Dr Brian Young
Professor of Intellectual History
Christ Church
01865 (2)76156
British intellectual and religious history; the Victorians and the eighteenth century; Historiography
Featured Publication
Co-edited with Richard Whatmore, A Companion to Intellectual History (Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, 2016)

A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in–depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline. Forty newly–commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced.
- Presents an in–depth survey of recent research and practice of intellectual history
- Written in a clear and accessible manner, designed for an international audience
- Surveys the various methodologies that have arisen and the main historiographical debates that concern intellectual historians
- Pays special attention to contemporary controversies, providing readers with the most current overview of the field
- Demonstrates the ways in which intellectual historians have contributed to the history of science and medicine, literary studies, art history and the history of political thought
Research
- British intellectual history since 1660
- Art, literature, and music since 1660
- Religious thought since 1660
Teaching
Current DPhil Students
- Alvin Chen
- William Kelley
- Renzhi Li
I would be willing to hear from potential DPhil students regarding Intellectual and religious history.
I currently teach:
Prelims |
FHS |
Historiography | British History V and VI |
British History VI and VI | GH X |
Theories of the State | The Science of Society, 1650-1800 |
Revolution and Empire | Victorian Intellect and Culture |
Disciplines of History | |
English Architecture, 1660-1720 |
Publications
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Addison and the Victorians
January 2019|Chapter|Addison: Tercentenary Essays -
The Counter-Enlightenments of Thomas Carlyle
May 2018|Chapter|Thomas Carlyle and the Idea of Influence -
'Reading at Intervals': Britten's Romantic Poetry
May 2018|Chapter|Literary Britten: Words and Music in Benjamin Britten's Vocal Works -
A.G. MacDonell's 'England, their England'
January 2018|Chapter|Literature and Union Scottish Texts, British ContextsThis volume introduces the insights of the new British history into mainstream Scottish literary scholarship.
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