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
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...
. 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 from the
Royal Historical Society.
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