!!Peter Mathias - Curriculum vitae \\ __Official British Honour__ \\ *Commander of the British Empire (CBE) \\ __Academic Honours__ \\ *1984 Doctor of Letters, Oxford *1987 Doctor of Letters, Cambridge *1987 Honorary Fellowship, Jesus College, Cambridge *1995 Honorary Fellowship, Downing College, Cambridge *Honorary Degrees: University of Buckingham (1985), Birmingham (1988), Hull (1992), Warwick (1995), De Montfort (1995), East Anglia (1999), Kansai, Japan (2006) *Honorary Doctorate: Russian Academy of Sciences (2003), Keio, Japan (2008) *1977 Fellow, The British Academy *1982 Foreign Member, Royal Danish Academy *1988 Foreign Member, royal Belgian Academy *1972 Fellow, Royal Historical Society *1989 Member, Academia Europaea *Honorary President, International Economic History Association (President 1974-1978) *Vice-President, Economic History Society (President 1989-92) *Business Archives Council (Chairman 1968-72, President 1984-95) *1979-1989 Honorary Treasurer, British Academy *1987-1999 Vice-President, International Economic History Institute, ‘Datini’, Prato, Italy \\ __Academic Career__ \\ *1948-55 Undergraduate and Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge *1955-68 Fellow, Tutor, Director of Studies in History, Queen’s College, Cambridge, University Lecturer in History *1968-87 Chichele Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford *1987-95 Master of Downing College, Oxford \\ __Other main positions held__ \\ *1965-1966 Senior Proctor, Cambridge University *1972-1987 Curator, Bodleian Library, Oxford *1994-2000 Chairman, National Advisory Council, British Library *1992-1998 Member of Beirat, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin *2000- present Chairman, Advisory Board, Central European University Press, Budapest \\ __Links with Japan__ \\ *Many academic visits to Japan and links with Japanese economic historians since 1967 *1983-5 Research supervisor to H.I.H. Prince Naruhito, now Crown Prince of Japan, at Oxford, and since then adviser for his research *1987-95 Close links with Keio University through being Master of Downing College, Cambridge *1994- Trustee of Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation (Chairman 1997-2005, President 2005-) *2003 Awarded Grand Cordon, Oder of the Rising Sun with Gold Rays (Imperial Japanese decoration) *2006 – 2008 International Adviser to the President, Keio University *2006 Visiting Professor, Kansai University, and Honorary Doctorate