James Chapman (media historian)

James Chapman
Born	1968
Nationality	British
Citizenship	British
Scientific career
Fields	Media historian
Institutions	University of Leicester
Doctoral advisor	Professor 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 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and attended Wales High School during the 1980s. He took his BA (History) and MA (Film Studies) at the University of East Anglia and then undertook his doctoral research at Lancaster University, completing his thesis on the role of official film propaganda in Britain during the Second World War.

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 British popular culture, especially cinema and television in their historical contexts. He has written or edited ten books, including two which he has co-authored with Professor Nicholas J. Cull. His work draws upon the ideas of the film theorist Gilles Deleuze and applies them to understanding the role and nature of popular film and television. His books include studies of the science fiction television series Doctor Who and the James Bond films. SFX magazine described his book Licence To Thrill as "thoughtful, intelligent, ludicrous and a bit snobby - bit like Bond really".

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.

He 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.

Chapman is married to actress and former Bond girl Penelope Parker. They have three children, and live in Market Harborough.

Bibliography

• The British at War: Cinema, State and Propaganda, 1939–1945, London: I.B. Tauris, 1998. ISBN 186064158X
• Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films, London: I.B. Tauris, 1999. ISBN 1860643876. 2nd edn 2007. ISBN 9781845115159
• 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 1860647545
• Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present, London: Reaktion Books, 2003. ISBN 1861891628
• Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film, London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. ISBN 1850438080
• Inside the Tardis: The Worlds of Doctor Who–A Cultural History, London: I.B. Tauris, 2006. ISBN 9781845111632
• The New Film History: Sources, Methods, Approaches, co-edited with Mark Glancy and Sue Harper, London: Palgrave, 2007. ISBN 9780230594487
• War and Film, London: Reaktion, 2008. ISBN 9781861893475
• Projecting Empire: Imperialism and Popular Cinema, co-authored with Nicholas J. Cull, London: I.B. Tauris, 2009.
• British Comics: A Cultural History. London: Reaktion. 2011. p. 320. ISBN 978-1861898555. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Projecting Tomorrow: Science Fiction and Popular Cinema, co-authored with Nicholas J. Cull. London: I.B. Tauris. 2013 - forthcoming. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

External links

• Official website (University of Leicester)