In addition to being a Professor in Film at Bangor University, I am also the lead director for the Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies. I co-convene the British Jewish Contemporary Cultures network. I lecture, write and broadcast widely (in English and Welsh) on British and American popular culture, history film and intellectual culture. I co-founded Jewish Film and New Media: An International Journal.

My most recent books are Kubrick: Odyssey (with Robert Kolker; Faber & Faber/Pegasus, 2024); Alien Legacies: The Evolution of the Franchise (edited with Greg Frame; forthcoming from Oxford University Press); Eyes Wide Shut: Behind Stanley Kubrick's Masterpiece (edited with Georgina Orgill; Liverpool University Press, 2023); New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy (edited with Greg Frame, Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick (edited with I.Q. Hunter, Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film (with Robert Kolker, Oxford University Press, 2019), Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual (Rutgers University Press, 2018), Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture (Northwestern University Press, 2016), and The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema (IB Tauris; Rutgers University Press, 2012).

I am also interested in issues of sustainability and the environment, exploring the problem of single-use plastic pollution and its solution. 

Ffôn: + 44 (0)1248382196

Ebost: n.abrams@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @ndabrams; https://bangor.academia.edu/NathanAbrams

I would be interested in supervising postgraduates in any of the areas in which I teach and research. Current and previous topics include David Cronenberg's Jewishness; The Iraq War on Film; Stanley Kubrick as a musician; Stanley Kubrick and the Holocaust; Steven Spielberg's Jewishness; DreamWorks Animation; Childhood in the Films of Stanley Kubrick; Jewish Women in 21st-century sitcoms; The Planet of Apes as History; Stereotypes of Wales and the Welsh on Film; The Jews of Bangor and Llandudno; The Jewish Diaspora in Wales; Jews in Italian Cinema; and Washing and Clotheslines on Film.

I teach at the Master's level in Film Studies. I am also responsible for the following undergraduate modules:

  • Stanley Kubrick: Producer and Director
  • Advanced Film History: America
  • Film Language
  • Film History

I have written widely on transatlantic Jewish film, history, politics and popular culture with specific reference to the United States and the United Kingdom. My current research falls into three key areas:

  • Jews, Jewishness and Judaism in Popular Culture, 1990–present -- recent and changing representations of Jewishness as ethnicity and religion in contemporary cinema and other forms of popular culture.
  • Public Intellectuals and American Culture -- exploring, theorising and widening the notion of the function of the intellectual in post-war America, with a specific focus on Norman Podhoretz, neoconservatives, Commentary magazine, the New York Intellectuals, Arthur Miller and Stanley Kubrick.
  • Belonging and Diasporas in Europe -- Jewish Diasporic communities in Europe with a particular emphasis on the UK.
  • Sustainability and the Environment -- research into messaging, representations, semiotics and solving the issue of single-use plastic pollution with a focus on disposable masks and energy drinks. 

 I am co-coordinator of the British Jewish Contemporary Cultures Network

American Studies and History

Film Studies

Film History

Jewish Studies and History

Stanley Kubrick

Celtic Jewish Studies

British Jewish History

Sustainability and the Environment

2024

2023

2022

  • CyhoeddwydCircumcised Cinema: Representing Jewishness on Film through Circumcision
    Abrams, N., 2022, Thought-Sign-Symbol : Cross-Cultural Representations of Religion. Kopytowska, M., Gałkowski, A. & Leone, M. (gol.). Lodz Studies in Language gol. Berlin: Peter Lang, Cyfrol 71. t. 447-464 464 t. (Lodz Studies in Language; Cyfrol 71).
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydCrypto-Wiseaulogy: Uncovering Stanley Kubrick, Jewishness, and Judaism in The Room
    Abrams, N., Hyd 2022, You are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!: This Year's Work on The Room, The Worst Movie Ever Made. Rosen, A. (gol.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, t. 87-97
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

