Adam Storring

Dr. Adam Storring is a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies, School of Security Studies. His research bridges cultural/intellectual history with military operations, focusing on King Frederick II of Prussia (1740–1786). He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2018), supervised by Christopher Clark, and previously held fellowships at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg (Göttingen) and multiple German institutions. His work challenges traditional narratives of Frederick II’s militarism, emphasizing French intellectual influences and subjective military thought.

• Education: BA History (St. John’s College, Cambridge, 2001); MPhil Historical Studies (2007); PhD History (2018)
• Awards: 2019 André Corvisier Prize (top global military history dissertation)
• Roles: Member of the Bibliographical Committee of the International Commission of Military History; peer reviewer for War in History and National Science Centre, Poland

His research redefines Frederick II’s military ideas as rooted in French Enlightenment thought rather than German militarism. He examines temporality in warfare, collective strategy formation in Prussia, and Russia’s role in the Seven Years War. His publications analyze battles like Zorndorf (1758) and challenge the notion of warfare as purely mathematical.

Teaching includes courses on modern war history, international relations, and historiography. He combines rigorous archival work with interdisciplinary approaches, integrating history of science and classical scholarship into military studies.