Patrick Allitt is an author and historian who has written six books on religious history, education, and politics. He was born in England in 1956, raised in the Derbyshire village of Mickleover, studied at Hertford College, Oxford (1974–1977), then moved to America and gained a Ph.D. in American history at Berkeley (1986). He is now the Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He previously held the Arthur Blank Chair for Teaching Excellence at Emory University and was, for five years, director of Emory's Center for Teaching and Curriculum.

His recent publications include contributions to "The American Conservative," "The Spectator" (London), "The National Interest" and "Modern Intellectual History." He is also the principal lecturer in seven of "The Great Courses," made by The Teaching Company of Chantilly, Virginia. He speaks in many parts of the United States and leads college-level teaching workshops. In the late 1980s he wrote a short history of American biographies of Jesus Christ.

Evaluations

Professor Allitt's scholarship has been widely reviewed in the leading history journals. For example, Professor Lawrence Moore of Cornell University says "Any writer who has attempted to track a subject through a long stretch of time appreciates how difficult it is to balance the requirement of inclusiveness with a consistent elaboration of central themes. Patrick Allitt in his confident survey of American religion since World War II succeeds in this task far better than most and has produced a volume of immense value to university students, general readers, and scholars needing a reliable reference source."

Audio and Video Lecture Series

• "American Religious History" (24 lectures)
• "Victorian Britain" (36 lectures)
• "Introduction to American History" (last 36 in an 84 lecture course, in collaboration with Allan Guelzo and Gary Gallagher)
• "The American Identity" (48 lectures)
• "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" (36 lectures)
• "The Conservative Tradition" (36 lectures)
• "The Art of Teaching: Best Practices From a Master Educator" (24 lectures)

Further reading

• Dolan, Jay P. "A view from the right: Catholic conservatives," Reviews in American History, Mar 95, Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp 165–69
• Gelpi, Albert. "The Catholic Presence in American Culture," American Literary History, Spring 1999, Vol. 11 Issue 1, pp 196–212
• Riccio, Barry D. "Patrick Allitt's 'Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in America: 1950-1985," Cithara May 1995, Vol. 34 Issue 2, pp 37–41,

External links

• http://www.patrickallitt.com
• http://history.emory.edu/Faculty/allitt.html
• http://article.nationalreview.com/395428/the-conservative-founders/patrick-allitt