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Represented By: Ivan Mulcahy
He was educated at Cambridge, Rice University, Harvard University and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He is currently Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh.
Much of Emile’s early research focused on France, in particular the transformation of French politics since the 1970s, Franco-British relations in the 20th century and the complex legacies of colonialism. In recent years, he has moved beyond France to think about how we might imagine alternative frameworks for understanding contemporary politics. This has resulted in several publications on the history of immigration, and it has laid the foundations for a new project on democracy, difference, and the rise of identity politics.
Emile recently completed a major intellectual biography of the Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm, to be published by Harvard University Press in 2026. He uses Hobsbawm’s remarkable life and work to reflect on the history of twentieth-century global Marxism, as well as the nature of historical writing and the role of the intellectual.
Emile’s other great passion is music. He holds an LRSM performing diploma on the classical guitar and, for many years, taught the instrument to unsuspecting students of all ages.
Represented By: Ivan Mulcahy
He was educated at Cambridge, Rice University, Harvard University and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He is currently Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh.
Much of Emile’s early research focused on France, in particular the transformation of French politics since the 1970s, Franco-British relations in the 20th century and the complex legacies of colonialism. In recent years, he has moved beyond France to think about how we might imagine alternative frameworks for understanding contemporary politics. This has resulted in several publications on the history of immigration, and it has laid the foundations for a new project on democracy, difference, and the rise of identity politics.
Emile recently completed a major intellectual biography of the Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm, to be published by Harvard University Press in 2026. He uses Hobsbawm’s remarkable life and work to reflect on the history of twentieth-century global Marxism, as well as the nature of historical writing and the role of the intellectual.
Emile’s other great passion is music. He holds an LRSM performing diploma on the classical guitar and, for many years, taught the instrument to unsuspecting students of all ages.
