James Fenwick

James Fenwick is a Senior Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries at The University of Manchester. He has previously worked at Sheffield Hallam University, UWE Bristol, University of Derby, and De Montfort University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Academic Delegate on The National Archives’ User Advisory Group, and co-editor of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.

James’s research focus is on the history and heritage of the creative and cultural industries, including film, television, cinema, and festivals, along with research interests in cultural producers, exploitation and cultural workers, and culture-led regeneration in the North of England. He principally investigates the ways in which popular culture is archived and used in knowledge production, archival gaps and silences in cultural archives, and the ways in which researchers, archivists, and non-academic audiences can collaborate to reveal new or overlooked stories, voices, and perspectives about our shared cultural lives.

He has written extensively about the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, the phenomenon of unmade film and television, the culture-led regeneration of post-industrial cities since the 1980s, the political economy of film festivals, and archival methods and practices of archiving culture. He is currently undertaking research into the post-Monty Python career of Michael Palin.