Dr William Mulligan BA MPhil,PhD
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Biography:
William Mulligan completed his Ph D in 2001. He worked in the Department of History and the Scottish Centre for War Studies at the University of Glasgow between 2004 and 2008. He is currently writing a history of the origins of the First World War and has research interests in international and military history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular reference to Germany and Britain. |
Research Interests
| Modern German and British history; international relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; military history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
Books
| William Mulligan; (2010) The origins of the First World War. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2005) The creation of the modern German army. General Walther Reinhardt and the Weimar Republic, 1914-1930. New York/Oxford: Berghahn. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| William Mulligan (2012) 'Prophecies and prospects of war' In: Peter Dennis, Jeffrey Grey (eds). Preliminary moves. 1911. Canberra: Big Sky Publishing. [Details] |
| William Mulligan (2012) 'Forging a better world. Socialists and international politics in the early twentieth century' In: Paul Rouse, Paul Daly, Ronan O'Brien (eds). Making the difference? The Irish Labour Party 1912-2012. Cork: The Collins Press. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2011) 'British anti-slave trade and anti-slavery policy in East Africa, Arabia, and Turkey in the late 19th century' In: Brendan Simms, David Trim (eds). Humanitarian Intervention. A History. Cambridge: CUP. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2010) 'Introduction; Gladstone and the Primacy of Foreign Policy; Conclusion' In: The Primacy of Foreign Policy in Modern British History, 1660-2000. Basingstoke: Palgrave. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2009) 'The Reichswehr and the Weimar Republic' In: Anthony McElligott (eds). Weimar Germany. Oxford: OUP. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2008) 'Mobs and diplomats: the Alabama0 affair and British diplomacy, 1865-1872' In: Markus Mösslang and Torsten Riotte (eds). The diplomats' world. A cultural history of diplomacy, 1815-1914. Oxford: OUP. [Details] | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2006) 'Restrained competition: international relations' In: Stefan Berger (eds). A companion to nineteenth century Europe, 1789-1914. Oxford: Blackwell. [Details] | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2003) 'The Wehrmacht exhibition and the politics of memory in Germany, 1995-1999' In: H.B.Clarke, J.Devlin, eds(Dublin) (eds). European Encounters. Essays in memory of Albert Lovett. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
| William Mulligan, Brendan Simms (Ed.). (2010) The Primacy of Foreign Policy in British History, 1660-2000. How strategic concerns shaped modern Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Mulligan, W; (2011) 'Britain, the 'German revolution', and the fall of France, 1870/1'. Historical Research, 84 :310-327. [DOI] [Details] |
| Mulligan, W; (2002) 'Civil-military relations in the early Weimar Republic'. Historical Journal, 45 :819-841. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2009) 'The Fugitive Slave Circulars, 1875-76'. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 37 (2):183-205. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2008) 'Weimar and the wars of Liberation: German and French officers and the politics of history'. European History Quarterly, 38 (2):266-293. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2008) 'Total War: Review Article'. War in History, 15 (2):211-221. [Details] |
| William Mulligan; (2008) 'From case to narrative: the Marquess of Lansdowne, Sir Edward Grey, and the threat from Germany, 1900-1906'. International History Review, 30 (2):273-302. [Details] | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2006) 'We can't be more Russian than the Russians: British policy in the Liman von Sanders crisis, 1913-14'. Diplomacy & Statecraft, 17 (2):261-282. [Details] | |||||||||
| William Mulligan and Brendan Simms (eds.); (2003) 'The Primacy of Foreign Policy in German History. (Series of articles edited)'. German History, 21 (No. 3). [Details] | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2003) 'The Reichswehr and the primacy of foreign policy, 1918-23'. German History, 21 (No. 3). [Details] | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2002) 'Restoring trust within the Reichswehr: the case of the Vertrauensleute0'. War & Society, 20 (2):71-90. [Details] | |||||||||
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Conference Contributions
| William Mulligan (2012) Power and international politics in the early twentieth century. [Invited Lecture], School of Historical Studies Seminar Series, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton , 13-FEB-12 - 13-FEB-12. |
| William Mulligan (2012) The imperial roots of British and French war aims, 1914-1918. [Invited Lecture], The First World War, Lafayette College, PA , 15-FEB-12 - 15-FEB-12. |
| William Mulligan (2012) Preventive wars and European politics: why didn't one occur before 1914?. [International Refereed Conference], British International Studies Association, Edinburgh , 21-JUN-12 - 21-JUN-12. |
| William Mulligan; (2011) Power and the international system before 1914. [Invited Lecture], Australian Association of European History, Perth, Australia , 11-JUL-11 - 14-JUL-11. |
| William Mulligan; (2011) 1911: prospects and prophecies of war. [Keynote Address], Chief of Military History Conference, Canberra, Australia , 28-SEP-11 - 30-SEP-11. |
| William Mulligan; (2011) Arming Europe, 1911-1914. [Invited Lecture], Ireland in the decade of the great war, 1912-1923, Monaco , 21-OCT-11 - 22-OCT-11. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2011) Shaping the law: maritime warfare, international law, and early globalization. [Chaired Session], Third European Congress on World and Global History, LSE, London , 14-APR-11 - 17-APR-11. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2011) The collapse of the great power system, 1911. [International Refereed Conference], British International History Group, Glasgow, UK , 08-SEP-11 - 10-SEP-11. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2010) Restraints on great power wars before 1914. [International Refereed Conference], British International History Group, Oxford , 09-SEP-10 - 11-SEP-10. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2010) Soft power and international politics before 1914. [Invited Lecture], HIstory Seminar Series, Canterbury , 19-JAN-10 - 19-JAN-10. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan, Chris Clark, Thomas Otte; (2010) Panel on the Origins of the First World War. [International Refereed Conference], Panel on The origins of the First World War, Cambridge , 18-MAR-10 - 18-MAR-10. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2010) Maintaining peace: great power politics, 1870-1914. [Invited Lecture], Seminar in War Studies, Glasgow , 11-MAY-10 - 11-MAY-10. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2010) European anti-slavery politics in the late 1880s. [Chaired Session], Anti-slavery politics in the nineteenth century: a global perspective, Dublin , 30-APR-10 - 01-MAY-10. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2008) Gladstone, the Liberal Party, and the primacy of foreign policy, 1868-1886. [Invited Lecture], The primacy of foreign policy in British history, University of Glasgow , 27-MAR-08 - 29-MAR-08. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2008) British anti-slavery policy in East Africa, 1873-90. [Invited Lecture], A history of humanitarian intervention, University of Cambridge , 18-SEP-08 - 18-SEP-08. | |||||||||
| William Mulligan; (2008) Britain and the German revolution of 1870. [Invited Lecture], International History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, London , 19-MAR-08 - 19-MAR-08. | |||||||||
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Education
| Year 1998 Institution: University of Cambridge Qualification: MPhil Subject: |
| Year 1997 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: BA(International) Subject: |
| Year 2001 Institution: University of Cambridge Qualification: PhD Subject: |
Teaching Philosophy
| I am fortunate to teach the First World War, its origins and consequences. One of the most controversial periods of modern history, in my view, the war provides students with a unique opportunity to see historians at work, to question historians' conclusions and interpretations, and to shape their own research. |
Modules Coordinated
| 201200 HIS42040 History: UNICA: Hist Methods |
| 201200 HIS41800 History: MA Workshop II |
| 201200 HIS20480 History: Origins of World War I |
| 201200 HIS20560 History: International History1914-1991 |
| 201200 HIS41930 History: First World War |