Glen O'Hara

Glen O'Hara (born 1974) is an academic historian, who also writes on politics for a number of publications in the United Kingdom. He is professor of modern and contemporary history at Oxford Brookes University.

Career

O'Hara completed an undergraduate degree in history at Oxford University between 1993 and 1996, before completing a M.Sc. in Economic and Social History in 1996–1997, during which time he won the Eubule Thelwall Prize for history and the Gladstone Prize for history and politics.^[1] Following graduation he briefly worked as a schoolteacher. From 1999 he studied for a PhD in history at University College London under the supervision of Professor Kathleen Burk; he graduated in 2002. In 2001 he was appointed lecturer in economic history at the University of Bristol, where he spent a year before moving to New College, Oxford as lecturer in modern history. In 2005 he moved to become a lecturer at Oxford Brookes, and was promoted to senior lecturer a year later. He became reader in the history of public policy in 2010 and professor of modern and contemporary history in 2013.^[2]

Political work

O'Hara writes on the subject of contemporary politics in the United Kingdom for The Guardian, The Independent, The New European and GQ magazine.^[3][4][5][6]

In 2019 he was an advisor to the short lived centrist political party Change UK.^[7] In a paper titled: 'What next for the Independent Group? Here's a winning manifesto', O'Hara argued for limited cuts to local government and more devolution coupled with greater focus on cooperative systems for managing public services, rather than full nationalisation. Alongside a 'Third Way' politics in the tradition of New Labour, O'Hara favoured a pro-EU position and the return of full living grants for poorer students to pursue academic study.^[8] The party was dissolved later that year after it failed to win seats in local elections, the 2019 United Kingdom general election or the 2019 EU Parliament elections.

Books

• The Politics of Water in Post-War Britain (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2017).^[9]
• Governing Post-War Britain: The Paradoxes of Progress (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2012).^[10]
• Britain and the Sea since 1600 (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2010).^[11]
• Statistics and the Public Sphere: Numbers and the People in Modern Britain, c. 1800—2000 (edited with Tom Crook, London and New York: Routledge, 2011)^[12]
• From Dreams to Disillusionment: Economic and Social Planning in 1960s Britain (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2007)^[13]

References

1. "Oxford Brookes University: Glen O'Hara". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
2. "Glen O'hara Profile". Linkedin. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. "Glen O'hara Profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
4. "Glen O'hara Profile". The Independent. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
5. "Glen O'hara Profile". The New European. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
6. "Glen O'hara Profile". GQ. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
7. "Glen O'hara Profile". Twitter. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
8. "What next for the Independent Group? Here's a winning manifesto". The Guardian. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
9. Review of The Politics of Water in Post-War Britain:
   • Osborn, Matthew (January 2020). Environmental History. 25 (1): 169–170. doi:10.1093/envhis/emz067.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
10. Reviews of Governing Post-War Britain:
    • Catterall, P. (October 2012). Twentieth Century British History. 24 (4): 669–671. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hws025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Doherty, Rob (September 2013). Contemporary British History. 27 (3): 382–384. doi:10.1080/13619462.2013.823701. S2CID 143275314.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Harrison, Brian (December 2013). The American Historical Review. 118 (5): 1604–1605. doi:10.1093/ahr/118.5.1604. JSTOR 23784720.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Pemberton, Hugh (April 2014). History. 99 (335): 373–374. doi:10.1111/1468-229X.12057_40. JSTOR 24429979.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Shaffer, Ryan (April 2013). European Review of History. 20 (2): 335–337. doi:10.1080/13507486.2013.773743. S2CID 144185382.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Tomlinson, Jim (October 2013). Journal of British Studies. 52 (4): 1105–1106. doi:10.1017/jbr.2013.165. JSTOR 24700930.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
11. Reviews of Britain and the Sea since 1600:
    • Baugh, Daniel (October 2011). Journal of British Studies. 50 (4): 1027–1028. doi:10.1086/661014. JSTOR 23265583. S2CID 162882381.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Doe, Helen (November 2011). The Economic History Review. 64 (4): 1383–1384. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2011.00611_2.x. JSTOR 41262535.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Lambert, Andrew (February 2011). The English Historical Review. 126 (518): 169–170. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceq399. JSTOR 41238595.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
12. Reviews of Statistics and the Public Sphere:
    • Alborn, Timothy (Winter 2014). Victorian Studies. 56 (2): 297–300. doi:10.2979/victorianstudies.56.2.297. JSTOR 10.2979/victorianstudies.56.2.297. S2CID 143286242.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Beckett, Guy (March 2015). Britain and the World. 8 (1): 119–121. doi:10.3366/brw.2015.0171.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Frohman, Larry (August 2012). Social History. 37 (3): 351–355. doi:10.1080/03071022.2012.696834. JSTOR 41639149. S2CID 143375801.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Levitan, Kathrin (April 2013). Journal of British Studies. 52 (2): 534–535. doi:10.1017/jbr.2013.30. JSTOR 41999327. S2CID 163295452.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Mayer, J. F. (October 2014). The English Historical Review. 129 (540): 1228–1231. doi:10.1093/ehr/ceu262. JSTOR 24474649.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Middleton, Roger (November 2011). Business History. 53 (7): 1181–1183. doi:10.1080/00076791.2011.615648. S2CID 154883472.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Szreter, Simon (August 2012). The Economic History Review. 65 (3): 1174–1176. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2011.00644_5.x. JSTOR 23271571.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
13. Reviews of From Dreams to Disillusionment:
    • Ritschel, D. (July 2007). Twentieth Century British History. 19 (1): 125–127. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwm025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Rollings, Neil (May 2008). The Economic History Review. New Series. 61 (2): 517–518. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00432_18.x. JSTOR 40057533.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Toye, Richard (February 2008). The English Historical Review. 123 (500): 268–270. doi:10.1093/ehr/cem430. JSTOR 20108448.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)