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Jamie Medhurst

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Professor of Media and Communication, Aberystwyth University

Media history, media policy, media and politics. Currently working on three projects: the early years of television and the BBC (in the 1920s and 1930s) - book out from Edinburgh University Press in 2022. Also working on a Leverhulme Trust-funded project on broadcasting and society in Wales in the 1970s - book out from the University of Wales Press in 2024. Working on a history of post-war television in Britain between 1946 and 1960. I'm a member of the steering group of the Entangled Media Histories research network, a member of the advisory group of the National Broadcast Archive of Wales, and of the 'Connected Histories of the BBC' research project based at the University of Sussex.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Media and Communication, Aberystwyth University

Education

  • 2005 
    Aberystwyth University, PhD Television History

Publications

  • 2022
    The Early Years of Television and the BBC, Edinburgh University Press
  • 2016
    Broadcasting in the 1950s in the UK and US: historical perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • 2010
    A History of Independent Television in Wales, University of Wales Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2016
    Television and Society in Wales in the 1970s
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Leverhulme Trust
  • 2010
    Broadcasting History in the UK and US
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • 2008
    The Early Years of Television and the BBC
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    British Academy
  • 2008
    A history of Independent Television in Wales
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Royal Historical Society
  • Higher Education Academy