Patricia Clavin

Patricia Meria Clavin, FRHistS, FBA (born 1964) is a British-Irish historian and academic, who specialises in international relations, economic crises, and twentieth-century history. She is Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of Worcester College.

Professor Patricia Clavin FRHistS FBA
Born	Patricia Meria Clavin 1964 (age 59–60)
Nationality	British, Irish
Title	Professor of Modern History
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Historical Society British Academy Medal (2015) Fellow of the British Academy (2016)
Academic background
Alma mater	King's College London
Academic work
Discipline	Historian
Sub-discipline	International relations 20th century history
Institutions	Keele University Jesus College, Oxford Worcester College, Oxford University of Oxford

Early life and education

Clavin was born in England to Irish parents and holds dual Irish and British nationalities. Clavin was raised in Germany where Irish father was serving in the British army. She studied Modern History at King's College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

Academic career

Before moving to Oxford, Clavin was Reader in Modern History at Keele University. In October 2003, she was elected a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford and appointed a university lecturer in modern history at the University of Oxford. In 2011, she was granted a Title of Distinction as Professor of International History.

In October 2021 Clavin was appointed to the Professorship of Modern History at Worcester College, succeeding Robert Gildea and becoming the first woman to ever hold the chair.

She is a member of the Editorial Board for Past & Present.

Honours

In 2015, Clavin was awarded the British Academy Medal for her book, Securing The World Economy: The Reinvention of the League of Nations 1920-1946; the medals are awarded each year to up to three people "for landmark academic achievement in any of the humanities and social science disciplines supported by the Academy". In July 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the UK's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), and a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Selected works

• Clavin, Patricia (1996). The failure of economic diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States, 1931-36. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333605301.
• Briggs, Asa; Clavin, Patricia (1997). Modern Europe: 1789-1989 (1st ed.). London: Longman. ISBN 978-0582494060.
• Clavin, Patricia (2000). The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333606803.
• Briggs, Asa; Clavin, Patricia (2003). Modern Europe, 1789 - present (2nd ed.). London: Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-0582772601.
• Clavin, Patricia (2013). Securing the world economy: the reinvention of the League of Nations, 1920-1946. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199577934.

See also

• Economic and Financial Organization of the League of Nations