ABOUT
ABOUT
James Rogers is a war historian, DIAS professor, and a fellow of the London School of Economics. He works with the BBC, History Channel, and he is the presenter of the Untold History TV series on Dan Snow’s History Hit TV. James also presents the World Wars podcast, broadcast twice a week on Spotify, Apple Music, and Acast.
James advises governments and international organisations on the history of warfare, contemporary security, and issues of weapons development. He is currently Special Advisor to the UK Parliament's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drones, a UK MoD Defence Opinion Leader, and an adviser to NATO and the United Nations.
He has previously been a Visiting Research Fellow at Stanford University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford and he is Co-founder and Co-Convenor of BISA War Studies, the War Studies section of the British International Studies Association.
His work has appeared in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the International Journal of Human Rights, International Peacekeeping, History Today, BBC History Magazine, and BBC World Histories (amongst others).
James’ research has been featured by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Economist, CNN, Reuters, the Guardian, Rolling Stone Magazine, ABC News, Wired, and Gizmodo.
Having previously focused on publications with academic university presses, he is currently working on his first public focused trade book project.
Contact:
Twitter:@DrJamesRogers
E-mail: jrg@sam.sdu.dk / JRogers1@lse.ac.uk
Showreel:
Link to showreel here
EXPERIENCE
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Associate Fellow, LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics (2020-)
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SCANCOR Visiting Research Fellow, Stanford University (2019)
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Visiting Research Fellow, ISS, Yale University (2018/19)
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Assistant Professor in War Studies, DIAS, CWS, SDU (2018-)
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Visiting Research Fellow, RAI, University of Oxford, (2017)

SPECIALTIES
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History
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History of War
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Drones and Weapons Technologies
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Public Speaking
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Broadcasting
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Contemporary Security Policy
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