  • CyhoeddwydIntroduction
    Abrams, N. & Hunter, I. Q., 14 Ion 2021, The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick. New York: Bloomsbury
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydIntroduction
    Abrams, N. & Frame, G., 21 Hyd 2021, New Wave, New Hollywood:  Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy. Abrams, N. & Frame, G. (gol.). New York: Bloomsbury
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Heb ei GyhoeddiKubrick & Race: Some Thoughts
    Abrams, N., 2021, (Heb ei Gyhoeddi).
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydKubrick and Childhood
    Abrams, N., 14 Ion 2021, The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick. New York: Bloomsbury
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydKubrick and Psychoanalysis
    Abrams, N. & Hunter, I. Q., 14 Ion 2021, The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick. Abrams, N. & Hunter, I. (gol.). New York: Bloomsbury
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydKubrick’s Jewesses Onscreen and Offscreen
    Abrams, N., Rhag 2021, Yn: Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 39, 3, t. 210-242
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydNew Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy
    Abrams, N. (Golygydd) & Frame, G. (Golygydd), 21 Hyd 2021, New York: Bloomsbury.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Blodeugerdd › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydReview: Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker
    Abrams, N., 2021, Yn: Jewish Historical Studies. 52, 1, t. 297-301
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Adolygiad Llyfr/Ffilm/Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydRites of Passage: Jewish Representations of Children and Childhood in Contemporary Cinema
    Abrams, N., 2021, No small matter: features of Jewish Childhood. Helman, A. (gol.). Oxford: Oxford: OUP, Cyfrol 32. (Studies in Contemporary Jewry).
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • CyhoeddwydThe Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick
    Abrams, N. (Golygydd) & Hunter, I. Q. (Golygydd), 14 Ion 2021, New York: Bloomsbury. 352 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Blodeugerdd › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd“It was f***ing biblical, mate”: The Maturing of British Television Drama
    Abrams, N., 22 Ebr 2021, A Companion to British-Jewish Theatre since the 1950s. Malkin, J., Voigts, E. & Ablett, S. J. (gol.). New York: Bloomsbury Methuen
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

2019

2018

  • Cyhoeddwyd2001: A Space Odyssey
    Abrams, N., 29 Tach 2018, Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies. Gabbard, K. (gol.). Oxford University Press USA
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydEnglish Centre vs. Celtic Periphery: The Chief Rabbi, Shechita and Dundee, 1883
    Abrams, N., Meh 2018, Yn: Jewish Culture and History. 19, 2, t. 154-168
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Rhifyn Arbennig › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydIntroduction: Jews in the Celtic Lands
    Parry-Jones, C. & Abrams, N., Meh 2018, Yn: Jewish Culture and History. 19, 2, t. 119-123
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Rhifyn Arbennig › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydRemotely Jewish: Scotland's Seven Small Jewish Communities
    Abrams, N., Maw 2018, Two Hundred Years of Scottish Jewry. Collins, K., Newman, A. & Wasserstein, B. (gol.). Glasgow: Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, t. 159-178
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydStanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual
    Abrams, N., 19 Ebr 2018, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 296 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

