Professor Peter McPhee
| University of Melbourne Provost | |
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| Telephone: | (+61 3) 8344 3744 |
| Email: | p.mcphee@unimelb.edu.au |
| Fax: | (+61 3) 8344 7894 |
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Biography
Peter McPhee studied at the University of Melbourne and taught at La Trobe University and in New Zealand before returning to this department in 1987. He was given a Personal Chair in 1993. He is Provost of the University, but continues to teach in the School of Historical Studies.
Research
An historian of revolutionary France, his research interests focus particularly on change and continuity in rural society. He is also interested in more general questions about historical theory and methodology. He has published widely on France since 1780, including A Social History of France 1789-1914 (London, 2003) and The French Revolution 1789-1799 (Oxford, 2002), and wrote a biography of a former Chancellor, 'Pansy': a Biography of Roy Douglas Wright (Melbourne,1999).
He has published widely on the history of modern France, notably Revolution and Environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 (Oxford, 1999), A Social History of France 1789-1914 (London & New York, 2004) and The French Revolution 1789-1799 (Oxford, 2002). In 1999 he published a biography of the former Chancellor Roy Douglas ('Pansy') Wright. His most recent book is Living the French Revolution 1789-1799 (London & New York, 2006).