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Frederick Charles Inglis (born 17 May 1937) is Emeritus Professor of
Cultural Studies Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...
at the
University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Pu ...
in the UK. Previously Professor of Cultural Studies at the
University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...
, he has been a member of the School of Social Science at the
Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholar ...
, Princeton, Fellow-in-Residence at the
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is an independent research institute in the field of the humanities and social and behavioural sciences founded in 1970. The instit ...
, and Visiting Fellow Humanities Research Centre,
Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
, Canberra. He was born in
Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...
, County Durham, and was educated at the fee-paying
Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school has been governed by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City ...
in Northamptonshire. He graduated from
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of th ...
in 1960 with a degree in English Literature, before studying for his MPhil at
Southampton University , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...
while employed there as a government research fellow. His two doctorates (PhD, DSc) were awarded by the
University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...
on the basis of published work. Inglis has frequently written for ''The Nation'', the ''
New Statesman The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members ...
'' and ''
The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...
'' and contributes regularly to
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Radio. He is a member of the
Fabian Society The Fabian Society is a British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy and democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow. The Fa ...
and has stood as a Labour Party candidate for the UK Parliament on four occasions. In
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and
February 1974 The following events occurred in February 1974: February 1, 1974 (Friday) *Joelma fire, A fire killed 177 people and injured 293 others in the 23-story Joelma Building at São Paulo in Brazil. Another 11 later died of their injuries. The bl ...
he fought West Derbyshire, going on to contest
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in October 1974 and
Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...
in
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
, but he was beaten by the
Conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...
on each occasion.


Principal publications

* ''History Man: the Life of R. G. Collingwood'', Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. * ''A Short History of Celebrity'', Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. * ''Culture: key concepts in the social sciences'', Cambridge and Cambridge MA: Polity Press, 198 pp. 2004. * ''People's Witness: the journalist in modern politics'', London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002, 416pp. * ''The Delicious History of the Holiday'', London and New York: Routledge, 2000, 206pp + 23 illustrations. * ''Clifford Geertz: culture, custom and ethics'', Cambridge and Cambridge MA: Polity Press, 2000, 206pp. * ''Raymond Williams: the life'', London and New York: Routledge, 1995, xx + 332pp. * ''Cultural Studies'', Oxford and Cambridge MA: Basil Blackwell, 1993, 270pp. * ''The Cruel Peace: everyday life and the Cold War'', New York: Basic Books, 1991, xx + 402pp, London: Aurum Books, 1992. * ''Media Theory'', Oxford and Cambridge: Basil Blackwell, 1990, 214pp + tables (translated into Japanese and Portuguese 1993; into Croatian 1997; into Finnish 1998). * ''Radical Earnestness: English social theory 1880-1980'', Oxford and Cambridge MA: Martin Robertson with Basil Blackwell, 1982, 253pp.


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External links

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'Celebrity Gods'
review of ''A Short History of Celebrity'' in ''
The Oxonian Review ''The Oxonian Review'' is a literary magazine produced by postgraduate students at the University of Oxford. Every fortnight during term time, an online edition is published featuring reviews and essays on current affairs and literature. It is t ...
'' 1937 births Living people British social scientists Academics of the University of Sheffield Alumni of the University of Southampton Academics of the University of Warwick Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates {{UK-academic-bio-stub