  • CyhoeddwydA Significant Journal of Jewish Opinion? Commentary Magazine.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydBlaxploitation.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydContaining America: Cultural Production and Consumption in Fifties America.
    Abrams, N. D. (Golygydd), Abrams, N. (Golygydd) & Hughes, J. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2001, 2001 gol. University of Birmingham Press.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr
  • CyhoeddwydContemporary American Society in Film: David Fincher’s Fight Club.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydFilm and the Construction of Identity.
    Abrams, N. D., Abrams, N., Kurian, G. (Golygydd), Orvell, M. (Golygydd), Butler, J. (Golygydd) & Mechling, J. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2001, Encyclopedia of American Studies. 2001 gol. Grolier Publishing
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • CyhoeddwydFrom Madness to Dysentery: Mad’s Other New York Intellectuals.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydIntroduction.
    Abrams, N. D., Abrams, N. & Hughes, J., 1 Ion 2001, Containing America: Cultural Production and Consumption in Fifties America.. 2001 gol. University of Birmingham Press, t. 1-11
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • CyhoeddwydJewish Americans in Film and Theater.
    Abrams, N. D., Abrams, N., Kurian, G. (Golygydd), Orvell, M. (Golygydd), Butler, J. (Golygydd) & Mechling, J. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2001, Encyclopedia of American Studies. 2001 gol. Grolier Publishing
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • CyhoeddwydJewish Americans: An Overview.
    Abrams, N. D., Abrams, N., Kurian, G. (Golygydd), Orvell, M. (Golygydd), Butler, J. (Golygydd) & Mechling, J. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2001, Encyclopedia of American Studies. 2001 gol. Grolier Publishing
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • CyhoeddwydMother’s Old-Fashioned Gefilte Fish.
    Abrams, N. D., Abrams, N. & Hughes, J. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2001, Containing America: Cultural Production and Consumption in Fifties America.. 2001 gol. University of Birmingham Press, t. 76-90
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • CyhoeddwydNorth by Northwest and Memento.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydPaul Robeson.
    Abrams, N. D., Abrams, N., Kurian, G. (Golygydd), Orvell, M. (Golygydd), Butler, J. (Golygydd) & Mechling, J. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2001, Encyclopedia of American Studies. 2001 gol. Grolier Publishing
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • CyhoeddwydSex and Obscenity in Commentary Magazine.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydStudying Film.
    Abrams, N. D., Abrams, N., Bell, I. & Udris, J., 1 Ion 2001, Hodder Arnold.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr
  • CyhoeddwydThe Holocaust on Film.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydThe Jewish Dream Factory: Jews and the American Film Industry.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
  • CyhoeddwydUndoing the Cold War: Mad Magazine.
    Abrams, N. D. & Abrams, N., 1 Ion 2001.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur

2000

2026

  • Thought for the Weekend

    A reflection on Holocaust Memorial Day 2024.

    31 Ion 2026

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

    Annual Holocaust commemoration service featuring staff, students, members of the public, local dignitaries and school pupils.

    26 Ion 2026

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Cyfrannwr)

2024

2023

2022

2021

  • The boundaries of Jewish culture: A JewThink panel

    A panel discussion at the Limmud Festival 2021

    27 Rhag 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish intellectual

    A discussion about Stanley Kubrick's Jewishness for the Limmud Festival 2021

    26 Rhag 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Subverting the Race. Jews, Porn, and Antisemitism in Contemporary American Discourse

    15 Rhag 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Cyflwyniad llafar (Siaradwr)
  • Antisemitism and Sexuality Reconsidered

    Although constructions of Jewish sexualities and alleged Jewish attacks on sexual morals have played a significant role in modern antisemitic worldviews – whether the same is true for premodern times has to be discussed –, few historical studies have focused on the connection between sexualities and Jew-hatred. Against this backdrop, the conference aims to stimulate further research and debate on this topic. To bring the differences in the role sexualitites played in judeophobic discourses at different times and in different regions into view, the temporal and geographical focus of the conference reaches beyond the times of modern antisemitism and beyond ‘Western societies.’

    In manifold ways, sexualities have played a crucial role in the history of judeophobia. Since ancient times, sexuality has been one of the fields where the borders between different communities, Jewish and otherwise, were drawn most fiercely. At least since the rise of modern antisemitism imaginary conceptions of deviant and dangerous ‘Jewish’ sexualities became crucial. In modern antisemitism, sexual desires attributed to Jews have been characterized by a transgression of the male-female binary – a characteristic that corresponds to constructions of Jewish effeminate manhood and masculinized womanhood. Whereas discourses ascribed ‘unmanly‘ desires to Jewish men in different ways, Jewish women were constructed as seductive, passionate, and sexually active: attributes that have typically had a male connotation. At the same time, constructions of Jewish sexualities have reinforced notions of male activity and female passivity.

    Historians have demonstrated that the alleged deviant sexualities of Jews were inscribed into their bodies. Since the end of the 17th century discursive linkages between the circumcised penis and sexual amorality were shaped in debates about Jewish bodies.

    In addition, antisemitic discourses also constructed Jews as forces that used their alleged social power to undermine sexual morals and the sexual order. Adolf Hitler accused Jews of ‘mongrelizing’ the ‘white race’; Sayyid Qutb, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, lamented that Jews spread a doctrine of ‘animalistic sexuality’; and contemporary far rightists fantasize about an alleged Jew-driven ‘porn conspiracy’ aimed at turning whole countries into “masturbatoria” and by this means strengthening and expanding alleged Jewish social dominance.

    We hope that inviting attention to a broader reconsideration of ‘Antisemitism and Sexuality’ will shed light on the topic and how it can be expanded in interesting new directions.

    13 Rhag 2021 – 15 Rhag 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • Age of Confidence: Women in Film

    How have trends in Jewish film changed over the past 20 years and what does the future hold for women in the industry? We find out at this special event co-hosted with UK Jewish Film, featuring actor and writer Susannah Wise and fellow actor and showrunner Sarah Solemani, who recently adapted Ridley Road for the BBC. Chaired by film writer and professor in film at Bangor University, Nathan Abrams, who penned the film chapter in our new book, Age of Confidence: The New Jewish Culture Wave. This event is in conjunction with UK Jewish Film and forms part of our 20th anniversary year of celebrations.

    6 Rhag 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Hanes yr Iddewon yn Llandudno- A Jewish History of Llandudno Walk

    s early as Victorian times, the commercial opportunities afforded by Llandudno’s emergence as a holiday resort attracted many Jewish merchants. Over the years the Jewish community has played a huge part in the development of the town- its economy, its culture, its political life, and even its sporting achievement. This tour is a celebration of that heritage and enables you to 'walk and discover' a history of Jews in Llandudno.

    5 Rhag 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Mask wearing wasn’t disputed in previous crises – so why is it so hotly contested today?

    25 Tach 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Stanley Kubrick: the New York Jewish Intellectual

    A Zoom talk hosted by the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, Holland Park, London about Stanley Kubrick's Jewishness.

    24 Tach 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • The Policeman

    A review of the 1971 Israeli classic film.

    10 Tach 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Apples and Oranges

    A review of a new documentary about kibbutz volunteers.

    Tach 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Norman Lloyd Obituary

    22 Hyd 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • ‘The Unnatural Jew: Jews and Nature’

    A talk as part of the ‘Gardens, Environment and Racial Identities’ workshop for Black History Month.

    22 Hyd 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual

    A talk about Stanley Kubrick's Jewishness.

    12 Hyd 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Tsitsit Talks – In conversation with Prof. Nathan Abrams

    An online conversation about British Jewish film and television and Jews in and on British film and television.

    6 Hyd 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Plan A

    Revew of the film, Plan A

    21 Medi 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Stanley Kubrick

    A forty-five minute interview about Stanley Kubrick on ABC Radio's 'Overnights' programme.

    7 Medi 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Lexington Books (Cyhoeddwr)

    Endorsement provided for Sorcerer: William Friedkin and the New Hollywood by Mark Wheeler.

    Medi 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Adolygu cyhoeddiadau cymheiriaid (Aelod o fwrdd golygyddol)
  • Thief's Monthly Movie Loot 43: The Kubrick Loot (with Nathan Abrams) Podcast

    Get ready for a Kubrickian episode, as me and guest Nathan Abrams explore the rooms of the Overlook Hotel, the jungles of Vietnam, and the infinites of space while we talk about my favorite director, Stanley Kubrick. Abrams, a film scholar and expert on Kubrick also shares with us his Top 5 Kubrick films, but we talk about pretty much everything Kubrick, as well as his work in academia. Check it out!

    15 Awst 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Will mask wearing still be common in Britain after the pandemic is over?

    6 Awst 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Norton Juster

    An obituary of the author of The Phantom Tollbooth

    11 Meh 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Roundtable on Welsh universities and IHRA definition on antisemitism with Lord Mann

    An online roundtable on Welsh universities and IHRA definition on antisemitism with Lord Mann organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews

    14 Ebr 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • Walking Jewish History

    A talk for the Connecting Small Histories History Festival

    23 Maw 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • A Golden Age of Television

    An online lecture about British Jewish Television. 20 participants.

    15 Maw 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Heritage and Memory: Exploring Jewish Wales

    An online discussion about Jewish Heritage in Wales with Dr. Cai Parry-Jones and John Minkes of the JHASW. 120 participants.

