Meisel, Joseph S. 1965–

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Meisel, Joseph S. 1965–

PERSONAL: Born May 5, 1965, in Hanover, NH; son of Martin (a university professor) and Martha (Winkley) Meisel; married Felice Ramella (a baker), January 1, 1991; children: Luke Ramella. Education: Columbia University, A.B., 1988, A.M., 1992, Ph.D., 1999. Hobbies and other interests: Songwriting.

ADDRESSES: Office—Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 140 E. 62nd St., New York, NY 10021. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. Columbia University, New York, NY, budget officer, 1989–92, 1994–99; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY, program officer, 1999–. Adjunct faculty member, Columbia University, 2001–02, and Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York, 2004.

MEMBER: North American Conference on British Studies, North American Victorian Studies Association, American Historical Association, British Politics Group, Royal Historical Society (fellow).

AWARDS, HONORS: Residential fellow, St. Deiniol's Library, 1998.

WRITINGS:

Public Speech and the Culture of Public Life in the Age of Gladstone, Columbia University Press (New York, NY), 2001.

Also author of Palmerston contre Disraeli: Humour et insulte á la Chambre des communes (milieu XIXe siécle). Contributor to books, including The Gladstone Umbrella: Papers Delivered at the Gladstone Centenary Conference, 1998, edited by Peter Francis, Monad Press (Hawarden, England), 2001; The Political Legacy of Margaret Thatcher, edited by Stanislao G. Pugliese, Politico's Publishing (London, England), 2003; and Palmerston Studies, Volume 1, edited by Miles Taylor and David Brown, Hartley Institute, University of Southampton (Southampton, England). Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including History, Twentieth-Century British History, War, Literature, and the Arts, and Historical Research.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on modern British history.