Nicholas Cull

Education

Cull earned both his Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leeds. As a graduate, he studied at Princeton University as a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New New York

Career

From 1992 to 1997, he was Lecturer in American History at the University of Birmingham, and from 1997 to 2005, chair in American Studies and Director of the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester. Cull"s research and teaching interests are broad and inter-disciplinary, and focus on public diplomacy, the role of advocacy, culture, exchange, broadcasting, and public opinion research in foreign policy. Cull has also worked more broadly on the history of propaganda, film, television and radio history and the role of mass media as a source for historical study.

He is best known for detailed historical studies of the institutions behind public diplomacy and for emphasizing the importance of "listening" as a pre-condition for successful public diplomacy.

Cull is the president of the International Association for Media and History, and has worked closely with the British Council"s Counterpoint Think Tank. In January 2012, he succeeded Simon Anholt as editor of the Journal of Place Branding and Public Diplomacy (published by Palgrave).

Achievements

• In April 2008, Cull"s University of Southern California program was a co-winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy, awarded by the United States. Department of State.

Membership

He is also a member of the Public Diplomacy Council and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.