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Biography
Rory Cormac is a Professor of International Relations specialising in Secret Intelligence and Covert Action.
Rory has written five books, most recently, The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown from Victoria to Diana (Atlantic, 2021)
Alongside Richard J. Aldrich, he has researched and fronted three documentaries for Channel 4: Spying on the Royals (2017), D-Day: The King who Fooled Hitler (2019) and The Queen and the Coup (2020).
He has appeared at the Hay, Cheltenham and Edinburgh Literary Festivals, and regularly features in national and international media outlets, including most UK newspapers, BBC Breakfast, BBC 5Live, BBC Radio 4, BBC History Magazine, and, in America, NBC and National Geographic.
Rory has spoken at the UK Cabinet Office, Home Office, Number 10 and Ministry of Defence, as well as the US State Department and Pentagon.
In 2018, he held a Leverhulme International Academic Fellowship based at Johns Hopkins University. Between 2015 and 2017, he held an AHRC Fellowship examining British approaches to covert action, 1945-1968.
Rory is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Before joining Nottingham, Rory worked at the University of Warwick and King's College London.
Expertise Summary
- Covert Action
- Secret Intelligence
- Prime Ministers and Intelligence / The Royal Family and Intelligence
Teaching Summary
Rory currently teaches:
- Secret Intelligence and International Security (BA3)
- Covert Action and Unacknowledged Interventionism (MA)
He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research Summary
Rory is currently researching:
- Covert Action and Unacknowledged Interventions
- Subversion
- Secrecy
- Propaganda and Influence Operations
Recent Publications