Biography
Professor Patrick Wright joined King’s in September 2011, having previously been Professor of Modern Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University and, from 2004, a fellow of the London Consortium. Before 2000, Professor Wright lived for many years as a self-employed writer. While researching and writing books, he also worked as a journalist (including a five-year spell as a feature writer with the Guardian), and as a broadcaster, writing and presenting radio and television documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four. These included a four-part television history of the Thames (“The River”, BBC2, 1999). Patrick also presented BBC Radio Three’s Arts programme “Night Waves” over a period of approximately five years.
Patrick has written about the changing concept of heritage, the idea of China as it has featured in the British imagination, the literary origins and symbolic powers of the tank, and the development of the “Iron Curtain” as a divisive political metaphor that actually started out in the theatre. His latest book, The Sea View Has Me Again: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (December 2020) was researched during his six years at King’s and written in the wake of the Brexit referendum of 2016.
Selected publications
The Sea View Has Me Again: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness Wright P. 2020, London: Repeater Books, 733 p.
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Wright, P. S., 30 May 2017, European Union and Disunion: Reflections on European Identity. Amin, A. & Lewis, P. (eds.). London: British Academy, p. 64-72 9 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Wright, P. S., 17 Apr 2015 Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Daniels, S., Keiller, P., Massey, D. & Wright, P., May 2012, In: Tate Papers. 17 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wright, P. & King, N., 2010, In: Cultural Studies Review. 16, 2, p. 290-313 23 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wright, P. & Davies, J., 2010, In: Memory Studies. 3, p. 196-203 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/1750698010364811
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Wright, P., 2010, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 591 p. Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Wright, P., 2009, A Journey Through Ruins: The Last Days of London. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. ix-xix 10 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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Wright, P., 2009, On Living in an Old Country: The National Past in Contemporary Britain. Updated edition ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Vol. N/A. p. ix-xxv 16 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Wright, P., 2008, Journey Through a Small Planet. Wright, P. & Litvinoff, E. (eds.). New edition ed. London: Penguin Books, Vol. N/A. p. xi-xlviii 38 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Wright, P., 2008, Race, Identity and Belonging. S, D. & J, R. (eds.). London: Lawrence & Wishart, p. 60-71 11 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter