James Jefferies
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872705
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Location
6.130, Colchester Campus
Profile
- The Second World War
- The War in the Air
- RAF Bomber Command and Strategic Bombing
- British cultural memory of the Second World War
Qualifications
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MA History University of Essex (2015)
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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.