James Chapman (born 1968) is Professor of Film Studies at the

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. 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

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, South Yorkshire, and attended

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during the 1980s. He took his BA (History) and MA (

Film Studies Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to cinema as an art form and a medium. It is sometimes subsumed within media studies and is often compared to television studies. ...

) at the

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and then undertook his doctoral research at

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, completing his thesis on the role of official

film propaganda A propaganda film is a film that involves some form of propaganda. Propaganda films spread and promote certain ideas that are usually religious, political, or cultural in nature. A propaganda film is made with the intent that the viewer will ad ...

in Britain during

the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. In 1996 he joined

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, 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

British popular culture British culture is influenced by the combined nations' history; its historically Christian religious life, its interaction with the cultures of Europe, the traditions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and the impact of the British Empir ...

, especially cinema and television in their historical contexts. He has written or edited ten books, including two which he has co-authored with Professor

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. His books include studies of the science fiction television series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' and the

James Bond films James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Nive ...

. '' SFX '' magazine described his book ''Licence To Thrill'' as "thoughtful, intelligent, ludicrous and a bit snobby - bit like

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really".Sean O'Brien, review of ''Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films'', ''SFX'', December 1999, p.78. 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 Screen or Screens may refer to: Arts * Screen printing (also called ''silkscreening''), a method of printing * Big screen, a nickname associated with the motion picture industry * Split screen (filmmaking), a film composition paradigm in which mul ...

'', ''Historical Journal of Film'', ''Radio and Television'', ''Journal of Popular British Cinema'', ''Visual Culture in Britain'', ''

Journal of Contemporary History The ''Journal of Contemporary History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of history in all parts of the world since 1930. It was established in 1966 by Walter Laqueur and George L. Mosse. Originally published by Wei ...

'', ''Contemporary British History'', ''Media History'' and ''

European Journal of Cultural Studies The ''European Journal of Cultural Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of cultural studies in areas such as migration, post-colonial criticism and consumer cultures. The journal's editors-in-chief are Joke Hermes (U ...

''.

Bibliography

* ''The British at War: Cinema, State and Propaganda'', 1939–1945, London:

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, 1998. * ''Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films'', London: I.B. Tauris, 1999. . 2nd edn 2007. * ''Windows on the Sixties: Exploring Key Texts of Media and Culture'', co-edited with Anthony Aldgate and

Arthur Marwick Arthur John Brereton Marwick (29 February 1936 – 27 September 2006) was a British social historian, who served for many years as Professor of History at the Open University. His research interests lay primarily in the history of Britain in the ...

, London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. * ''Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s'', London: I.B. Tauris, 2002. * ''Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present'', London:

Reaktion Books Reaktion Books is an independent book publisher based in Islington, London, England. It was founded in 1985 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved to London in 1987. Reaktion originally focused on the fields of art, architecture, and design. In recen ...

, 2003. * ''Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film'', London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. * * * * * *

References

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* (University of Leicester) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, James 1968 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of Leicester Media historians British historians People educated at Wales High School