Background

Geoffrey Alderman was born on February 10, 1944, in Middlesex, United Kingdom.

Education

Geoffrey Alderman was educated at Hackney Downs School (then a grammar school), then studied history at Lincoln College, Oxford from 1962, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in 1969.

Career

After short academic contracts at University College London, and the universities of Swansea and Reading Geoffrey Alderman joined Royal Holloway College (University of London) in 1972, lecturing in politics and contemporary history. He was made Professor of Politics and Contemporary History in 1988.

In 2010 Geoffrey Alderman was appointed a Visiting Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies.

Geoffrey Alderman has occasionally contributed to Iran's PressTV channel. In 2011, he made four such appearances and donated his appearance fees of £300 to Israel.

Achievements

• In 2006 Geoffrey Alderman was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Oxford for his important work on Anglo-Jewish history.
  
  At a ceremony in London on 6 March 2011, Geoffrey Alderman was named as the winner of the Chaim Bermant Prize for Journalism 2011.

Works

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  • Modern British Jewry

    (This is an authoritative and comprehensive history of the...)

    1998
  • Controversy and Crisis: Studies in the History of Jews in Modern Britain: Studies in the History of the Jews in Modern Britain

    (Professor Geoffrey Alderman is the acknowledged authority...)

    2008
  • The Communal Gadfly: Jews, British Jews and the Jewish State: Asking the Subversive Questions

    (Founded in 1841, the Jewish Chronicle is the world’s olde...)

    2009
  • The Federation of Synagogues - A New History

    (An updated history of the Federation of Synagogues, since...)

    2018
  • British elections: Myth and reality

    (Studies in British Politics)

    1978
  • Britain: A One Party State?

    (Mrs. Thatcher's historic election victory of 1987 marked ...)

    1989
  • The history of Hackney Downs School: formerly the Grocers' Company's School 1971
  • The railway interest 1973
  • The Jewish Community in British Politics 1983
  • Pressure Groups and Government in Great Britain 1984
  • London Jewry and London Politics, 1889-1986 1988

Religion

Geoffrey Alderman describes himself as an unconventional Orthodox Jew.

Membership

In 1971 Geoffrey Alderman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and in 1991 a Fellow (now a Life Fellow) of the Royal Society of Arts.

Connections

Geoffrey Alderman is married. The couple has a son and a daughter.

Spouse:

Marion Joan