Duncan Bell (born 31 December 1976) is Professor of Political Thought and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of
Christ's College, Cambridge. He is based at the
Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS).
He works principally on the history of modern British and American political thought, with a particular focus on ideologies of empire and international politics. His book "The Idea of Greater Britain" won the
Whitfield Prize
The Whitfield Prize (or Whitfield Book Prize) is a prize of £1,000 awarded annually by the Royal Historical Society to the best work on a subject of British or Irish history published within the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland during the cal ...
from 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 ...
.
Duncan Bell got a degree in war studies at King’s College London, and considered joining the military thereafter. But the transition to London from a quieter area, and the experiences he had there, changed his plans. He got his MA and PhD from the University of Cambridge. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2021. He is married to Dr Sarah Fine (Department of Philosophy, University of Cambridge). They have two kids.
Books
*''The Idea of Greater Britain: Empire and the Future of World Order, 1860-1900'' (Princeton University Press, 2007)
*''Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire'' (Princeton University Press, 2016)
*''Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America'' (Princeton University Press, 2020)
References
External links
POLIS webpage
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Living people
1976 births
Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge
21st-century English historians
Place of birth missing (living people)
Historians of the British Empire
Historians of political thought