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University of Exeter Historian Jeremy
Black to Speak at
ENC on "The Politics of James Bond"
Tues., October 31st, 4-5pm, Munro
Parlor
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James Bond
was the most successful adventure
hero in history, thwarting "the instruments of Armageddon" in  the
film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) or saving the world as the
seconds
tick away in Moonraker (1979). The Bond series was an important
aspect of postwar popular culture. Ian Fleming's novels and the films
based
on them can be used to chart the course of the Cold War. The KGB
station
chief in London, who defected in 1985, even claimed that the Central
Committee
of the Soviet Communist Party watched Bond films, that he was
instructed
to secure copies as soon as one came out, and that he was requested to
obtain the devices used by Bond. Jeremy Black, who holds the
Established
Chair in History
at
Exeter University (UK), will present a public lecture at ENC on the
"Politics of James Bond." Black is one of the most prolific
contemporary
historians. He has written over
fifty books, most of them dealing with early modern British and
continental
European history, with particular interest in military history and
international
relations. Professor Black is a brilliant and entertaining lecturer.
You
won't want to miss this!
Award-Winning
Authors Lecture at ENC, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
Past
ENC History Dept. Lectures
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