Brian P. Farrell

I have been teaching military history, European history, and the history of empires and imperialism at the National University of Singapore since 1993. I have published extensively in my main area of research interest, the military history of the British Empire. That interest led me to a broader engagement with the study of imperialism and its influence on Asian and global history, as well as with wider problems of military and international history in Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries. I have pursued questions in these areas in libraries, archives, research institutes, and especially in the field, in Canada, the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan. My wider responsibilities include acting as Principal Investigator on the major research project Friction and Order: Great Powers and Globalizing China 1854-1949, and serving as an Asia-Pacific Regional Coordinator for the Society for Military History, the largest such professional organization in the world. My most recent publication is From Far East to Asia Pacific: Great Powers and Grand Strategy 1900-1954, displayed on this page.