Peter Burke (historian)

Ulick Peter Burke (born August 16, 1937 in Stanmore, England) is a British historian and professor.[1] He was born to a Roman Catholic father and Jewish mother (who later converted to Roman Catholicism).

Peter Burke
Professor Peter Burke in 2009
Born	Ulick Peter Burke 16 August 1937 (age 83–84) Stanmore, England
Education	St John's College, Oxford St Antony's College, Oxford
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Spouse(s)	Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke
Scientific career
Fields	History

From 1962 to 1979, he was a member of the School of European Studies at University of Sussex, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Burke is celebrated as a historian not only of the early modern era, but one who emphasizes the relevance of social and cultural history to modern issues. He is married to the Brazilian historian Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke who is the author of two books (in one of which she collaborated with her husband).

He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College, Oxford.[2]

From 1962 to 1979 he was part of the School of European Studies at the University of Sussex, and then went on to the University of Cambridge, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Cultural History, and a Fellow of Emmanuel College.

Burke is not only known for his work on the Modern Age but also for his research on cultural history across its entire spectrum. As a polyglot, he has managed on the one hand to incorporate information from a good part of Europe and has also achieved good diffusion of his books. They have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 1998, he was awarded the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy,[3] and is an honorary doctorate from the Universities of Lund, Copenhagen and Bucharest.