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Dr James Leggott
Film and Television Studies Research interests: contemporary British film and television, regional representation on film and television, television comedy, music and television |
About
James is the author of Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (Wallflower, 2008) and In Fading Light: The Films of the Amber Collective (Berghahn, 2020). He is currently writing a monograph on the representation of north-east England in film and television. He has co-edited books on British science fiction television, the comedy of Chris Morris, period television drama, and the representation of masculinity in British period television, with a volume forthcoming on medical historical drama. He is the founding and principal editor of The Journal of Popular Television (Intellect) and is currently Chair of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies.
James is the author of Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (Wallflower, 2008) and In Fading Light: The Films of the Amber Collective (Berghahn, 2020). He is currently writing a monograph on the representation of north-east England in film and television. He has co-edited books on British science fiction television, the comedy of Chris Morris, period television drama, and the representation of masculinity in British period television, with a volume forthcoming on medical historical drama. He is the founding and principal editor of The Journal of Popular Television (Intellect) and is currently Chair of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies.
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Qualifications
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Professional Affiliations
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Employment
James has lectured at Northumbria University since 2005. He has also taught at the Universities of Sunderland, Newcastle and Teesside. |
Institutional Roles
James has been Programme Leader for the Film and Television BA Hons and the Film Studies MA programmes at Northumbria, and PGR (postgraduate research) lead for the department of Arts. |
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PhD Supervision
James has supervised PhD students on topics such as gender in Doctor Who, the Play for Today tradition on television, the Catherine Cookson television cycle, and the representation of childhood in cinema. |
Modules Taught
James has taught various modules on aspects of film and television history, analysis and theory, including: Film History, Television Studies, Documentary, Contemporary British Cinema, Adaptations, Cultural Identities and British Television, Film Theory, Experimental Cinema, 1930s British Cinema, National Cinemas. |
Conferences & Talks
James has organised/co-organised numerous conferences, including: Power and the Media: biannual three-day conference of IAMHIST (International Association for Media and History) (June 2019); Annual workshop for ECR/PhD students of IAMHIST (January 2017); Generations: annual three-day conference of MeCCSA (Media, Communication and Cultural Studies) subject association (January 2015); Alien Nation: A Conference on British Horror, Science Fiction and Telefantasy (July 2011).
James has organised/co-organised numerous conferences, including: Power and the Media: biannual three-day conference of IAMHIST (International Association for Media and History) (June 2019); Annual workshop for ECR/PhD students of IAMHIST (January 2017); Generations: annual three-day conference of MeCCSA (Media, Communication and Cultural Studies) subject association (January 2015); Alien Nation: A Conference on British Horror, Science Fiction and Telefantasy (July 2011).
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Recent Publications
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Peer Review
James has been a member of the AHRC peer review college since 2011. He has reviewed articles for numerous journals, including Critical Studies in Television, Screen and the British Journal of Film and Television. He has reviewed proposals and manuscripts for for academic publishers, including: Berghahn Press, Edinburgh University Press, Intellect, Manchester University Press, Palgrave/Macmillan, and Routledge. |
