Niall Ferguson

Sir Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson (English: Sir Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson; born April 18, 1964) is a British and American historical scholar who is currently the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and concurrently a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He has taught at Harvard University, the London School of Economics and Political Science and New York University. He has also been a visiting professor at the New School for the Humanities and a senior fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University. He also briefly served as a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and taught at Tsinghua University in China from 2019 to 2020. Ferguson's research and lecture areas mainly cover international history, economic history, financial history, and the history of the British Empire and American imperialism. He generally held a more positive view of the British Empire. In 2004, Ferguson was selected as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. In addition, he has also written and hosted a number of television historical documentaries, among which "Money Rising" won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2009. In 2024, Ferguson was knighted by Charles III for his contributions to literature and historical writing. In addition to academic research, Ferguson has also been active in the media and public commentary fields for a long time. He has served as a special editor for Bloomberg TV and a columnist for "Newsweek", and has been writing a semi-monthly column for "Bloomberg Opinion" since June 2020. In addition, he has also been a regular contributor to "The Spectator" and "The Daily Mail". In 2021, Ferguson co-founded the University of Austin. Starting in June 2024, he will also serve as a bi-weekly columnist for "The Free Press". In addition, Ferguson has written for various journals such as Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. Politically, he is often seen as a conservative and has claimed to support Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.