Expertise

I am a historian of United States foreign relations specializing in the history of intelligence, development, and nation-building.

Right now, I am investigating the early history of the CIA, and asking why a country so committed to pluralism and the marketplace of ideas staked its security on the novel notion of central intelligence.

Regions of Interest:

  • United States
  • Asia

Research Interests:

  • Diplomatic history
  • Modernization theory
  • U.S.-Asian relations
  • Intelligence

Keywords:

  • 20th century
  • U.S. History
  • Food and Food Cultures

Nick Cullather is a historian of U.S. foreign relations, specializing in the history of intelligence, development, and nation-building. 

Affiliations

Professor, Department of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, Islamic Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Cultural Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Past Affiliations

Adjunct Faculty, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Editor, Journal of American History
1995 - 1997

Assistant Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
1993 - 1998

Staff Historian, Central Intelligence Agency
1992 - 1993

Press Secretary, Congressman Lee H. Hamilton
1982 - 1986

Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, East Asian Studies Center, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Middle Eastern Studies, North American Studies, International Studies, History
Degrees
PhD, University of Virginia, 1993
MA, University of Virginia, 1988
AB, Indiana University Bloomington, 1981
Keywords
history foreign policy
Honors

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University, 1997

W. Turretine Jackson Prize, American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, 1993

U.S. Air Force Dissertation Year Fellowship, 1990-1

Fulbright-Hays Research Fellowship, 1990