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| name = Sudhir Hazareesingh, [[Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean|GCSK]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Décorés de la République : Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun élevée au rang de GCSK |url=https://defimedia.info/decores-de-la-republique-leela-devi-dookun-luchoomun-elevee-au-rang-de-gcsk |publisher=Defimedia |access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> |
| name = Sudhir Hazareesingh, [[Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean|GCSK]], [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Décorés de la République : Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun élevée au rang de GCSK |url=https://defimedia.info/decores-de-la-republique-leela-devi-dookun-luchoomun-elevee-au-rang-de-gcsk |publisher=Defimedia |access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> |
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''' Sudhir Hazareesingh''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} (18 October 1961) is a [[Mauritian diaspora in the United Kingdom|British-Mauritian]] historian. He has been a fellow and Tutor in Politics at [[Balliol College, Oxford]] since 1990. Most of his work relates to modern political history from 1850; including the history of contemporary France as well as Napoleon, the Republic and Charles de Gaulle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/academic-faculty/sudhir-hazareesingh.html|title=Sudhir Hazareesingh|website=www.politics.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> |
''' Sudhir Hazareesingh''', [[GCSK]], {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} (18 October 1961) is a [[Mauritian diaspora in the United Kingdom|British-Mauritian]] historian. He has been a fellow and Tutor in Politics at [[Balliol College, Oxford]] since 1990. Most of his work relates to modern political history from 1850; including the history of contemporary France as well as Napoleon, the Republic and Charles de Gaulle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/academic-faculty/sudhir-hazareesingh.html|title=Sudhir Hazareesingh|website=www.politics.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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| ⚫ | Hazareesingh is the son of Kissoonsing Hazareesingh, a [[Cambridge]]- and [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]]-educated historian in his own right, who was a notable figure in Mauritian public life as a ''[[Mauritius Times]]'' writer and Principal Private Secretary to [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]].<ref name="Hazareesingh2015">{{cite book|author=Sudhir Hazareesingh|title=How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaQfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT11|date=25 June 2015|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-197480-4|pages=11–}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Hazareesingh is the son of [[Kissoonsing Hazareesingh]], a [[Cambridge]]- and [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]]-educated historian in his own right, who was a notable figure in Mauritian public life as a ''[[Mauritius Times]]'' writer and Principal Private Secretary to [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]].<ref name="Hazareesingh2015">{{cite book|author=Sudhir Hazareesingh|title=How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaQfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT11|date=25 June 2015|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-197480-4|pages=11–}}</ref> |
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Hazareesingh's [[Toussaint Louverture]] biography ''Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture'' was published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Book Marks reviews of ''Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture'' by Sudhir Hazareesingh|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/black-spartacus-the-epic-life-of-toussaint-louverture/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Book Marks|language=en-US}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2020 [[Baillie Gifford Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Baillie Gifford Prize 2020 shortlist announced|url=https://thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/news/baillie-gifford-prize-2020-shortlist-announced |
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| ⚫ | Hazareesingh's [[Toussaint Louverture]] biography ''Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture'' was published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Book Marks reviews of ''Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture'' by Sudhir Hazareesingh|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/black-spartacus-the-epic-life-of-toussaint-louverture/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Book Marks|language=en-US}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2020 [[Baillie Gifford Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Baillie Gifford Prize 2020 shortlist announced|url=https://thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/news/baillie-gifford-prize-2020-shortlist-announced|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Baillie Gifford Prize}}</ref> Described in ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/28/black-spartacus-by-sudhir-hazareesingh-review-the-epic-life-of-toussaint-louverture|title=Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh review – the epic life of Toussaint Louverture|first=David A.|last=Bell|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 August 2020}}</ref> ''Black Spartacus'' was [[BBC Radio 4]]'s "Book of the Week" from 16 November 2020, read by [[Adrian Lester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pff0|title=Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> It won the 2021 [[Wolfson History Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Wolfson History Prize|url=https://www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/past-winners/2021-winners/black-spartacus//|access-date=2021-06-09|website=wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the [[James Tait Black Prize]] for biography.<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Tait Black Prizes shortlists have been announced {{!}} The Bookseller|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/james-tait-black-prizes-shortlists-announced-1257892|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.thebookseller.com}}</ref> |
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He is a member of the international reading committee of the ''Institut Napoléon'', a French learned society founded in 1932, dedicated to Napoleonic studies. |
He is a member of the international reading committee of the ''Institut Napoléon'', a French learned society founded in 1932, dedicated to Napoleonic studies. |
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He is on the editorial boards of the international journal ''Napoleonica La Revue'', "an online review which aims to promote research in the history of the First and Second French Empires".<ref>https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-napoleonica-la-revue.htm?contenu=about</ref> ''Napoleonica La Revue'' is "published by the [[Fondation Napoléon]], is academic, multidisciplinary, international and peer-reviewed".<ref |
He is on the editorial boards of the international journal ''Napoleonica La Revue'', "an online review which aims to promote research in the history of the First and Second French Empires".<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-napoleonica-la-revue.htm?contenu=about|website=cairn-int.info|title=About Napoleonica. La Revue}} </ref> ''Napoleonica La Revue'' is "published by the [[Fondation Napoléon]], is academic, multidisciplinary, international and peer-reviewed".<ref name="auto1"/> |
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== Publications<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sudhir Hazareesingh|url=https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/academic-faculty/sudhir-hazareesingh.html|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.politics.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> == |
== Publications<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sudhir Hazareesingh|url=https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/academic-faculty/sudhir-hazareesingh.html|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.politics.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> == |
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**[[File:Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean - GCSK, GOSK, CSK (Mauritius) - ribbon bar.png|70px]] Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean]] (2020)<ref |
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| Born | (1961-10-18) 18 October 1961 (age 62) |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Notable work | Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture |
Sudhir Hazareesingh, GCSK, FBA (18 October 1961) is a British-Mauritian historian. He has been a fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford since 1990. Most of his work relates to modern political history from 1850; including the history of contemporary France as well as Napoleon, the Republic and Charles de Gaulle.[2]
Hazareesingh is the son of Kissoonsing Hazareesingh, a Cambridge- and Sorbonne-educated historian in his own right, who was a notable figure in Mauritian public life as a Mauritius Times writer and Principal Private Secretary to Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.[3]
Hazareesingh's Toussaint Louverture biography Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in September 2020.[4] It was shortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize.[5] Described in The Guardian as "a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time",[6] Black Spartacus was BBC Radio 4's "Book of the Week" from 16 November 2020, read by Adrian Lester.[7] It won the 2021 Wolfson History Prize[8] and was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for biography.[9]
He is a member of the international reading committee of the Institut Napoléon, a French learned society founded in 1932, dedicated to Napoleonic studies.
He is on the editorial boards of the international journal Napoleonica La Revue, "an online review which aims to promote research in the history of the First and Second French Empires".[10] Napoleonica La Revue is "published by the Fondation Napoléon, is academic, multidisciplinary, international and peer-reviewed".[10]
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