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Dr. Paul Stock is an Associate Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on intellectual and cultural history, particularly during the long eighteenth-century in Britain. He has published extensively on topics including the history of ideas in Europe, British understandings of the non-European world, the histories of travel and travel writing, Romanticism, philhellenism, and the history of racial thought. His current work encompasses overlapping themes related to spatial history, particularly how historical representations shape our understanding of space and the human experience within it. Dr. Stock teaches various courses, including graduate courses on the intersections of cartography, power, and cultural history, and has supervised multiple PhD students. He is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research and public discussions about historical narratives and the role of geographical imagination in defining cultural identities. Dr. Stock aims to utilize historical texts to articulate the intersections of reality and imagination among travelers in the Mediterranean and beyond, illuminating how past perceptions influence contemporary understandings of space and identity.
London School of Economics and Political Science • London
Engaged in teaching and research focusing on intellectual and cultural history.
Standard English requirement applies to most programs in Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, and Media.