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Warren Dockter (born 1982) is an author and historian. He was a Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge and a lecturer at Aberystwyth University in International Politics.
Dockter is a former member of the council of the British Institute at Ankara.[1] Dockter now serves as the President and CEO of the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, TN.[2]
Biography
Warren Dockter is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham.[3] His book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East (2015) challenged notions surrounding Winston Churchill's Islamophobia. According to Dockter, Churchill's often quoted criticism of Islam was written during a time of a fundamentalist revolt in Sudan and this statement does not reflect his full views of Islam as a religion, which were "often paradoxical and complex." He could be critical but at times "romanticized" the Islamic world; he exhibited great "respect, understanding and magnanimity."[4][5] Churchill had a fascination of Islam and Islamic civilization.[5] Winston Churchill's future sister-in-law expressed concerns about his fascination by stating, "[p]lease don't become converted to Islam; I have noticed in your disposition a tendency to orientalism." However, Dockter also asserted that Churchill "never seriously considered converting" to Islam.[6][7][8]
Dockter worked with Boris Johnson as his research assistant for the book The Churchill Factor: How One Man made History.[9] He was not credited, but was thanked in its acknowledgments.[10]
Publications
- Holt, Andrew; Dockter, Warren (2017), Private secretaries to the prime minister : foreign affairs from Churchill to Thatcher, Routledge studies in modern British history, 20., Abingdon, Oxon, ISBN 978-1409441809
- Dockter, Warren (2015), Churchill and the Islamic world : Orientalism, empire and diplomacy in the Middle East, London, ISBN 978-1780768182
- Dockter, Warren (2015), Winston Churchill at the Telegraph, Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1781314524
External links
References
- ↑ "People at the BIAA". biaa.ac.uk.
- ↑ "Dockter named East Tennessee Historical Society executive". GraingerToday.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ↑ "Dr A. Warren Dockter — Faculty of History". www.hist.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-07-11.
- ↑ Churchill's Family Begged Him Not to Convert to Islam, Letter Shows, NBC News
- 1 2 Patrick Sawer, Sir Winston Churchill 's family feared he might convert to Islam, The Telegraph
- ↑ Matilda Battersby (3 May 2017), December 29, 2014, "Sir Winston Churchill's family begged him not to convert to Islam, letter reveals", The Independent
- ↑ Terrence McCoy, December 29, 2014, "Family of young Winston Churchill feared he might convert to Islam, long-lost letter says", Washington Post
- ↑ Warren Dockter (February 24, 2014). "5 Things you didn't know about Winston Churchill and the Islamic World". Retrieved November 13, 2015.
- ↑ Kutner, Max. "London Mayor Boris Johnson on Winston Churchill's Cheekiest Quotes".
- ↑ Flood, Alison (2 July 2021). "Boris Johnson offered to pay for help writing Shakespeare biography, says scholar". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2021.