Patrick Joyce (historian)

Patrick Joyce (born 1945) is a British/Irish social historian, whose work also encompasses political history. Joyce is known for his theoretical work on the nature of history, especially on the relationship between history and the social sciences.

Consistently challenged academic orthodoxies, Joyce has been a radical voice in successive debates about the direction of social and cultural history since the 1970s. His research has ranged widely from the politics of class in Victorian England to the formation of the modern self, it has always shown a preoccupation with liberalism, governance, and the nature of freedom.

While Joyce’s work has concentrated on Britain, its influence has registered worldwide, in North America and beyond.

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