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Dr James Harvey is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media at the School of Creative Arts, University of Hertfordshire. He serves as Programme Leader for the MA in Global Film and Television (Online). His research focuses on the politics and aesthetics of film and screen media, particularly documentary, art cinema, and artists' moving image, with emphasis on themes of race, colonialism, and diaspora. Harvey holds a PhD in Film Studies from Anglia Ruskin University, an MA in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies from the University of Nottingham, and a BA in Film and Cultural Studies from Lancaster University.
Research interests include decolonization discourses in Film and Media Studies, postcolonial British cinema, and diaspora practitioners. He has authored Jacques Rancière and the Politics of Art Cinema (2018) and John Akomfrah (2023), and edited Nationalism in Contemporary Western European Cinema (2018). His recent work explores decolonial frameworks in documentary practices and post-imperial aesthetics.
- External Position: Trustee at Firstsite (2022–2024)
- Teaching Specialisms: Film theory, race and coloniality in media, documentary studies
Harvey’s publications span peer-reviewed articles and book chapters addressing topics like decolonizing documentary conventions, post-imperial European identity, and black male performance in contemporary media. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with critical engagement in global film practices.
