Philip John Davies

Background

Mr. Davies was born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, on July 9, 1948.

Education

Philip Davies attended Swarthmore College from 1969 to 1970. He was a student of University of Keele, from which he received Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971. In 1973 he graduated from University of Essex Master of Arts degree. In 1974 Mr. Davies finished University of Maryland at College Park with Master of Arts.

Career

Mr. Davies was a lecturer in politics and history at the University of Coventry, Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, England, in 1975-1976. From 1976 to 1991 he served as a lecturer in American studies at Victoria University of Manchester, Manchester, England. Between 1985 and 1991 he was a director of American Studies Exchange and Junior Year Program.

During the period of 1991-1993 Philip Davies held the position of a principal lecturer and director of International Office at De Montfort University, Leicester, England. He was a reader in American studies and head of American Studies Program in 1993. From 1984 till 1985 Mr. Davies worked at the University of Massachusetts at Boston as a visiting professor and visiting fellow at John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs.

Since 1996 Mr. Davies took the post of a visiting professor at Creighton University and Wartburg College. Later he also served as a guest lecturer at universities in England and abroad, including Catholic University of America, San Francisco State University, State University of New York at Potsdam, University of California, Berkeley, University of Texas at Austin, University of Bielefeld, and the University of Latvia.

Since 1992 Philip Davies worked as a lecturer at U.S. Information Agency. Council on International Educational Exchange, trustee of United Kingdom Board. In 1993 he was a member of the board of directors of H-AMSTDY (international e-mail list on American studies).

In 1996 he became a leader of delegation on American elections, Citizen Ambassador Program. From 1987 to 1991 he was a member of editorial committee of Manchester University Press. Philip Davies worked as a consultant to television and radio networks, museums, and theater companies.

Contributor to books, including Regions and Regionolism in the United States, Vietnam and the Antiwar Movement, Locating Identity: Essays on Nation, Community, and Le Self. Contributor to academic journals, including Electoral Studies, Politics Review, Party Developments, Talking Politics, History Today, and Parliamentary Affairs, and newspapers.

Works

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  • British Secret Services (International Organizations Series)

    (This volume, which is arranged by agency and period, prov...)

  • Hollywood and the Great Depression: American Film, Politics and Society in the 1930s

    (In the popular imagination, 1930s Hollywood was a dream f...)

  • The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India: Islamic, Rajput, European v. 2

    (The second of two detailed guides to the major monuments ...)

  • American Film and Politics from Reagan to Bush Jr.

    (Covers a crucial two decades in American history, when th...)

  • Splendours of the Raj: British Architecture in India, 1660-1947
  • Troughs & drinking fountains: fountains of life

Membership

• Member of the national executive committee.

  British Association for American Studies , United Kingdom

  1994 - 1995