Richard Bourke, Curriculum Vitae
Education
Postgraduate
1987–1990 Cambridge University (King’s College)
Qualification: PhD
1986–1987 Oxford University (St. Catherine’s College)
Matriculation: October 1986 (Transferred to Cambridge, September 1987)
Undergraduate
1997–2001 University Of London (Birkbeck College)
Qualification: First Class Honours BA in Classics
1983–1986 University College, Dublin
Qualification: Double First Class Honours BA in Philosophy and English
School
1970–1983 St Killian’s Deutsche Schule, Dublin
Qualification: Leaving Certificate (Honours).
Languages
Greek (Ancient), Latin (Ancient and Early Modern), German, French.
Academic appointments
2005¬– : Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London.
1994 – : University Lecturer B, Queen Mary University of London.
1993–1994 : University Lecturer A, Queen Mary, University of London.
1990–1993: Temporary University Lecturer, University College, Dublin.
Professional affiliations
Member of the American Political Science Association (2005– )
Member of the British Political Studies Association (2002– )
Member of the Hellenic Society, London School of Advanced Study (1996– )
Member of the Institute of Historical Research (1994– )
University teaching experience
Postgraduate
Doctoral:
PhD Examiner; PhD Supervisor (Primary); PhD Supervisor (Secondary); PhD Up-Grade Assessor.
MA courses:
‘The Enlightenment Doctrine of the State’ (Hobbes to Humboldt): 1994– .
‘Intellectual and Cultural History MA Core Course’ (Burke to Weber): 1996–2003.
Undergraduate
Foundation courses:
‘Introduction to Intellectual History’: 2005– .
‘Reading, Theory, Interpretation (Tragedy, Marx, Nietzsche): 1999–2003.
‘Ideology and Culture in Historical Context’ (Marx, Arnold, Nietzsche): 1997–2002.
‘The History of Historiography and Criticism’ (Thucydides to Burckhardt): 1996.
Specialist courses:
‘Democracy’ (Ancient and Modern): 2006– .
‘The Enlightenment’ (Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant et al.): 2005– .
‘Society and Eloquence’ (Cicero to Adam Smith): 1994–2002.
‘Ireland and the Ideology of Empire’ (C16th¬–C19th): 1994–2000.
‘Republicanism and Liberty’ (Aristotle to Machiavelli): 1993–1996.
‘Plato’ (Special Author Subject): 1992.
‘Virtuous Republics’ (Renaissance Political Ideas): 1991–1993.
‘Reason and Revolution (Romantic Literature and Thought): 1991–1993.
Examining
External Examiner: BA in Cultural and Intellectual History, Sussex University (2004– )
External Examiner: MA in Intellectual History, Sussex University (2004– )
Research and scholarship
Publications
Books (published)
Peace in Ireland: The War of Ideas (Random House, Pimlico: 2003), xvi + 462 pp.
(Reviewed in The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Irish Times, Tribune, The Irish Post, The Hindu, Prospect Magazine, Fortnight Magazine, Contemporary Review, Political Quarterly, The Irish Review, Times Literary Supplement, Field Day Review, and Specialist Academic Journals).
Romantic Discourse and Political Modernity (Simon & Schuster, Harvester: 1993), vii + 353 pp.
(Reviewed in The Times Literary Supplement, The Times Higher Education Supplement, and Specialist Academic Journals).
Books (in preparation)
The Political Life of Edmund Burke: Empire to Revolution (Forthcoming: 2008).
Editor, with Raymond Geuss, and contributor, Political Judgement (Forthcoming: 2009).
Democracy: A History (Forthcoming: 2010).
Refereed academic articles
‘Xenophon and the Art of Ruling: Virtue, Knowledge and the Legacy of Socrates’ (Forthcoming: 2007).
‘Languages of Conflict and the Northern Ireland Troubles’ (Forthcoming: 2007).
‘Antigone and After: “Ethnic” Conflict in Historical Perspective’ (Forthcoming: 2006).
‘Edmund Burke and the Politics of Conflict’ (Forthcoming: 2006)
‘Imperialism and Democracy in Modern Ireland, 1898–2002’, Boundary 2: Special Issue on Irish Culture and Politics, Duke University Press (Spring 2004), pp. 93–118.
‘Edmund Burke and Enlightenment Sociability: Justice, Honour and the Principles of Government’, History of Political Thought, XXI, 4 (2000), pp. 632–655.
‘Liberty, Authority and Trust in Burke’s Idea of Empire’, Journal of the History of Ideas, Summer (2000), pp. 453–471.
‘Sovereignty, Opinion and Revolution in Edmund Burke’, History of European Ideas, 25 (1999), pp. 99–120.
