Dr Edward Corse

About

Dr Edward Corse specialises in the history of propaganda and has a long-standing connection with the University of Kent. He completed his PhD at Kent in 2011 on the role of the British Council in neutral countries in Europe during the Second World War. He has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of War, Media and Society since 2018.

Research interests

Edward has studied the role of propaganda in a number of neutral countries, such as the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey. He is one of the convenors of the ‘Propaganda and Neutrality: alternative battlegrounds and active deflection’ conference taking place on 24-25 June 2021 (visit https://propaganda-and-neutrality.jimdosite.com for details) alongside Dr Marta Garcia Cabrera at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He is currently researching the role of British propaganda in Turkey during the Second World War.

Edward is also interested in cultural propaganda and cultural relations more generally outside of neutral countries, and has written about the role of the British Council in early Cold War Poland. He is involved in the ERC-funded project ‘Taming the European Leviathan: The Legacy of Post-War Medicine and the Common Good’ with Professor Ulf Schmidt at the University of Hamburg.