Welcome to the website of Holger Hoock.
Holger Hoock is a historian of Britain and the British Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Please browse this website to find out more about his biography, books, and research.
There are also links to his consultancy practice, including museums and galleries.
Holger Hoock (b. 1972) grew up near Heidelberg in Germany. He studied History, Political Science, and Law at the Universities of Freiburg and Cambridge, and holds a Doctorate in Modern History from Oxford (2001). He has taught at the Universities of Cambridge and Liverpool, where he also was the Founding Director of the Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre. Since 2010 he has been serving as the Carroll J. Amundson Professor of British History at the University of Pittsburgh. Read more…
Research Statement
I am a historian of Britain and the British Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with comparative European, Atlantic, and interdisciplinary interests. Over the past decade, I have explored several areas central to British and European history and the wider humanities, mostly in the period c.1750-1850. Read more…
As of fall 2011, I am teaching at the University of Pittsburgh. My initial courses will include writing seminars for majors -
Massacres: The Culture of War and Culture Wars in Colonial and Revolutionary America (Fall 2011)
Polite Society and Culture in Eighteenth-Century England (Spring 2012)
Graduate teaching and supervision
Spring 2012: “Empires in World History” (Core Course)
Fall 2012: “European Readings, c.1500-1850″
I am always happy to hear from prospective GRADUATE students with interests in British and British imperial history, especially in the period c.1700-1850.
I have (co-)developed several websites with study resources, including Eighteenth-Century Worlds.
See also the resources under Empires of the Imagination on this site.
I have served on the Editorial Board of The Public Historian, the journal of the US National Council on Public History, published by University of California Press and guest-edited a special issue (Aug. 2010) showcasing current professional practice in this developing field in the United Kingdom. In 2008, during Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture, we hosted a major international Public History Conference (2008): University of Liverpool, Institute of Historical Research, London, and National Museums Liverpool
See also the page on Consultancy.
Related Links:
History & Policy (UK)
National Council on Public History (USA)
In my consultancy practice—
As of August 2011, I live and work in Pittsburgh, PA … check back for updates …
Nov. 2011: The new interdisciplinary initiative, “Eighteenth-Century Studies at Pitt” is now up and running.
Represented by:
Susan Rabiner
Susan Rabiner Literary Agency
315 West 39th Street, Suite 1501
New York, N.Y. 10018
(Voice) 914-714-5730
http://www.rabinerlit.com
You can also e-mail Holger Hoock: hoock[at]pitt.edu
