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 selected publications, and recent conference and other working papers. Or you see my full list of publications on the University of Bristol's 'IRIS' database

Teaching

You can view details of the units that I teach and other materials such as skills tips, and a guide to research resources for the study of 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
13-15 Woodland Rd
Bristol. BS8 1TB
United Kingdom.

Telephone: +44 (0) 117 92 87621
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.

Map showing where to find the Department of Historical Studies.

Visitors: please note that my office is G76, at the back of no. 15 Woodland Rd. The front door to this building requires a code to be entered. Visitors should enter the School of Humanities through Nos. 3-5 Woodland Road, where there is a security desk.

Britain's Pensions Crisis: History and Policy

Edited by
Hugh Pemberton,
Pat Thane &
Noel Whiteside 

Policy Learning and British Governance in the 1960s

Hugh Pemberton

Reassessing the 1970s

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

23 September 2009

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

Delegates to the conference may access the papers.

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