Peter Mathias - Curriculum vitae#


Official British Honour
  • Commander of the British Empire (CBE)

Academic Honours
  • 1984 Doctor of Letters, Oxford
  • 1987 Doctor of Letters, Cambridge
  • 1987 Honorary Fellowship, Jesus College, Cambridge
  • 1995 Honorary Fellowship, Downing College, Cambridge
  • Honorary Degrees: University of Buckingham (1985), Birmingham (1988), Hull (1992), Warwick (1995), De Montfort (1995), East Anglia (1999), Kansai, Japan (2006)
  • Honorary Doctorate: Russian Academy of Sciences (2003), Keio, Japan (2008)
  • 1977 Fellow, The British Academy
  • 1982 Foreign Member, Royal Danish Academy
  • 1988 Foreign Member, royal Belgian Academy
  • 1972 Fellow, Royal Historical Society
  • 1989 Member, Academia Europaea
  • Honorary President, International Economic History Association (President 1974-1978)
  • Vice-President, Economic History Society (President 1989-92)
  • Business Archives Council (Chairman 1968-72, President 1984-95)
  • 1979-1989 Honorary Treasurer, British Academy
  • 1987-1999 Vice-President, International Economic History Institute, ‘Datini’, Prato, Italy

Academic Career
  • 1948-55 Undergraduate and Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge
  • 1955-68 Fellow, Tutor, Director of Studies in History, Queen’s College, Cambridge, University Lecturer in History
  • 1968-87 Chichele Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
  • 1987-95 Master of Downing College, Oxford

Other main positions held
  • 1965-1966 Senior Proctor, Cambridge University
  • 1972-1987 Curator, Bodleian Library, Oxford
  • 1994-2000 Chairman, National Advisory Council, British Library
  • 1992-1998 Member of Beirat, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin
  • 2000- present Chairman, Advisory Board, Central European University Press, Budapest

Links with Japan
  • Many academic visits to Japan and links with Japanese economic historians since 1967
  • 1983-5 Research supervisor to H.I.H. Prince Naruhito, now Crown Prince of Japan, at Oxford, and since then adviser for his research
  • 1987-95 Close links with Keio University through being Master of Downing College, Cambridge
  • 1994- Trustee of Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation (Chairman 1997-2005, President 2005-)
  • 2003 Awarded Grand Cordon, Oder of the Rising Sun with Gold Rays (Imperial Japanese decoration)
  • 2006 – 2008 International Adviser to the President, Keio University
  • 2006 Visiting Professor, Kansai University, and Honorary Doctorate
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