James M

James M. Welsh
Rank: Professor
E-Mail: jxwelsh@salisbury.edu
Telephone: (410)543-6446
Degree: Ph.D. The University of Kansas, 1996

Books: Versions: Film Adaptations of Films on Video with T.L. Erskine (Greenwood Press, 2000), The Cinema of Tony Richardson: Essays and Interviews with J.C. Tibbetts (SUNY Press 1999), Novels into Film with J.C. Tibbetts (Checkmark Books, 1999), The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film with J.C. Tibbetts (Facts On File, 1998). Peter Watkins: A Guide to References and Resources (G.K. Hall, 1986), Abel Gance with S.P. Kramer (Twayne, 1978), His Majesty the American: The Cinema of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. with J.C. Tibbetts (A.S. Barnes, 1977), Ben Jonson: A Quadricentennial Bibliography with D.H. Brock (Scarecrow Press, 1974). Forthcoming: The Illusion of Freedom: The Cinema of Peter Watkins (Flicks Books, Towbridge)

Journals/Editorial: Editor-in-Chief, Literature/Film Quarterly (1973--present), East Coast Editor, American Classic Screen (1977-84)

Annuals: Regular contributor to Magill's Cinema Annual, 1986--present (over 100 extended reviews).

Articles & Reviews: Well over 300 essays and reviews published in a wide range of journals, including Sight and Sound, American Film, Film Comment, Films in Review, Cinema Journal, The Journal of Popular Film and Television, Wide Angle, Cineaste, Film Criticism, Film Society Review, Studies in Popular Culture, The Historical Journal of Radio, Film, and Television, Film & History, Shakespeare Quarterly, English Journal, Renascence, South Atlantic Bulletin, Comparative Drama, Literature and Medicine, Willamette Journal of the Arts, Philological Papers, Romanian Civilization, Choice.

Fellowships/Prizes, Awards: Fulbright Fellowships, Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza," Catedra de Limba si Literatura Engleza, Iasi, Romania, 1998 and 1994. Distinguished Faculty Award, Salisbury University Forum, 1987. Outstanding Faculty Award, Salisbury University Student Government, 1984. Journalism Award for Critical Reviewing, Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association, 1980. Research Fellowship in analytical bibliography and textual criticism, University of Kansas, 1966-1971.

Service/Teaching: Founding President of the Literature/Film Association (1989). Directed and C0-Directed national and international conferences for the Literature/Film Association in Maryland, Oregon, Arizona, Rhode Island, and, in 1999, at the University of Bath in England. Board of Directors, The National Film Society, Kansas City, 1978-82. Board of Directors, The Center for Romanian Studies, Iasi, Romania. Organized and directed the 1997 International Conference on "The Cold War on Film and Television" for IAMHIST (The International Association for Media and History), held at Salisbury University, July 1997. Papers read abroad at the Institute für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany (July 1991), the Nederlands Filmmuseum and the University of Amsterdam (July 1993), British and American Studies Conference, University of Timisoara (Romania, May 1994), National Conference of the Romanian Society for British and American Studies, Universities "Babes-Bolyai, " Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania, March 1997), University of the West, Timisoara (Romania, May 1998); University of Bath (UK, June 1999), University of Leeds (UK, July 19990, Universitatea "Al.I. Cuza" (Iasi, Romania, March 2000)

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