Ulick Peter Burke (born 16 August 1937) is a British polymath, historian and professor.

[2] From 1962 to 1979, he was a member of the School of European Studies at University of Sussex, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

He is married to the Brazilian historian Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke who is the author of two books (in one of which she collaborated with her husband).

Burke is not only known for his work on the Modern Age but also for his research on cultural history across its entire spectrum.

In 1998, he was awarded the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy,[3] and is an honorary doctorate from the Universities of Lund, Copenhagen and Bucharest.