Jeremy joined º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ's Department of European Studies (as IRPH was then known) in 1973. Born in 1947, he held both a BA and a doctorate in German from the University of Liverpool. He initially started out as a philosopher – his PhD thesis was about Friedrich Nietzsche – but his lasting contributions were to the field of German, European and global political economy. They include his books The Bundesbank Myth (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000), The Political Economy of Germany under Chancellors Kohl and Schröder (Berghahn Books, 2009) and Tax Justice and the Political Economy of Global Capitalism (co-edited with Attiya Waris, Berghahn Books, 2013).
As well as publishing his own research, Jeremy also rendered important services to the academic community, society and politics. He served as managing editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies for 21 years and as co-editor of Debatte – Review of Contemporary German Affairs from 1993 to 2003. He was also a member of the EuroMemo Group of Economists for an Alternative Economic Policy in Europe, from whose Steering Committee he only retreated last year, and of the UK Tax Justice Network. At º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ, he remained active beyond his retirement as an Honorary Fellow in German and European Politics and an Honorary Member of the Language Centre, even though his deteriorating health forced him to slow down in the last couple of years.
Those of us who had the privilege of working with and alongside Jeremy will remember him as a warm-hearted, kind, open-minded and supportive colleague. They will remember his sense of humour, his passionate rants about topics he felt strongly about (in particular tax evasion, Brexit, and lately Gaza) as well as his profound love of music, which led him to a side career as a semi-professional singer. Jeremy will be sorely missed.
A celebration of his life will be held at Rushcliffe Oaks Crematorium on 15 November at 2.30pm and then at Melton Mowbray Rugby Club.