowship
- 2000 British Academy Research Readership
- 1996 John Burns Visiting Professorship, Boston College, Mass., USA
- 1986 British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Modern History, Queen’s University of Belfast
