James Panton

James Panton is a politics teacher at Stowe School in Buckingham, a lecturer in politics at Hertford College, University of Oxford, and an Associate Lecturer in Politics at the Open University. He is also co-founder and member of the radical civil liberties campaigning group The Manifesto Club.

In his academic work James specialises in intellectual history, and has a particular interest in changing conceptions of ‘the political’ in the 20th century. He is author of a number of academic articles and book chapters, and co-editor of Science Vs. Superstition: The Case for a New Scientific Enlightenment (Policy Exchange, 2006).

James regularly takes part in radio and television debates on politics, education and intellectual life, and he writes for print and online media.

Related Sessions
Saturday 20 March 2010, 10.45am Churchill Room
Tuesday 12 October 2010, 5.30pm Hallmark Hotel, Midland Road, Derby DE1 2SQ
Saturday 30 October 2010, 11.15am Courtyard Gallery
Sunday 31 October 2010, 12.45pm Lecture Theatre 1

Publications

James Panton, ‘Reflections of a early career Don’ in D Palfreyman (ed) The Oxford Tutorial (OxCHEPS and Blackwells, 2008).
James Panton, ‘Intellectual influences on the New Left in America: C Wright Mills and Herbert Marcuse’. In journal: Reconstruction Vol. 8 No. 1. 2008.
Science vs Superstition: the case for a new scientific enlightenment (ed.) (Policy Exchange, 2006)


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Nicky Charlish, participant, 2009