Professor Jeremy Black

Other Information

MBE 2000 for work on the 1999 stamps as advisor to the Royal Mail from 1997. This involved selecting the topics which covered British history, writing briefings for the stamp designers, and writing the text for the presentation packs.

Executive positions

Numerous external appointments including West Point Distinguished Visiting Lecturer 1997.

Lectured extensively in USA , Canada , Australia , New Zealand , Japan , France , Germany , Italy , Denmark . For example, foreign lectures in 2001 included to:

The Council on Foreign Relations, Philadelphia

Meetings organised by the U.S. Navy at the National Defence University and the Naval Academy at Annapolis

The Triangle Institute for Strategic Studies

Universities of Maryland , Tennessee , North Carolina ( Chapel Hill ), North Carolina ( Asheville )

Georgetown , Rutgers , Adelphi and Appalachian State universities.

Possibly the most active representative of British scholarly views abroad, and particularly important in Anglo-American links.

Public Roles

Editor of Archives , the journal of the British Records Association, and the leading archives journal in the world (1989-).

Member of the Council of the British Records Association 1989-, and of associated sub-committees, for example General Purposes Committee, Publication Committee.

Member of the Council of the Royal Historical Society 1993-1996 and 1997-2000, and of associated sub-committees, for example Membership Committee, Research Support Committee.

Member of the Council of the List and Index Society 1997-

Editorial board, currently or recently, of History Today, International History Review, Journal of Military History, Media History, RUSI Journal.