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Paul Corthorn studied at the universities of Cambridge and Durham. Before coming to Queen’s in 2006, he held lectureships at Anglia Ruskin, Liverpool and Oxford universities. He is joint editor of the Labour History Review and an Associate of the Cold War Studies Programme at the London School of Economics. In 2009 he won a QUB ‘Rising Stars’ Teaching Award. In 2012 he was a By-Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge. In 2015 he organised an international conference at Queen's on 'Socialism and the Cold War in Western Europe'.
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Research Statement
Paul Corthorn's research is concerned with twentieth-century British history, especially its international dimensions. He has worked extensively on the political Left and on various aspects of the Cold War in Britain. He is writing a book that thematically examines the politics and ideas of the Conservative and Ulster Unionist MP, Enoch Powell, to be published by Oxford University Press. He was Co-Investigator of the Leverhulme-funded project 'The Politics of Consumer Credit in the UK, 1938-1992', directed by Professor Sean O'Connell.
Teaching
Dr Paul Corthorn teaches on the following programmes / modules:
Undergraduate
| HIS2019 | The Making of Modern Britain |
| HIS2018 | The Making of Contemporary Britain |
| HIS3042 | Britain and the Cold War |
Postgraduate
| MHY7035 | Historiography |
| MHY7079 | Topics in British History |
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Projects 2008 2011
- 2 Active
R2806HIS: The politics of consumer credit in the UK, 1938-1992
01/08/2011 → 17/12/2019
Project: Research
R1962HIS: Cold war politics in Britain and the memory of the Spanish Civil War
01/08/2008 → 17/12/2019
Project: Research
Research Output 2002 2019
Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain
Corthorn, P., 01 Aug 2019, (Accepted) Oxford: Oxford University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Enoch Powell, Julian Amery and Debates over Britain's World Role after 1945
Corthorn, P., 13 May 2019, The Lives and Afterlives of Enoch Powell: The Undying Political Animal. Esteves, O. & Porion, S. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 113-125 13 p. (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
The Politics of Consumer Credit in the UK, 1938-1992
Corthorn, P. & O'Connell, S., 13 Sep 2018, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 253 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Citations
(Scopus)
Cold War Politics in Britain and the Contested Legacy of the Spanish Civil War
Corthorn, P., Oct 2014, In : European History Quarterly. 44, 4, p. 678-702 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Spanish Civil War
cold war
civil war
USSR
Eurocommunism
'Enoch Powell and the Cold War'
Corthorn, P., 29 Aug 2013Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
Prizes
Awarded By-Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, Easter Term 2012
Paul Corthorn (Recipient), Apr 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Co-Investigator (with 50% ownership) of Leverhulme Trust project 'The Politics of Consumer Credit in the UK, 1938-1992'
Paul Corthorn (Recipient), Mar 2012
Prize: Other distinction
Election to Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society
Paul Corthorn (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Election to learned society
Principal Investigator of British Academy project 'Cold War Politics in Britain and the Memory of the Spanish Civil War'
Paul Corthorn (Recipient), Jul 2008
Prize: Other distinction
Activities 2001 2019
Paper at the British Scholar 'Britain and the World' conference in Kansas City, Missouri (USA)
Paul Corthorn (Speaker)11 Apr 2019 → 13 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Public Lecture at the Université François Rabelais, Tours
Paul Corthorn (Invited speaker)12 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Public Lecture to the NUI Galway History Society (An Cumann Staire)
Paul Corthorn (Invited speaker)20 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
External Examiner for University of Essex PGT programme in History
Paul Corthorn (Examiner)01 May 2018 → 31 Dec 2021
Activity: Examination types › PGT external examination
External Examiner for Newcastle University PhD
Paul Corthorn (Examiner)06 Feb 2018
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Press / Media
30-minute interview on NVTV's 'History Now' about Enoch Powell
21/01/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Podcast for the digital archive of the Woodrow Wilson Center (USA) on Britain and the 1980 Moscow Olympics
07/06/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities