James Chapman (media historian)
James Chapman | |
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| Fields | Media historian |
| Institutions | University of Leicester |
| Doctoral advisor | Jeffrey Richards |
James Chapman (born 1968) is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester. He has written several books on the history of British popular culture, including work on cinema, television and comics.
Biography
James Chapman was born in
In 1996 he joined The Open University, where he taught a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and was principal contributing author to the university's first dedicated course on Film and Television History. He joined the University of Leicester as its founding Professor of Film Studies in 2005.
Chapman's research focuses on
He is a Council member of the International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) and is editor of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.
Chapman has also published articles in the following journals: Screen, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Journal of Popular British Cinema, Visual Culture in Britain, Journal of Contemporary History, Contemporary British History, Media History and European Journal of Cultural Studies.
Bibliography
- The British at War: Cinema, State and Propaganda, 1939–1945, London: ISBN 1-86064-158-X
- Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films, London: I.B. Tauris, 1999. ISBN 978-1-84511-515-9
- Windows on the Sixties: Exploring Key Texts of Media and Culture, co-edited with Anthony Aldgate and Arthur Marwick, London: I.B. Tauris, 2000.
- Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s, London: I.B. Tauris, 2002. ISBN 1-86064-754-5
- Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present, London: ISBN 1-86189-162-8
- Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film, London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. ISBN 1-85043-808-0
- Chapman, James (2006). Inside the Tardis : the worlds of Doctor Who : a cultural history. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-163-2.
- Chapman, James; Glancy, Mark; Harper, Sue (2007). The New Film History: Sources, Methods, Approaches. London: Palgrave. ISBN 978-0-230-59448-7.
- Chapman, James (2008). War and Film. London: Reaktion. ISBN 978-1-86189-347-5.
- Chapman, James; ISBN 9781441638472.
- Chapman, James (2011). British Comics: A Cultural History. London: Reaktion. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-86189-855-5.
- Chapman, James; Cull, Nicholas John (2013). Projecting Tomorrow: Science Fiction and Popular Cinema. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-410-8.
References
- ^ Sean O'Brien, review of Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films, SFX, December 1999, p. 78.
External links
- Official website (University of Leicester)
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