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James Jefferies

Assistant Lecturer
Department of History
Assistant Lecturer.
Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies (LiFTS)
Postgraduate Research Student
Department of History
 James Jefferies
  • Email

  • Telephone

    +44 (0) 1206 872705

  • Location

    6.130, Colchester Campus

Profile

Ask me about
  • The Second World War
  • The War in the Air
  • RAF Bomber Command and Strategic Bombing
  • British cultural memory of the Second World War

Qualifications

  • MA History University of Essex (2015)

  • BA Drama University of Essex (2011)

Research and professional activities

Thesis

The British Cultural Memory of the War in the Air 1939-1945

Supervisor: Professor Lucy Noakes , Doctor Chris Kempshall

Research interests

The British Cultural Memory of the War in the Air 1939-1945

James is studying the cultural memory of the Second World War focussing on the war in the air. James looks into how this memory has been continued through public mediums such as in films, literature, and video games to establish perceptions and personas of 'the flyer' in cultural memory, identity, and culture.

Contact

jrdjef@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 872705

Location:

6.130, Colchester Campus