    11 Maw 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual?

    Stanley Kubrick is generally acknowledged as one of the world’s great directors. Yet few critics or scholars have considered how he emerged from a unique and vibrant cultural milieu: the New York Jewish intelligentsia. In this talk, Nathan Abrams re-examines the director’s work in context of his ethnic and cultural origins. Focusing on several of Kubrick’s key themes – including masculinity, ethical responsibility, and the nature of evil – it demonstrates how his films were in conversation with contemporary New York Jewish intellectuals who grappled with the same concerns. At the same time, it explores Kubrick’s fraught relationship with his Jewish identity and his reluctance to be pegged as an ethnic director, manifest in his removal of Jewish references and characters from stories he adapted.

    Approx. 25 in attendance.

    11 Chwef 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Women facing tough screen -- and off-screen -- tests

    A review of Women Vs. Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film by Helen O’Hara.

    5 Chwef 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • The Holocaust on Film / Yr Holocost ar Ffilm

    A virtual talk, aimed especially at schools, about representations of the Holocaust on film with a focus on the experiences of children and childhood. 58 Attendees.

    3 Chwef 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • The Jews of Llandudno

    A talk about the Jews of Llandudno for th Aberconwy Historical Society over Zoom. 21 attendees.

    3 Chwef 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture

    I organised a lecture by Gabriel Stein to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2021. Over 100 people, including staff, students, members of the publci and local community, were in attendance.

    27 Ion 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Corner of a foreign field that is forever the Bronx

    Review of David Mikics' Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker, pp 54-55.

    Ion 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Reviewing of Applications for the Fellowship Program

    Ion 2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Aelodaeth o banel neu bwyllgor adolygu cymheiriaid (Cyfrannwr)
  • Queer and Jewish is too much for some audiences

    An interview with the director of Shiva Baby, Emma Seligman.

    2021

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)

2020

2019

2018

  • Talk about Chanukah / Sgwrs am Chanwca

    4 Rhag 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Cyfrannwr)
  • Burning Secret with Leon Vitali, Gerald Fried and Nathan Abrams Podcast

    In this episode we talk about a recently discovered screenplay on July 15th this year that made the headlines.

    This wasn't just any screenplay. It was a script penned by Stanley Kubrick and Paths of Glory co-writer Calder Willingham, over 62 years ago and it had only been discovered when one of Stanley's earliest collaborators, the composer Gerald Fried, brought it to the attention of Kubrick fans the world over.

    The script is called Burning Secret and it's an adaptation of a 1913 novella by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, and it tells the story of a young boy who is seduced by a man in order to get to the boys' mother.

    Thus far there have been three filmed versions of the original novella, the most recent being in 1988. The production was written and directed by Andrew Birkin, and it stars Klaus Maria Brandauer, David Eberts, and the legendary Faye Dunaway.

    But this particular treatment of the screenplay, by Kubrick and Willingham, was discovered by our friend, Nathan Abrams, a professor in Film Studies at Bangor University, while he was just doing research for his new book about Stanley Kubrick.

    Earlier in 2018, we had the pleasure of speaking with Stanley Kubrick’s long-time right-hand-man and good friend, Leon Vitali, incidentally, just a few days after this amazing news broke, so obviously we had to ask him for his take on what he knows about the screenplay.

    17 Tach 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2OO1: Beyond 50 Podcast - Part 5

    Jan Harlan introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey

    13 Tach 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2OO1: Beyond 50 Podcast - Part 4

    In this episode, The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales.

    Our good friend, Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018.

    This was a full day event and is being presented to you in a special five part series.

