The Bondian Cold War: an analysis in 007 hashtags
Dr Martin D. Brown, Professor of International History at ¿ì»îÊÓƵ American University London, will be taking students at Maynooth University, near Dublin in Ireland for a deep dive into the world of James Bond this week.
In his to students, entitled, ‘The Bondian Cold War: an analysis in 007 hashtags’, Dr Brown will be exploring how the tension between the real and the fictional in James Bond movies provides perspectives into Cold War culture. Dr Brown is an expert in the field of ‘Bondology’ and the cultural turn in intelligence studies, the symbiotic relationship between fiction and international politics, and, of course, the popularity of Bond and its consequences.
The primary focus of Dr Brown’s recent research has been European diplomatic history. He is currently studying British foreign policy during the era of Détente leading up to the Helsinki Final Act of 1975.
