Dr Chris Kempshall
| Post: | Teaching Fellow in European History (History) |
| Other posts: | Associate Tutor (History) |
| Location: | ARTS B B119 HAHP School Office |
| Email: | C.Kempshall@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 6748 |
| UK: | 01273 876748 |
| International: | +44 1273 876748 |
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Biography
I am a historian focusing on the First World War and popular representations of warfare. I received my PhD from the University of Sussex in 2013. My thesis examined relations between British and French soldiers during the First World War.
I have taught on war, conflict, and European history at the universities of Sussex, Brighton, Kent, and Goldsmiths College, London.
I am also currently a Senior Research Fellow for the Centre for Army Leadership, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Selected Research:
Monographs
British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914–1918
The First World War in Computer Games
Articles
Pixel Lions – the image of the soldier in First World War computer games
Role
I am currently a Teaching Fellow in European History.
Qualifications
PhD - Contemporary History at the University of Sussex 2013. Thesis title: Unwilling allies?: Tommy-Poilu relations on the Western Front 1914-1918
MA - Contemporary War and Peace Studies at the University of Sussex 2006
BA (Hons) - Media Practice and Theory at the University of Sussex 2005