Joseph Bergin - Curriculum Vitae#
Academic qualifications
- B.A. History, 1st Class Honours, ranked in first place (University College, Dublin, 1970)
- M.A. Renaissance History, 1st class Honours ‘with distinction’ and Council of Europe Ph.D scholarship (University College, Dublin, 1972).
- Ph.D (Cambridge, 1977)
- D.Litt (Manchester, 2004 – for ‘a substantial, sustained and original contribution to knowledge or scholarship’ – only awarded twice since 1947)
Employment history
- 2011 Emeritus Professor
- 1996–2011 Professor of History, University of Manchester
- 1992-96 Reader in History, University of Manchester.
- 1988-92 Senior Lecturer in History, University of Manchester.
- 1978-88 Lecturer in History, University of Manchester.
- 1976-78 Lecturer in History, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland
Visiting appointments
- i. Professeur associé at:
- University of Lyon-II (1991-92)
- University of Lyon-II (1991-92)
- ii. Professeur invité at:
- University of Paris-I Sorbonne (2005-06)
- University of Montpellier-III (2004-05)
- University of Nancy-II (1998-99)
- École nationale des Chartes (Paris) (1995-96)
- University of Paris-I Sorbonne (2005-06)
- iii. Directeur d’Études associé at:
- ÉHESS, Paris (1991-92)
Membership of academic/professional bodies
- Royal Historical Society (Fellow since 1988)
- Société d’Histoire Religieuse de la France
- Société pour l’Étude du XVIIe Siècle
- Society for the Study of French History (UK)
- French Historical Studies Society (USA)
Fellowships held
- Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2006-07)
- Leverhulme Trust, Major Research Fellow (2000-2003)
- University of Manchester, Research Fellowship (1993-94)
Distinctions, awards
- Prix Richelieu, Rueil-Malmaison, France, 1995
- Fellow, Royal Historical Society, 1988
- Fellow of the British Academy, 1996
- Médaille des Antiquités de France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, January 2010.
- Officier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, August 2010.
- Médaille Richelieu, Sorbonne-Paris-I, December 2010 - first-ever recipient of a new award designed to honour scholars whose life-work embodies the values of the Sorbonne.
- Correspondant of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Institut de France, Paris)