Patrick Allitt

Patrick N. Allitt (born 1956) is a British historian and academic who serves as the Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University. He has written seven books on religious history, education, politics and environmental history, and has produced several lectures for The Great Courses.

Patrick N. Allitt
Born (1956-08-26) 26 August 1956
Mickleover, Derbyshire, England

Biography

Early life

Allitt was born in 1956 in Mickleover on the outskirts of Derby in Derbyshire. He studied at Hertford College, Oxford (1974–1977), then moved to America and gained a PhD in American history at University of California Berkeley (1986).

Career

He held the Arthur Blank Chair for Teaching Excellence at Emory University and was, for five years, director of Emory's Center for Teaching and Curriculum.[1] He is now the Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.[2][3]

His recent publications include contributions to The American Conservative, The Spectator (London), The National Interest and Modern Intellectual History. He is also the principal lecturer in seven of "The Great Courses" made by The Teaching Company of Chantilly, Virginia. He speaks in many parts of the United States and leads college-level teaching workshops. In the late 1980s he wrote a short history of American biographies of Jesus Christ.[4]

His scholarship has been widely reviewed in the leading history journals. Professor Lawrence Moore of Cornell University says "Any writer who has attempted to track a subject through a long stretch of time appreciates how difficult it is to balance the requirement of inclusiveness with a consistent elaboration of central themes. Patrick Allitt in his confident survey of American religion since World War II succeeds in this task far better than most and has produced a volume of immense value to university students, general readers, and scholars needing a reliable reference source."[5]

Bibliography
  • Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in America: 1950 – 1985 (Cornell University Press, 1993)[6]
  • Catholic Converts: British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome (Cornell University Press, 1997)[7][8]
  • Major Problems in American Religious History editor, (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
  • I'm the Teacher, You're the Student: A Semester in the University Classroom[9] (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004)[10][11]
  • Religion in America Since 1945: A History[12] (Columbia University Press, 2005)[13]
  • The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities in American History (Yale University Press, 2009).
  • A Climate of Crisis. America in the Age of Environmentalism[14] (New York: Penguin, 2014).

Audio and Video Lecture Series

Allitt has done a number of highly reviewed[15] lecture series for The Great Courses,[16] including:

  • "The Great Tours, England, Scotland and Wales-2018" (36 lectures)
  • "The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy" (24 lectures)
  • "History of the United States" (Second Edition) (last 36 in an 84 lecture course, in collaboration with Allen Guelzo and Gary Gallagher)
  • "The Art of Teaching: Best Practices From a Master Educator" (24 lectures)
  • "American Religious History" (24 lectures) [17]
  • "The Conservative Tradition" (36 lectures) [18]
  • "The Industrial Revolution" (36 lectures) [19]
  • "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" (36 lectures)
  • "Victorian Britain" (36 lectures) [20]
  • "American Identity" (48 lectures) [21]
  • ”America after the Cold War: The First 30 Years” (12 lectures)

References
  1. Toby, Jackson (2010). The lowering of higher education in America: why financial aid should be based on student performance. ABC-CLIO. p. 39. ISBN 9780313378997. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  2. See bio Archived 9 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Allitt, Patrick (1 July 2010). "'Truths' not so self-evident to Brit". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  4. "Seeking a clearer image of Christ, Emory prof pores over volumes". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 14 April 1990. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  5. Catholic Historical Review, July 2004, Vol. 90 Issue 3, pp 583–584
  6. Bjerre-Poulsen, Niels (2002). Right face: organizing the American conservative movement 1945–65. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 67. ISBN 9788772898094. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  7. "Romeward Bound: Among colorful converts some unlikely candidates". The Washington Times. 14 September 1997. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  8. Connor, Charles (2001). Classic Catholic converts. Ignatius Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780898707878. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  9. Allitt, Patrick. (2005). I'm the teacher, you're the student : a semester in the university classroom. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812238214. OCLC 54905602.
  10. Rosen, Christine (13 October 2004). ""I'm the Teacher, You're the Student" Inside the classroom". National Review. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  11. Caesar, Terry (3 February 2006). "Wanting and Not Wanting to Hit Each Other". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  12. Allitt, Patrick. (2003). Religion in America since 1945 : a history. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231121547. OCLC 52509592.
  13. "Religion in America Since 1945: A History". Church History. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  14. Allitt, Patrick (2014). A climate of crisis : America in the age of environmentalism. New York. ISBN 9781594204661. OCLC 852221839.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  15. "Search results for: 'Patrick allitt'". www.thegreatcourses.com. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  16. "The Great Courses".
  17. "American Religious History". English. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  18. "The Conservative Tradition". English. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  19. "The Industrial Revolution". English. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  20. "Victorian Britain". English. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  21. "American Identity". English. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

Further reading
  • Dolan, Jay P. "A view from the right: Catholic conservatives," Reviews in American History, Mar 95, Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp 165–69
  • Gelpi, Albert. "The Catholic Presence in American Culture," American Literary History, Spring 1999, Vol. 11 Issue 1, pp 196–212
  • Riccio, Barry D. "Patrick Allitt's 'Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in America: 1950–1985," Cithara May 1995, Vol. 34 Issue 2, pp 37–41,
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