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R.J.Q.
Adams received the Ph.D. degree from the University of
California, Santa Barbara in 1972 and joined the A&M History
Department in 1974. His professional interest is the history
of Britain in the 20th century. He became professor of
history in 1987, and from 2001 until 2004 was Claudius M.
Easley, Jr., Faculty Fellow in Liberal Arts. In 2004 he was
named Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History.
Professor Adams teaches graduate and undergraduate lecture
and seminar classes in modern British history; and since
1993 he has directed twelve M.A. and eleven Ph.D. students
to completion of their degrees and currently chairs eight
doctoral committees. Widely published here and abroad, among
Professor Adams’s recent books are (with Robin W. Winks)
Europe, Crisis and Conflict: 1890-1945 (New York and
London: Oxford University Press, 2003); Bonar Law
(London, John Murray; Stanford, CA, Stanford University
Press 1999); British Politics and Foreign Policy in the
Age of Appeasement, 1935-39 (London, Macmillan Ltd.;
Stanford, CA., Stanford University Press, 1993 and many
reprints) and Balfour: The Last Grandee (London, John
Murray, 2007 and 2008). He is currently writing a book about
the reign of King George V, 1910-1936. |
