Career
He has served as Fellow and Tutor in History at Brasenose College, Oxford. As Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford (1999–2004). And as Secretary-General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (2004-2007).)
In 2005, he received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his contribution to relations between Britain and South Africa.
Critical assessments of Doctor Rowett"s leadership of the Rhodes Trust have been made by writers such as R.W. Johnson.
Doctor Rowett is known as a historian of modern Britain and the United States. He co-founded and edited the journal Twentieth Century British History, and co-edited the English Historical Review.
He was active in the creation of the Rothermere American Institute in the University of Oxford.
