Nicholas Cull

Nicholas J. Cull
Born	1964 (age 52–53)
Occupation	Public diplomacy professor Cultural and media historian
Language	English
Nationality	British
Citizenship	British
Education	University of Leeds
Alma mater	Princeton University (Harkness Fellow)
Period	1995–present
Subject	Propaganda theory Mass media history Cold War
Notable works	Selling War (1995) The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945–1989 (2008)

Nicholas J. Cull (born 1964) is a historian and the director of the Master's in Public Diplomacy program at the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California.

Cull earned both his B.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Leeds. As a graduate, he studied at Princeton University as a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New York. 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.

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