Dr Hugh Pemberton is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Bristol and is an expert on the history of contemporary Britain. He currently has two main research interests: the historical roots of Britain's pensions crisis; and the history of Britain in the 1970s.

Research 

I have a particular interest in the means by which radical policy change occurs, in why such change sometimes turns out to be temporary despite intentions to the contrary, and in why change (even though sometimes apparently superficial) may turn out have enduring consequences.

I am currently working on two parallel projects:
1) The development of British pensions since the 1942 Beveridge Report, looking at the way in which the current pensions crisis has been (and responses to that crisis are being) shaped by decisions taken in the past. 
2) The 1970s in postwar British history.

For more details about my research interests, please click here.

Publications

You can view my publications, including recent conference and other working papers.

Teaching

You can view details of the units that I teach and other materials such as skills tips, and a guide to research resources in contemporary British History.

Dr Hugh Pemberton

Head of Education and Senior Lecturer in Modern British History
University of Bristol
School of Humanities
Department of Historical Studies
11 Woodland Rd, Bristol. BS8 1TB
United Kingdom.

Telephone: +44 (0) 117 928 7621
Fax: +44 (0) 117 928 8276
Email: h.pemberton@bristol.ac.uk  
Web: www.hughpemberton.org.uk

Media enquiries via the University Press Office please.

Visitors: please note that my office is G76, but that this is actually at the back of no. 15 Woodland Rd. Tthe front door to this building requires a code to be entered. Visitors should enter the School of Humanities through No. 11, where there is a security desk.

Map showing where to find the Department of Historical Studies.

Reassessing the 1970s

A one day conference at the British Academy,
10 Carlton House Terrace,
London SW1Y 5AH

23 September 2009

Plus, a public discussion of a paper by Drs Pemberton and Black (Durham) held at the British Academy in the evening (7.00-8.30)

More details (including the Black & Pemberton paper) from the
British Academy

Delegates to the conference may access the papers.

Britain's Pensions Crisis: History and Policy

Edited by
Hugh Pemberton,
Pat Thane &
Noel Whiteside

Oxford University Press
2006

Price: £14.99 (Paperback)

This British Academy Occasional Paper is drawn from the proceedings of the British Academy conference 'Why has it all gone wrong? The past, present and future of British pensions', 15 June 2005 

Policy Learning and British Governance in the 1960s

Hugh Pemberton

Palgrave Macmillan
2004

Price: £59.00
(Hardback)

Many thanks for taking the time to look at these pages.