    In part four we are airing a series of guests talking about their time working on 2001: A Space Odyssey over 50 years ago., hosted by Nathan and featuring key academics in conversation,

    Audio Clips :

    2OO1: A Space Odyssey - MGM / Stanley Kubrick Productions

    Music :

    The Blue Danube by Strauss

    Kubrick 2OO1 by Victor Malloy (2001)

    Production :

    Hosted by Jason Furlong

    Produced and edited by Stephen Rigg

    Research by Stephen Rigg, Mark Lentz and James Marinaccio

    Kubrick's Universe Theme composed, performed and produced by Jason Furlong

    Links :

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSKAS/

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRdeqrFNoOrYtWbxwR_GXPA

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Twitter Page : https://twitter.com/KubrickAS

    Contact us : stephenrigg.skas@gmail.com

    12 Tach 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Talks about Judaism at Ysgol Tryfan

    12 Tach 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2OO1: Beyond 50 Podcast - Part 3

    In this episode, The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales.

    Our good friend, Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018.

    This was a full day event and is being presented to you in a special five part series.

    In part three we are airing a Film Symposium, hosted by Nathan and featuring key academics in conversation,

    Audio Clips :

    2OO1: A Space Odyssey - MGM / Stanley Kubrick Productions

    Music :

    The Blue Danube by Strauss

    Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) written by Harry Dacre and performed by Nat King Cole

    Production :

    Hosted by Jason Furlong

    Produced and edited by Stephen Rigg

    Research by Stephen Rigg, Mark Lentz and James Marinaccio

    Kubrick's Universe Theme composed, performed and produced by Jason Furlong

    Links :

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSKAS/

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRdeqrFNoOrYtWbxwR_GXPA

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Twitter Page : https://twitter.com/KubrickAS

    Contact us : stephenrigg.skas@gmail.com

    9 Tach 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2OO1: Beyond 50 Podcast - Part 2

    In this episode, The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales.

    Our good friend, Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018.

    This was a full day event and is being presented to you in a special five part series.

    In part two we are airing Alternative Perspectives: a panel featuring experts on 2OO1's legacy beyond film, including psychology, artificial intelligence, evolutionary biology, and philosophy.

    Audio Clips :

    2OO1: A Space Odyssey - MGM / Stanley Kubrick Productions

    Music :

    The Blue Danube by Strauss

    The World Tonight Theme - Youtube

    Production :

    Hosted by Jason Furlong

    Produced and edited by Stephen Rigg

    Research by Stephen Rigg, Mark Lentz and James Marinaccio

    Kubrick's Universe Theme composed, performed and produced by Jason Furlong

    Links :

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSKAS/

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRdeqrFNoOrYtWbxwR_GXPA

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Twitter Page : https://twitter.com/KubrickAS

    Contact us : stephenrigg.skas@gmail.com

    7 Tach 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview about Roald Dahl and antisemitism

    7 Tach 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2OO1: Beyond 50 Podcast - Part 1

    In this episode, The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales.

    Our good friend, Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018.

    This was a full day event and now we will present it to you in a special five part series.

    Here is the first part, with a brief event introduction by organiser, Nathan Abrams followed by an Introduction to 2OO1 by Piers Bizony, author of 2OO1: Filming the Future and The Making of Stanley Kubrick's 2OO1: A Space Odyssey.

    Audio Clips :

    2OO1: A Space Odyssey - MGM / Stanley Kubrick Productions

    Music :

    The Blue Danube by Strauss

    Space Odyssey by The Byrds (1968)

    Production :

    Hosted by Jason Furlong

    Produced and edited by Stephen Rigg

    Research by Stephen Rigg, Mark Lentz and James Marinaccio

    Kubrick's Universe Theme composed, performed and produced by Jason Furlong

    Links :

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSKAS/

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRdeqrFNoOrYtWbxwR_GXPA

    The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (SKAS) - Twitter Page : https://twitter.com/KubrickAS

    Contact us : stephenrigg.skas@gmail.com

    6 Tach 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • The Mechanical Mensch: Jewishness in A Clockwork Orange

    2 Tach 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Cyflwyniad llafar (Siaradwr)
  • A Clockwork Orange

    1 Tach 2018 – 2 Tach 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual

    This illustrated lecture explores the life and work of legendary film director Stanley Kubrick and how he can be considered a New York Jewish Intellectual. Sponsored by the division of literature and languages. Free and open to the public.

