Bio


Jon Cooper is a PhD candidate in History at Stanford University. He is broadly focused on intellectual history in early modern Europe, with a special interest in the history of political economy in Britain and its empire. His dissertation project is provisionally entitled “Dealing with Money: Financial Crisis and the Rise of Economics in England, 1560-1640".

Honors & Awards


  • Charles Schmitt Prize, International Society for Intellectual History (2020)
  • Joslin Prize for Economic History, Pembroke College, Cambridge University (2018)
  • Jacob Bronowski Prize, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University (2018)
  • Peter Lipton Prize, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University (2018)
  • Hadley History Prize, Pembroke College, Cambridge University (2017)
  • Istvan Hont Prize, Faculty of History, Cambridge University (2017)
  • Peter de Somogyi Memorial Prize, Pembroke College, Cambridge University (2017)
  • Harvard Book Prize, Harvard Club of the United Kingdom (2014)

Professional Affiliations and Activities


  • Early Career Member, Royal Historical Society (2021 - Present)
  • Member, North American Conference on British Studies (2019 - Present)

Education & Certifications


  • MSc, University of Cambridge, History and Philosophy of Science (2018)
  • BA, University of Cambridge, History (2017)

All Publications


  • A science of concord: the politics of commercial knowledge in mid-eighteenth-century Britain Intellectual History Review Cooper, J. 2021; 31 (2): 301-320
  • Credit and the problem of trust in the thought of John Locke, c. 1668-1704 Historial Journal Cooper, J. 2021; 64 (2): 211-232