John Breuilly

John Breuilly is professor of nationalism and ethnicity at the London School of Economics. Breuilly is the author of the pioneering Nationalism and the State.

Career

Breuilly taught at the universities of Manchester and Birmingham. He has been a visiting professor at the universities of Hamburg and Bielefeld. He is currently professor of nationalism and ethnicity at the London School of Economics.

Research and writing

Breuilly's research interests are "Nationalism and Ethnicity, Modern German History, Comparative European History with special interests in Labour Movements and the Bourgeoisie, Urban Cultural History in 19th Century Europe, Modern Liberalism". At the University of Manchester, Breuilly still regarded himself primarily as a historian of Germany when he became interested in nationalisms. He realised that the only way the book he was looking for on the subject would exist, was if he wrote it. His pioneering Nationalism and the State was published in 1982. Breuilly was also the editor of the Oxford handbook of the history of nationalism.

Selected publications

Nationalism and the State. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1982.
The Formation of the First German Nation-State 1800-1871. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1996.
Austria, Prussia and Germany, 1806–1871. London: Longman, 2002.
Germany's Two Unifications: Anticipations, Experiences, Responses. London: Palgrave, 2004 . Bologna: Il Mulino, 2004.
"Nationalism" in: Dowding, Keith, Encyclopedia of Power. London: SAGE Publications, 2011.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013
Nineteenth-Century Germany: Politics, Culture, and Society 1780–1918''. Second edition.