'What can knowledge of history contribute to current understandings of ageing and old age?' with Prof Patricia M. Thane

Past Event

Date
25 February 2020, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Location
Christ Church
St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1DP

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This seminar is part of the series 'The construction of ageing', co-hosted by The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford’s Humanities and Healthcare programme and the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life.

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Professor Patricia M. Thane
Research Professor of Contemporary History, Kings College

Pat Thane is Research Professor of Contemporary History, Kings College, London and Professor Emerita of the University of London. She was previously Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Sussex, 1994-2001 and Leverhulme Professor of Contemporary British History at the Institute of Historical Research, 2001-2010. She has been a Visiting Professor at Nanjing University, China, and in Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Chile, New York.

She has extensive experience in both media and policy environments. Most recently, she was appointed by the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser to review the research capability of the Department for Work and Pensions. She also managed the Equalities in Great Britain, 1946-2006 project for the Equalities Review. She regularly speaks and writes on issues relating to the history of the welfare state, gender, old age and pensions.