Biography
Having received his doctorate from the University of Oxford, Jeremy taught at the University of Swansea (1979-1995), the University of Birmingham (1995-2005), and Queen Mary University of London (2005-2013). He served as Head of Department in Birmingham and at Queen Mary, was Vincent Wright Professor at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques in Paris in 2006 and was also a visiting fellow at the University of Columbia Research Centre in Paris. Jeremy holds a visiting professorship with the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques.
Research
Jeremy's research focuses upon the history of political thought in France. He is presently finishing a book provisionally entitled Travels with Tocqueville and is acting as co-editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of French Thought. A larger, long-term project is to write a history of the concept of liberty.
Teaching
Jeremy teaches the undergraduate module on Liberalism.
Jeremy's teaching has largely fallen within the area of the history of political thought from the Renaissance onwards. Recently he has has taught options on liberalism, twentieth-century political thought and the history of economic thought.
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Jennings, J., 2019, French Thought. Moriarty, M. & Jennings, J. (eds.). p. 281-290 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Jennings, J., 2019, French Thought. Moriarty, M. & Jennings, J. (eds.). p. 291-300 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Jennings, J. (ed.) & Moriarty, M. (ed.), 2019, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 570 p. Research output: Book/Report - Book
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Jennings, J., 2019, The Cambridge History of French Thought. Jennings, J. & M. M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 498-505 8 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Jennings, J., 2018, Nation, state and Empire: Perspectives from the Engelsberg seminar 2017. Stockholm: Axel and Margaet Ax:son Johnson Foundation, p. 117-24 7 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Jennings, J., 2017, Liberal Moments: Reading Liberal Texts. Atanassow, E. & Kahan, A. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 28-34 7 p. 3. (Textual Moments in the History of Political Thought). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Jennings, J., 2017, The Reception of Edmund Burke in Europe. Fitzgerald, M. & Jones, P. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 91-104 14 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter
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Jennings, J., 2016, Engaging with Rousseau: Reaction and interpretation from the Eighteenth Century to the present . Lifschitz, A. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 56-73 17 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316536582.005
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Jennings, J., 1 Jan 2015, The Cambridge Companion to Liberalism. Cambridge University Press, p. 42-58 17 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139942478.004
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Jennings, J., 2014, Tocqueville's Voyages: The Evolution of his Ideas and their Journey beyond his Time. Dunn Henderson, C. (ed.). Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, p. 79-110 31 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter