Biography
Research and scholarship
Teaching
In general, I teach on all aspects of Modern European Teaching. Modules vary, but I have taught:
- HIS10034 - Histories of the Extraordinary and Everyday
- HIS10029 – Modern History.
- HIS20067 – Sources and Debates.
- HIS20075 – Right-Wing Movements in Interwar Europe.
- HIS20078 – Power in the Modern World.
- HIS20091 - Natural Cultures: Humans and their Environments Since c. 1700.
- HIS30103 – Dissertation for History.
- HIS30118 – Urban Lives in Modern Europe, 1890-1914.
- HIS30119 – Urban Lives in Modern Europe, 1918-1939.
I also teach modules and seminars at MA and MRes levels.
Recipient of the 'Sport in History Article Prize 2014' for Partnership or Co-operation? (see below).
Recipient of the 'European Society for Environmental History Article Prize 2013' for The Construction of an Alpine Landscape (see below).
Book: Modern Natures: Mountain Leisure and Urban Culture in fin-de-siècle England and Germany (Palgrave MacMillan, Forthcoming 2017).
Ben Anderson, Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).
Selected Publications
- 2020.
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Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. (9 vols.). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi> link> full text>2020.
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Beyond the Nation. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Conclusion. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Constructing the Alps. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
Full Publications Listshow
Books
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Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. (9 vols.). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi> link> full text>2020.
Journal Articles
- 2020.
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Alpine Agency: Locals, Mountaineers and Tourism in the Eastern Alps, c. 1860-1914. Rural History: economy, society, culture, 61-78, vol. 27(1). doi> link> full text>2016.
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Partnership or Co-operation? Family, Politics and Strenuousness in the pre-First World War Co-operative Holidays Association. Sport in History, 260-281, vol. 33(3). doi>2013.
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The construction of an alpine landscape: building, representing and affecting the Eastern Alps, c. 1885-1914. Journal of Cultural Geography, 155-183, vol. 29(2). doi>2012.
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A liberal countryside? The Manchester Ramblers' Federation and the "social readjustment" of urban citizens, 1929-1936. Urban History, 84-102, vol. 38(1). doi>2011.
Chapters
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Beyond the Nation. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Conclusion. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Constructing the Alps. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Introduction. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Mountaineers Against the City. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Mountaineers in the City. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Risk and Danger. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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The Indoors in the Outdoors. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
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Time. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi>2020.
Other
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Book Review: The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment by P.H.Hansen. doi>2014.
School of Humanities
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Dr Nick Seager
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