Edward James (historian)
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'''Edward James''' is Professor of Medieval History at [[University College, Dublin]]. He received a BA (Oxon) [[1968]]; DPhil (Oxon) in [[1975]]. He was a Lecturer, then College Lecturer, at the Department of Medieval History, University College Dublin from [[1970]]-[[1978]]. He was a Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, University of York, [[1978]]-[[1995]] as well as Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York from [[1990]]-[[1995]]. He was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading from [[1995]]-[[2004]] and was a Director of the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, [[1999]]-[[2001]].
He is currently Professor of Medieval History, School of History, University College Dublin since [[2004]]. He is also a noted academic writer on [[science fiction]], and was the editor of ''[[Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction]]'' from [[1986]] - [[2001]]. ''[[The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction]]'', which he edited with [[Farah Mendlesohn]], won the [[2005]] [[Hugo Award for Best Related Book]]. He has researched Late Roman and early medieval history; the history of the barbarians, particularly of the Franks; the writings of [[Gregory of Tours]]; the history of science fiction, fantasy, and utopian literature.
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