Duncan Bell (historian)
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Jesus College, Cambridge (M.Phil, PhD)
Professor Duncan Bell | |
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| Born | 31 December 1976 (age 49) Birmingham, England |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Alma mater | King's College London (B.A.) Jesus College, Cambridge (M.Phil, PhD) |
Duncan Bell (born 31 December 1976)[1] is professor of Political Thought and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Bell's first degree was a BA in War Studies from King's College London (1995–1998). He was awarded an M.Phil. in International Relations (1999) and a PhD in History (2004) from the University of Cambridge, where he was a student at Jesus College. During the academic year 2000–2001 he was a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. After a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ's College, Cambridge (2004–2008), and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2008–2010), Bell was appointed to a Lectureship in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS).[2] He was promoted to a professorship in 2019. He has held visiting positions at Harvard, Darmstadt and the FU Berlin. He is Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Political Thought.[3]
In 2021 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[4]
