Martin Jacques
| Martin Jacques | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1945 (age 70–71)
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | King Henry VIII School, Coventry |
| Alma mater |
University of Manchester (B.A.) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Occupation | Editor, academic, author |
| Website |
MartinJacques |
Martin Jacques (born 1945) is a British journalist and academic.
Early life
Jacques was born in October 1945 in the city of Coventry (then in Warwickshire, now in the West Midlands), and was brought up there.
Education
Jacques was educated at King Henry VIII School, an independent school in Coventry (at the time a partly fee-paying boys' direct grant grammar school),[1][2] followed by the University of Manchester, where he graduated with a first-class Honours degree, and subsequently at King's College, Cambridge, where he studied for a PhD.
Life and career
Jacques was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, becoming, in his own words, "a member of its Executive Committee, probably the youngest member ever at about twenty-two".[3] He was editor of the party's journal, Marxism Today, from 1977 until its closure in 1991. In this period, he was the co-editor or co-author of The Forward March of Labour Halted? (1981), The Politics of Thatcherism (1983) and New Times (1989).
Jacques was a co-founder of the think-tank Demos.
He has been a columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times and was deputy editor of The Independent.
Jacques is a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre.
He was a visiting professor at the International Centre for Chinese Studies at Aichi University in Japan, a visiting professor at Renmin University in Beijing and a senior visiting fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Jacques' wife Harinder Kaur Veriah, a Malaysian lawyer, died in January 2000 aged 33 at Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong after suffering epileptic fits and then cardiac arrest. Jacques and their son Ravi, who was aged 16 months when she died, sued the Hospital Authority for negligence and racism; the hospital settled the case in 2010. Her death led to the introduction of anti-racism laws in 2008.[4][5]
In 2009, Jacques' book about Asian modernity and the rise of China entitled When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order was published.
Jacques is a columnist for The Guardian and New Statesman.
References
- ↑ Martin Jacques Publisher: King Henry VIII School, Coventry. Retrieved: 23 February 2013.
- ↑ Martin Jacques interview Publisher: alanmacfarlane.com. Interview date: 20 September 2011. Retrieved: 23 February 2013; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x4Lo7g_5Bs.
- ↑ Martin Jacques interview Publisher: alanmacfarlane.com. Interview date: 20 September 2011. Retrieved: 25 September 2016; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5OltQ_UWyg.
- ↑ Jacques, Martin (April 3, 2010). "It seemed impossible, but at last Martin Jacques got justice for the wife he loved". The Observer. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Hospital pays compensation over 'racism' death". The Guardian. March 31, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Martin Jacques at TED
- Guardian Column – Martin Jacques
- New Statesman – Martin Jacques
- Audio: Martin Jacques in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion show The Forum
- Video: Martin Jacques discusses his book, When China Rules the World, at the Asia Society, 11 November 2009
- Profile at China Speakers Agency
- Martin Jacques interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 12 April 2011 (film)
| Media offices | ||
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| Preceded by James Klugmann |
Editor of Marxism Today 1977–1991 |
Succeeded by Publication closed |
| Preceded by Matthew Symonds |
Deputy Editor of The Independent 1994–1996 |
Succeeded by Chris Blackhurst |