    29 Hyd 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr)
  • Reed College

    Visit to Reed College to lecture and meet with students

    27 Hyd 2018 – 31 Hyd 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Ymweld â sefydliad academaidd allanol (Ymchwilydd Gwadd)
  • Review of The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, by Adam Nayman

    Book review

    25 Hyd 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Quoted in Dalya Alberge, 'Stanley Kubrick never paid for my early work as a composer, childhood friend reveals', The Observer

    21 Hyd 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • The History of the Jews of Upper Bangor

    Walking tour of Upper Bangor's Jewish history led by Gareth Roberts of Menter Fachwen

    21 Hyd 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • ESRC IAA Showcase

    'Walking Impact': Talk at Bangor University ESRC IAA showcase event

    19 Hyd 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • Brand Britain: Promoting and Marketing British food and drink inquiry - publications

    Submission of written evidence to the Brand Britain inquiry (BFD0039)

    10 Hyd 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Ymgynghoriad (Ymgynghorydd)
  • When it comes to Britain’s Jewish history, Wales is overlooked

    5 Hyd 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Contemporary British-Jewish Theatre Symposium

    Delivering the paper, '"It was f***ing biblical, mate": The Maturity of British Television Drama'

    1 Hyd 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • How Jewish Was Stanley Kubrick?

    19 Medi 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Quoted in 'Labour has created a mess and it's stuck in its mess'

    I am quoted in article looking at Labour and antisemitism.

    15 Medi 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Every party needs to tackle the problem of antisemitism – not just Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour

    14 Medi 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Helynt gwrth-Semitiaeth Llafur

    13 Medi 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Desert Island Books

    9 Medi 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey -- 50th and Lost Script

    This year is the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's seminal film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nathan Abrams, Professor in Film, shows how Kubrick tapped into the countercultural spirit and explored New Age mysticism and the future destiny of humanity... and explains how he found Kubrick's lost screenplay.

    8 Medi 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • 50 Years of 2001: A Space Odyssey & Kubrick's Lost Script

    8 Medi 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on Taro'r Post about antisemitism and the Labour Party

    Discussion about antisemitism and the Labour Party.

    5 Medi 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview about antisemitism and the Holocaust

    3 Medi 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Jewish History Walk: Bangor City Centre

    A guide-led walk around lower Bangor exploring the city's Jewish history to mark the European Days of Jewish Culture 2018 in collaboration with Menter Fachwen and the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ). This was funded by an ESRC IAA grant.

    2 Medi 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Review of Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual in the Jerusalem Post Magazine

    , "The power of the book as a whole...will be riveting reading for anyone who loves Kubrick's film."

    24 Awst 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on BBC Radio Wales about anti-Semitism, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party.

    Discussing anti-Semitism, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party.

    2 Awst 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on BBC Radio Cymru about my discovery of the lost Kubrick screenplay.

    Hanes sut daeth Nathan Abrams o hyd i sgript Stanley Kubrick 'Burning Secret'. Mae Nathan Abrams yn dod o Lundain yn wreiddiol ond ar ôl iddo fo ddechrau gweithio ym Mhrifysgol Bangor mi wnaeth o ddysgu Cymraeg. Darlithydd ffilmiau ydy o yn y Brifysgol a fo ysgrifennodd y llyfr 'Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual'. Doedd neb yn gwybod beth oedd wedi digwydd i sgript 'Burning Secret' nes i Nathan gael galwad ffôn annisgwyl.

    31 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on ABC Nightlife, Australian Radio about my discovery of the lost Kubrick screenplay.

    Thought to be lost for the past 60 years, a screenplay for a film called Burning Secret has been discovered by leading 'Kubrick expert' Nathan Abrams, who will be our guest on your Friday nightlife.

    27 Gorff 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Introduction to screening of Dr. Strangelove

    18 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on BBC Wales about my discovery of the lost Kubrick screenplay.

    Interview about my discovery of the lost Kubrick screenplay.

    17 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on BBC Radio Wales about my discovery of the lost Burning Secret screenplay

    16 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on BBC World Service about my discovery of the lost Burning Secret screenplay

    16 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio about my discovery of the lost Kubrick screenplay.

    Nathan Abrams, a film professor at Bangor University in Wales, had just completed a book about Kubrick when the son of one of the filmmaker's colleagues reached out to say he had a copy of a long-lost Kubrick script.

