Projects per year
Personal profile
Areas of Expertise
I am a scholar of the United States and the world. My research and teaching interests lie in the forces shaping U.S. foreign relations, especially the interaction of national and transnational factors and domestic and foreign influences.
My current research project is on the culture of state secrecy. It explores how the United States went from a system of government that prided itself on openness at the turn of twentieth century to one with the largest organised secrecy regime in human history at the start of the twenty-first century. The monograph will be published by Harvard University Press.
I have led an AHRC-supported project on national security whistleblowing, which included the volume (with Hannah Gurman) Whistleblowing Nation: The History of National Security Disclosures and the Cult of Secrecy (Columbia University Press, 2020). My first book was The United States, Italy, and the Origins of Cold War: Waging Political Warfare (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and I guest edited a special issue on U.S. foreign relations, intelligence, and international history for Intelligence and National Security (2011). My articles have appeared in journals including Journal of American History, Diplomatic History, Cold War History, and Modern Italy. In addition to my scholarly work, my writing has appeared in Foreign Policy in Focus, Process, The Conversation, and Washington Post.
I am happy to supervise research students working on the U.S. and the world; national security and secrecy; the international and transnational cold war; U.S. foreign relations; protest and dissent; intelligence, surveillance, and transparency; modern Italy.
I joined UEA after positions at the University of Warwick and University College Dublin. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham and studied at the University of California, Los Angeles and University of Padua. I have held visiting positions at University of Bologna, University of Oxford, University of Missouri, and New York University.
Teaching Interests
I teach courses on American and international history, the U.S. and the World, the Cold War, Empire, foreign relations, interventionism and secrecy, and protest and dissent.
Areas of Expertise
U.S. and international history; America and the World; U.S. foreign relations; the Cold War; national security, intelligence and secrecy; protest and dissent; civil liberties and transparency; intelligence; modern Italy.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Projects
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The Promise and Peril of "U.S. in the World
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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Research output
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The Past, Present, and Future of Government Secrecy – And History Itself: Matthew Connelly. The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America’s Top Secrets. New York: Pantheon, 2023. 560 pp. $32.50 (hardcover)
Mistry, K., Jun 2024, In: Diplomatic History. 48, 3, p. 458-462 5 p., dhae019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Culture and Justice: Europe and Latin America
Mistry, K., 27 Mar 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Kleine Geschichte der Offenlegung von Staatsgeheimnissen
Mistry, K. & Gurman, H., Aug 2023, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 33-34 ed. Vol. 73. p. 11 17 p.Translated title of the contribution :A Brief History of Whistleblowing Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Science, Secrets, and the State
Mistry, K. & Lebovic, S., 2023, H-Diplo/ISSF Forum, p. 16-20.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
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Secrecy Superpower
Mistry, K., 6 Mar 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Open Access
Prizes
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2020 HOTCUS Article Prize
Mistry, Kaeten (Recipient), Jun 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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BAAS-Arthur Miller Institute Article Prize 2020 – Honourable Mention
Mistry, Kaeten (Recipient), Mar 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Chair of Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS)
Mistry, Kaeten (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Election to learned society
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Council, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Mistry, Kaeten (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Whistleblowing Advocates
Kaeten Mistry (Speaker)
17 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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AHRC Peer Review College (External organisation)
Kaeten Mistry (Panel Member)
Mar 2022 → Dec 2025Activity: Membership › Peer review panel
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Journal of American Studies (Journal)
Kaeten Mistry (Editorial board member)
2022 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Historians of Twentieth Century United States (External organisation)
Kaeten Mistry (Vice Chair)
2022 → 2023Activity: Membership › External research organisation
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Progetti di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale (Research Projects of National Interest) (External organisation)
Kaeten Mistry (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Peer review panel
Press/Media
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JFK Assassination 60 Years On
20/11/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Podcast and Interview with New Books in History (13 Jan 2021)
13/01/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Podcast and Interview with This is Democracy
12/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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