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Personal profile
Biography
Peter Baehr is Chair Professor of Social Theory at Lingnan University. Before coming to Hong Kong in 2000, he worked at universities in Canada and Britain. He teaches and writes mainly in the areas of social/ political thought, political culture, and mass emergency. Peter Baehr’s work has been translated into Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese. Baehr is an advisor to Oxford University Press’s Digital Research initiative, an executive board member of the History of Sociology Research Committee of the International Sociological Association, and he sits as an international editor on nine journals. He is a member of Hong Kong’s Research Grants Committee (a government body) and, at Lingnan, is a member of the university’s executive Council.
Research interests
Social and political thought, History of predatory regime types, Political language
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Projects
Research Output
Whittaker Chambers through the Eyes of Rebecca West
BAEHR, P., 2 Apr 2020, National Review.Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication
A Letter From Hong Kong
BAEHR, P., 3 Sep 2019, Quillette.Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication
The image of the veil in social theory
BAEHR, P., Aug 2019, In : Theory and Society. 48, 4, p. 535-558 24 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
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Citations
(Scopus)
Prizes
RGC Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) Award 2013
William Peter BAEHR (Recipient), Nov 2013
Prize: Prize / Award
Activities
Serendipities : Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences (Journal)
Peter BAEHR (Editor)2018 → …
Activity: Editorial / Peer-review Work › Editorial (Journal)
Rules of relevance : A critique of current sociology and a reaffirmation of its potential
William Peter BAEHR (Speaker)24 Jan 2017
Activity: Invited Talk or Oral Presentation › Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation
International Sociological Association (External organisation)
William Peter BAEHR (Member)2014 → 2018
Activity: Advisory Body | Committee Membership › External Advisory Body for Knowledge Transfer
Press / Media
Whittaker Chambers through the Eyes of Rebecca West
2/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College Hosts 12th Annual International Conference on “Racism And Antisemitism,” October 10–11
24/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer