Julian Wright is Professor of History at

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. He was Head of Humanities from 2017 to 2022 and has been editor of French History and Secretary for Professional Engagement at the Royal Historical Society. He was previously a senior lecturer in history at the

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and earlier a Junior Research Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. He is a historian of modern culture, politics and ideas, and has worked in particular on ideas and experiences of time in modern Europe; on the social history of intellectuals and politicians in France; and on historiography. Between 2007 and 2022 he was Musical Director of The Durham Singers. He is the elder son of the theologian and former

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N. T. Wright

Bibliography

*''The Regionalist Movement in France, 1890-1914: Jean Charles-Brun and French Political Thought'' (Oxford University Press, 2003) *''Socialism and the Experience of Time: Idealism and the Present in Modern France'' (Oxford University Press, 2017)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Julian Academics of Durham University Historians of France British historians Academic journal editors Living people 1974 births