Glen O'Hara
Glen O'Hara (born 1974) is an academic historian, who also writes on politics for a number of publications in the United Kingdom. He is professor of modern and contemporary history at Oxford Brookes University.
Career[]
O'Hara completed an undergraduate degree in history at Oxford University between 1993-1996, before completing a M.Sc. in Economic and Social History in 1996-1997, during which time he won the Eubule Thelwall Prize for history and the Gladstone Prize for history and politics.[1] Following graduation he briefly worked as a schoolteacher. From 1999 he studied for a PhD in history at University College London under the supervision of Professor Kathleen Burk; he graduated in 2002. In 2001 he was appointed lecturer in economic history at the University of Bristol, where he spent a year before moving to New College, Oxford as lecturer in modern history. In 2005 he moved to become a lecturer at Oxford Brookes, and was promoted to senior lecturer a year later. He became reader in the history of public policy in 2010 and professor of modern and contemporary history in 2013.[2]
Political work[]
O'Hara writes on the subject of contemporary politics in the United Kingdom for The Guardian, The Independent, The New European and GQ magazine.[3][4][5][6]
In 2019 he was an advisor to the short lived centrist political party Change UK.[7] In a paper titled: 'What next for the Independent Group? Here’s a winning manifesto', O'Hara argued for limited cuts to local government and more devolution coupled with greater focus on cooperative systems for managing public services, rather than full nationalisation. Alongside a 'Third Way' politics in the tradition of New Labour, O'Hara favoured a pro-EU position and the return of full living grants for poorer students to pursue academic study.[8] The party was dissolved later that year after it failed to win seats in local elections, the 2019 United Kingdom general election or the 2019 EU Parliament elections.
Books[]
- The Politics of Water in Post-War Britain (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2017).[9]
- Governing Post-War Britain: The Paradoxes of Progress (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2012).[10]
- Britain and the Sea since 1600 (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2010).[11]
- Statistics and the Public Sphere: Numbers and the People in Modern Britain, c. 1800—2000 (edited with Tom Crook, London and New York: Routledge, 2011)[12]
- From Dreams to Disillusionment: Economic and Social Planning in 1960s Britain (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2007)[13]
References[]
- ^ "Oxford Brookes University: Glen O'Hara". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Glen O'hara Profile". Linkedin. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Glen O'hara Profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Glen O'hara Profile". The Independent. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Glen O'hara Profile". The New European. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Glen O'hara Profile". GQ. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Glen O'hara Profile". Twitter. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "What next for the Independent Group? Here's a winning manifesto". The Guardian. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Review of The Politics of Water in Post-War Britain:
- Osborn, Matthew (January 2020). Environmental History. 25 (1): 169–170. doi:10.1093/envhis/emz067.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- ^ Reviews of Governing Post-War Britain:
- Catterall, P. (October 2012). Twentieth Century British History. 24 (4): 669–671. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hws025.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Doherty, Rob (September 2013). Contemporary British History. 27 (3): 382–384. doi:10.1080/13619462.2013.823701. S2CID 143275314.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Harrison, Brian (December 2013). The American Historical Review. 118 (5): 1604–1605. doi:10.1093/ahr/118.5.1604. JSTOR 23784720.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Pemberton, Hugh (April 2014). History. 99 (335): 373–374. doi:10.1111/1468-229X.12057_40. JSTOR 24429979.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Shaffer, Ryan (April 2013). European Review of History. 20 (2): 335–337. doi:10.1080/13507486.2013.773743. S2CID 144185382.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Tomlinson, Jim (October 2013). Journal of British Studies. 52 (4): 1105–1106. doi:10.1017/jbr.2013.165. JSTOR 24700930.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- ^ Reviews of Britain and the Sea since 1600:
- Baugh, Daniel (October 2011). Journal of British Studies. 50 (4): 1027–1028. doi:10.1086/661014. JSTOR 23265583. S2CID 162882381.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Doe, Helen (November 2011). The Economic History Review. 64 (4): 1383–1384. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2011.00611_2.x. JSTOR 41262535.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Lambert, Andrew (February 2011). The English Historical Review. 126 (518): 169–170. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceq399. JSTOR 41238595.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- ^ Reviews of Statistics and the Public Sphere:
- Alborn, Timothy (Winter 2014). Victorian Studies. 56 (2): 297–300. doi:10.2979/victorianstudies.56.2.297. JSTOR 10.2979/victorianstudies.56.2.297. S2CID 143286242.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Beckett, Guy (March 2015). Britain and the World. 8 (1): 119–121. doi:10.3366/brw.2015.0171.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Frohman, Larry (August 2012). Social History. 37 (3): 351–355. doi:10.1080/03071022.2012.696834. JSTOR 41639149. S2CID 143375801.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Levitan, Kathrin (April 2013). Journal of British Studies. 52 (2): 534–535. doi:10.1017/jbr.2013.30. JSTOR 41999327. S2CID 163295452.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Mayer, J. F. (October 2014). The English Historical Review. 129 (540): 1228–1231. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceu262. JSTOR 24474649.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Middleton, Roger (November 2011). Business History. 53 (7): 1181–1183. doi:10.1080/00076791.2011.615648. S2CID 154883472.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Szreter, Simon (August 2012). The Economic History Review. 65 (3): 1174–1176. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2011.00644_5.x. JSTOR 23271571.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- ^ Reviews of From Dreams to Disillusionment:
- Ritschel, D. (July 2007). Twentieth Century British History. 19 (1): 125–127. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwm025.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Rollings, Neil (May 2008). The Economic History Review. New Series. 61 (2): 517–518. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00432_18.x. JSTOR 40057533.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Toye, Richard (February 2008). The English Historical Review. 123 (500): 268–270. doi:10.1093/ehr/cem430. JSTOR 20108448.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- British historians
- Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
- Alumni of University College London
- Academics of Oxford Brookes University