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Joanne Clare Fox (born 1978) is a British historian specialising in the
history of film The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art, visual art form created using history of film technology, film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. Th ...
and
propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...
in twentieth-century Europe. Director of the
Institute of Historical Research The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate Hou ...
at the
School of Advanced Study The School of Advanced Study (SAS), a postgraduate-only institution of the University of London, is the UK's national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities and social sciences. It was established in 1994 and ...
,
University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...
(the IHR's first female director) from 2018 to 2020, Fox was promoted as
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of
London University The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degr ...
's
School of Advanced Study The School of Advanced Study (SAS), a postgraduate-only institution of the University of London, is the UK's national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities and social sciences. It was established in 1994 and ...
in 2020.


Education

Joanne Clare Fox graduated with BA and
PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
degrees in history from the
University of Kent The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC) is a Collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom. The university was granted its roya ...
.


Career

Before becoming a university lecturer, Fox intended to use her historical training to work in
heritage Heritage may refer to: History and society * A heritage asset A heritage asset is an item which has value because of its contribution to a nation's society, knowledge and/or culture. Such items are usually physical assets, but some countries also ...
, but changed her mind after a student at
Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
told her, "you have been an inspiration to all of us! You should be teaching!" Fox entered
academia An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
as a lecturer at
Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...
in 1999, later becoming Professor of Modern History. In 2007, Fox was appointed a National Teaching Fellow. She is also a member of the Council for
the International Association of Media and History The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) is a scholarly organization which brings together media historians and professionals with an interest in media history. Founded in the summer of 1977 it organizes biennial conferences, w ...
and is on the editorial board of their academic journal, '' The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television''. She is the honorary director of communications for the
Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society (RHS), founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the H ...
. Elected a
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned or professional societies, the term refers ...
(FRHistS), she is also a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a learned society that champions innovation and progress across a multitude of sectors by fostering creativity, s ...
(FRSA). Her interest in using new learning technologies influenced others within Durham University, and in other institutions. Notably, she contributed a case study to the National Blackboard Conference, chaired by Lord Dearing. Fox's most significant published work is ''Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II'' (2007), in which she compares the use of cinema in propaganda in Britain and Germany in the Second World War.


Media appearances

Fox appeared as an expert for some episodes of the 2010
CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, p ...
documentary, ''Love, Hate & Propaganda''. She appeared as an expert on the
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...
programme ''Making History'' in March 2011 to discuss satire and anti-fascist propaganda, and on ''
The One Show ''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weekdays at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Roman Kemp, Ronan Keating ...
'' in May 2011 to discuss public and media reactions to
Rudolf Hess Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician, Nuremberg trials, convicted war criminal and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer ( ...
's 1941 parachute landing.


Published works


Monographs

*'' Filming Women in the Third Reich'' Oxford; New York : Berg, 2000. **Review, ''German Quarterly'' . German Quarterly, Winter, 2003, vol. 76, no. 1, p. 121-122. **Review, '' Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'' Oct 2001 v21 i4 p417 **Review, ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'' Oct 2005 v25 i4 p647(7) **Review, '' CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries July–August 2001'' v38 i11-12 p1968(1) **Review, ''Times Higher Education Supplement'' 2 March 2001 i1476 p30(1) *'' Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II'' ) Oxford; New York : Berg, 2007. In 238 libraries according t
WorldCat
/ref> **Review, '' American Historical Review'' April 2008 v113 i2 p567(2) **Review, ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'' March 2008 v28 i1 p80(3) **Review, ''CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries'' Oct 2007 v45 i2 p288(2)


Other works

*'"Heavy hands and light touches": approaches to the study of cinematic culture in the Third Reich', ''History Compass'' 1 (2003) *'Resistance and the Third Reich', ''
Journal of Contemporary History The ''Journal of Contemporary History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of history in all parts of the world since 1930. It was established in 1966 by Walter Laqueur and George L. Mosse. Originally published by ...
'' 39 (2004) *'Winston Churchill and the "men of destiny": reflections on leadership and the role of the Prime Minister in the British wartime feature films', in Richard Toye & Julie Gottlieb (eds.), ''Making Reputations: Power, Persuasion and the Individual in Modern British Politics'' (2005) *'"The mediator": images of radio in wartime feature film in Britain and Germany', in
Mark Connelly Mark Connelly was a professor and Head of the School of History, at the University of Kent in Canterbury, where he was both a military historian, and the Reuters Lecturer in Media History. Connelly specialises in the 19th Century and First World ...
& David Welch (eds.), ''War and the Media. Reportage and Propaganda 1900-2003'' (2005) *'John Grierson, his "documentary boys" and the British Ministry of Information, 1939-1942', ''
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television The ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'' is an academic journal dedicated to the study of media history. It is published quarterly by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the International Association for Media and History. The current ...
'' 25 (2005) *'Millions Like Us? Accented Language and the "Ordinary" in British Films of the Second World War', ''
Journal of British Studies The publication of the North American Conference on British Studies, ''The Journal of British Studies'' is an academic journal aimed at scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages through the present. The journal was co-founded in 1961 by G ...
'' 45 (2006) *'German cinema and the United Kingdom, 1933-45', in Roel Vande Winkel & David Welch (eds.), ''Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of the Third Reich Cinema'' (2007) *'A thin stream issuing through closed lock gates' : German cinema and the United Kingdom, 1933-45 in Winkel, Roel Vande, and David Welch. ''Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema.'' Basingstoke ngland Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. *'"Everyday Heroines": Heroic motherhood in Nazi film - Mutterliebe (1939) and Annelie (1941)', ''Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques'' 35 (2009) *"Jana F. Bruns. Nazi Cinema's New Women".''
The American Historical Review ''The American Historical Review'' is a quarterly academic history journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Historical Association, for which it is an official publication. It targets readers interested in all period ...
'' 115, no. 4: 1240-.(2010) *'Propaganda and the Flight of Rudolf Hess, 1941-45', ''
Journal of Modern History ''The Journal of Modern History'' is a quarterly Peer review, peer-reviewed academic journal covering European intellectual, political, and cultural history, published by the University of Chicago Press. Established in 1929, the journal covers even ...
'' 83 (2011)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Jo Living people 1978 births Media historians Alumni of the University of Kent Academics of Durham University Academics of the University of London British women academics British women historians Fellows of the Royal Historical Society