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William Anthony HayEarly Modern and Modern BritainDepartment of History Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 Phone: 662-325-3604 E-mail: wilhay6248@aol.com Education
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William Anthony Hay is an Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State specializing in British History and International Relations since the eighteenth century. Elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2009, he is currently Secretary/Treasurer of the Southern Conference on British Studies and also coordinates a distinguished lecture series for Mississippi State's Institute for the Humanities. More on the series and the humanities at Mississippi State can be found
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Hay's first book The Whig Revival, 1808-1830 (Palgrave: 2005) examines the changes that brought the Whigs to power in 1830 though an alliance with provincial interests that dominated British politics until 1886. He published a volume on Walter Bagehot, the 19th century political editor and editor of the Economist, in 2009 as part of the Victorian Political Lives series published by Pickering and Chatto. Current work focuses primarily on the transitional period from 1770 to 1840.
Before coming to Mississippi State, Hay directed a program on European politics and U.S. foreign policy at Foreign Policy Research Institute (www.fpri.org) , where he remains a senior fellow and worked with the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs. He lives in West Point, Mississippi with his wife Carolyn Jane and their three children.
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Other research examines (1) changes in government policy and institutions during the transition from the first British empire following the American War of Independence and their impact on foreign policy; and (2) the emergence of 19th century liberalism and its impact on public culture, the press, and British politics. Publications:
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