Dr Elayne Chaplin

Professional biography

My primary academic interests are in cultural history, particularly film and television.

Example of recent publication:

‘Death and Duty: The Yakuza Onscreen’ (analysis of the impact of socio-political context on performative gangster masculinity in twentieth century Japanese cinema), in Larke, S.G. (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Gangster Film (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019).

I have wide-ranging teaching experience within the OU, from Level 1 multidisciplinary modules, to Level 3 history.

Prior to my full-time role at the OU, I designed and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate modules on such topics as the politics of fantasy genres in 20^th century film and television; East Asian cinema: history and politics; depicting the ‘American Dream’; Documentary (art and politics) from the 1920s to the present.

FASSTEST funded scholarship projects include:

'Flexible Study Intensity in Arts & Humanities: Classical Studies and History' (PL)

'Better understanding of study motivation and module choice: an investigation of A223 student registrations'