Bernard John Porter (born 5 February 1941) is a British historian and academic. He is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick univer ...

. Porter read history at

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

. After receiving his BA, MA, and PhD from Corpus, he took a position as a research fellow at his old college before moving to the

University of Hull , mottoeng = Bearing the Torch f learning, established = 1927 – University College Hull1954 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £18.8 million (2016) , budget = £190 million ...

to become a senior lecturer in modern history. Since 1992, he has been an Emeritus Professor at Newcastle. He is perhaps best known for his most recent book, ''Absent-Minded Imperialists'', published in 2004 which sparked a historiographical debate with John Mackenzie on the place of imperialist sentiment within British popular culture.

Bibliography

* ''The Lions Share'' (Longman, 2004) * ''The Refugee Question in Mid-Victorian Politics'' (Cambridge University Press, 1979) * ''Britain, Europe, and the World, 1850-1986'' (Allen and Unwin, 1983) * ''Origins of the Vigilant State'' (Boydell and Brewer, 1987) * ''Britannia's Burden'' (Hodder, 1994) * ''Absent-Minded Imperialists'' (Oxford University Press, 2004)

Personal life

He lives in

Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolita ...

. He is fond of art, architecture, cricket, classical music, and science fiction books. He is a fellow of the

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

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