Warren Dockter

Warren Dockter

Warren Dockter (born 1982) is an author and historian. He is Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

Biography

Warren Dockter is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham.[1] 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."[2][3] Churchill had a fascination of Islam and Islamic civilization.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

Publications

2015: Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East, I.B. Tauris ISBN 978-1780768182

2015: Churchill at the Telegraph (Editor) Aurum ISBN 978-1781314524

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-warren-dokter
  2. ↑ Churchill's Family Begged Him Not to Convert to Islam, Letter Shows, NBC News
  3. 1 2 Patrick Sawer, Sir Winston Churchill 's family feared he might convert to Islam, The Telegraph
  4. ↑ Matilda Battersby, Sir Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam, letter reveals, December 29, 2014, The Independent
  5. ↑ Terrence McCoy, Family of young Winston Churchill feared he might convert to Islam, long-lost letter says, December 29, 2014, Washington Post
  6. ↑ Warren Dockter (February 24, 2014). "5 Things you didn't know about Winston Churchill and the Islamic World". Retrieved November 13, 2015.
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