Bernard Porter is Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Newcastle, UK. One of the most important and controversial historians of the British Imperial period, his works include The Absent-Minded Imperialists, winner of the AHA Maurice Forkosch Prize and The Lion's Share: A Short History of British Imperialism.
He has taught at the Universities of Hull, Rochester (NY State), Yale and Sydney; and held Research Fellowships at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and the Australian National University .