Journalism and reviews
Reviews:
Eighteenth Century Studies, The European Legacy, Political Quarterly, Prospect Magazine, The Independent, Times Literary Supplement
Political comment and analysis:
Articles: Fortnight Magazine, The Irish Times, Financial Times, Prospect
Magazine
State Papers Coverage: The Irish Times
Radio: RTE (Ireland), BBC (UK)
Awards, scholarships, fellowships
2005 Sir Christopher Ewart Biggs Memorial Prize (Final Short-list).
2004 John Carter Brown Library Associates Fellowship, Brown University, USA
2004 Arts and Humanities Research Board Grant for ‘Empire and Revolution in the
Political Thought of Edmund Burke’ (Matching Sabbatical Leave).
2000 Institute of Historical Research History Prize (Final Short-list).
1993 Arts Faculty Research Grant (University College, Dublin).
1988 Research Studentship (King's College, Cambridge).
1987 Matthew Arnold Memorial Essay Competition (Oxford University).
1986 Peirce Malone Scholarship in Mental and Moral Science, Endowed Memorial
Scholarship by Written Examination in Philosophy (National University of Ireland).
1986 Exhibition Scholarship for results in Final Year Examinations (University College,
Dublin).
1985 Exhibition Scholarship for results in Second Year Examinations (University
College, Dublin).
1984 John F. Kennedy Memorial History Essay Competition (University College,
Dublin).
Recent lectures, conference participation, and papers
2005 ‘Burke, Empire and the Scottish Enlightenment’ (Conference on Empire,
Philosophy and Religion in the Enlightenment, Central European University,
Budapest).
2005 ‘The Northern Ireland Peace Process’ (Department of Political Science, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem).
2005 ‘Genealogies of Conflict’ (University of Notre Dame Keogh Centre Seminar,
Dublin).
2005 Discussant at Conference on Empire in Modern Political Thought (Princeton
University Rockefeller Study Centre, Bellagio, Italy).
2005 ‘Edmund Burke and the American Revolution’ (Sorbonne University, Paris IV,
France).
2004 ‘Edmund Burke, Dissent, and the Rights of Man’ (Political Theory Seminar,
School of Public Policy, UCL, UK).
2004 ‘Edmund Burke and the New Liberal Imperialism’, (School of Advanced
International Affairs, John Hopkins University, USA).
2004 ‘A “Science” of Politics? Virtue and Knowledge in Xenophon’s Oeconomicus’
(Brown University Classics Faculty Seminar, USA).
2004 ‘Burke, America, and the Vocation of Empire’ (John Carter Brown Library
Fellowship Seminar, Brown University, USA).
2004 ‘Majoritarianism and Democratic Theory’ (Mellon Foundation Conference,
UCLA Humanities Consortium, UCLA).
2004 ‘Conflict and Sociability in Enlightenment Political Thought’ (Program in
Civilisations, Cultures and Ideas, Bilkent University, Turkey).
2004 ‘Political Conflict in a Democratic Age’ (International History Seminar,
Cambridge University, UK).
2003 ‘Edmund Burke, Protestant Ascendancy and the Idea of Incorporating Union’
(Irish Studies Seminar, Senate House, London, UK).
2003 ‘The Languages of Conflict and the Northern Ireland Troubles’ (Irish Historical
Studies Seminar, Oxford University, UK).
2003 ‘Rousseau and the Government of Poland’ (Eleventh International Congress of
the Enlightenment, UCLA, USA).
2003 ‘Edmund Burke and Cosmopolitan Enthusiasm’ (Eleventh International Congress
of the Enlightenment, UCLA, USA).
2002 ‘Unanimity and Majority in Democratic Thought’ (History of Political Ideas
Seminar, Institute for Historical Research, London, UK).
2002 ‘Xenophon and the Art of Rule’ (AHRB Anatomy of Cultural Revolution Project,
Classics Faculty, Cambridge University, UK).
1999 ‘Unionism, Partition and Democracy: A. V. Dicey’ (University College,
Galway, Ireland).
1999 ‘Northern Ireland and the War of Ideas’ (History of Political Ideas Seminar,
Cambridge University, UK).
1998 ‘Religion and Political Conflict in Northern Ireland’ (School of International
Political Affairs, Columbia University, USA).
1997 ‘Edmund Burke and India’ (European Science Foundation Conference on the
History of Political Thought, Lisbon, Portugal).
Academic services
Referee for University Presses: Cambridge University Press
Referee for Academic Journals: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Irish Political Studies, Political Studies, Polity
Professional activities
Joint Coordinator for Burke Seminar, University College, Dublin (1992-1993)
Member of Coordinating Committee for History of Political Ideas Seminar, Institute of Historical Research (2003– ).
Academic administration
Undergraduate
Course Organiser: First Year Foundation Course (1999–2003)
Coordinator: Joint BA in English and History (1996–2003)
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor: English and History (1996–2003)
Postgraduate
Director of Graduate Studies (2005– )
MA Convenors’ Committee (1999–2003)
Graduate Studies Committee (1999–2003)
MA Chair of Examinations (1998–2003)
Convenor: MA in Intellectual and Cultural History (1996–2003)
MA Admissions Tutor (1996–2003)