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Marcus Collins (historian)

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Marcus Collins (born 1971) is a historian of contemporary Britain. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, Harvard University and Columbia University and currently teaches at Loughborough University.[1] He is the author of The Beatles and Sixties Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2020),[2] Modern Love (Atlantic, 2003),[3] co-author with Peter Stearns of Why Study History? (LPP, 2020)[4] and editor of The Permissive Society and Its Enemies (Rivers Oram, 2007).[5] He was appointed as the AHRC BBC 100 Fellow in 2022 to stage events commemorating the BBC's centenary.[6] He served as co-convenor of History UK from 2014 to 2017 and as elected member of Council of the Royal Historical Society from 2017 to 2020.[7]

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  1. ^ "Dr Marcus Collins, Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ Collins, Marcus (5 March 2020). The Beatles and Sixties Britain. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-47724-6.
  3. ^ Collins, Marcus (2006). Modern Love: Personal Relationships in Twentieth-century Britain. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-915-0.
  4. ^ Collins, Marcus; Stearns, Peter N. (27 May 2020). Why Study History?. Do Sustainability. ISBN 978-1-913019-05-1.
  5. ^ Collins, Marcus (2007). The Permissive Society and Its Enemies: Sixties British Culture. Rivers Oram. ISBN 978-1-85489-146-4.
  6. ^ ""The Talk Should Not Be Broadcast": Homosexuality and the BBC before 1967". The Historical Association. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Council members | RHS". royalhistsoc.org. Retrieved 24 June 2020.