Stephen John Mennell

March 1, 1944 (age 57)

Huddersfield, England

He gained his Bachelor in Economics from the University of Cambridge (Master of Arts 1970) and his Doctorate at the University of Amsterdam. He was a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow (1966-1967) at Harvard University. After returning from America, he taught at the University of Exeter, England, from 1967 to 1990, when he became Professor of Sociology in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Monash University in Australia, before returning to Europe as Professor at University College Dublin (Ireland"s largest university) in 1993. He is General Editor of the Collected Works of Norbert Elias in English, which are being published in 18 volumes by University College Dublin Press. Elias"s influence is especially evident in Mennell"s landmark book All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present (1985), and in The American Civilizing Process (2007). His other books include Sociological Theory: Uses and Unities (1974. Rev edn 1980), Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution and Society (edited with John Stone, 1980), and two selections of Elias"s writings edited with Johan Goudsblom. A full list of his publications can be found at www.stephenmennell.eu.

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Background

Mennell, Stephen John was born on May 1, 1944 in Huddersfield, England. Son of Arthur and Violet Mennell.

Education

Master of Arts, University of Cambridge, 1963—1966. Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1985. Doctor of Letters, University Cambridge, 2004.

Career

He gained his Bachelor in Economics from the University of Cambridge (Master of Arts 1970) and his Doctorate at the University of Amsterdam. He was a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow (1966-1967) at Harvard University. After returning from America, he taught at the University of Exeter, England, from 1967 to 1990, when he became Professor of Sociology in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Monash University in Australia, before returning to Europe as Professor at University College Dublin (Ireland"s largest university) in 1993.

He is General Editor of the Collected Works of Norbert Elias in English, which are being published in 18 volumes by University College Dublin Press.

Elias"s influence is especially evident in Mennell"s landmark book All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present (1985), and in The American Civilizing Process (2007). His other books include Sociological Theory: Uses and Unities (1974.

Rev edn 1980), Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution and Society (edited with John Stone, 1980), and two selections of Elias"s writings edited with Johan Goudsblom. A full list of his publications can be found at www.stephenmennell.eu.

Achievements

Stephen John Mennell has been listed as a noteworthy sociologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Councillor City Council, Exeter, United Kingdom, 1971—1974. Parliamentary candidate Social Democratic Party, 1982—1983. Member of board Norbert Elias Foundation, Amsterdam, 1997.

Member Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Dublin, 2000—2002. Fellow: Royal History Society. Member: Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Science, International Sociological Association, American Sociological Association, Royal Dublin Society.

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Married Barbara Vivien Farncombe, September 3, 1971.

Father:: Arthur Mennell
Mother:: Violet Mennell
Spouse:: Barbara Vivien Farncombe

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