    16 Gorff 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on TalkRADIO about my discovery of the lost Kubrick screenplay.

    Interviewed about my discovery of the lost Burning Secret screenplay by Stanley Kubrick.

    16 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on The Today Programme, BBC Radio 4 about my discovery of the lost Burning Secret Kubrick screenplay.

    I was interviewed about my discovery of the lost Burning Secret screenplay.

    16 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Lost Kubrick screenplay found 60 years on by Bangor professor

    Article on BBC News website

    16 Gorff 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Kubrick, the enigmatic Jew

    Feature article based on my book Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual

    6 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • From Sartre to 'Shoah': The Cinematic Legacy of Legendary Jewish Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann

    5 Gorff 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Book launch:

    Launch of my book, Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual, in conjunction with the Stanley Kubrick Archive in London.

    19 Meh 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2001: Beyond 50

    A day of talks, music, art, and screening celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), featuring experts and people who worked on the film.

    16 Meh 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Gŵyl/Arddangosfa (Trefnydd)
  • 2001: Beyond 50

    A day of talks, music, and an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), featuring experts and people who worked on the film.11.00am screening of 2001 for children/ schools.2.00pm Introduction by Piers Bizony, author of 2001: Filming the Future and 2001: A Space Odyssey.2.30pm Alternative perspectives: a panel featuring experts on 2001's legacy beyond film, including psychology, artificial intelligence, evolutionary biology, and philosophy and religion. Panellists: Prof. Robert Ward (Bangor), Prof. Guillaume Thierry (Bangor), Dr. Bill Teahan (Bangor), Mr. Eric Krasny (Bangor), Dr. Lawrence Ratna (Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust) and Prof. Peter Wheeler (Liverpool John Moores). 4.00pm Coffee and opportunity to view an exhibition of creative student work inspired by 20014.30pm Film symposium: key academics in conversation, including Prof. Robert Kolker (Emeritus, University of Maryland), author of The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Prof. Ian Hunter (DMU), author of Cult Film as a Guide to Life, and Mr. Peter Kramer (UEA), author of BFI Classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. 5.30pm Concert of music from Kubrick's films by Bangor University Symphony Orchestra (Pritchard-Jones Hall, Main Arts Building)6.30pm Supper 7.30pm A panel of those who worked on 2001: Kubrick's producer and brother-in-law Jan Harlan; Kubrick assistant Tony Frewin, stills photographer Keith Hamshere, set/visual effects designer Joy Cuff, and make up and special effects artist, Colin Arthur.9pm screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey

    16 Meh 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Gŵyl/Arddangosfa (Trefnydd)
  • Inspired by 2001

    An exhibition of student work inspired by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey

    16 Meh 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Gŵyl/Arddangosfa (Trefnydd)
  • The Secret Jewish History of Watership Down

    15 Meh 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on Good Evening Wales about 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    I was talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    14 Meh 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Book launch of Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual

    To mark the publication of my new book, I participated in a question and answer session before a screening of A Clockwork Orange.

    17 Mai 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • If...

    I introduced If... (1968) as part of the mini film festival to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the events of May 1968.

    4 Mai 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Review of Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellecctual

    May 2018 issue of the Midwest Book Review:

    "Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual" by Nathan Abrams (who is a professor of film studies at Bangor University in Wales, and the founding co-editor of Jewish Film and New Media: An International Journal) reexamines the director's work in context of his ethnic and cultural origins.

    Focusing on several of Kubrick's key themes (including masculinity, ethical responsibility, and the nature of evil) "Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual" demonstrates how his films were in conversation with contemporary New York Jewish intellectuals who grappled with the same concerns. At the same time, it explores Kubrick's fraught relationship with his Jewish identity and his reluctance to be pegged as an ethnic director, manifest in his removal of Jewish references and characters from stories he adapted.

    As Professor Abrams digs deep into rare Kubrick archives to reveal insights about the director's life and times, film scholar he also provides a nuanced account of Kubrick's cinematic artistry. Each individual chapter comprising "Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual" offers a detailed analysis of one of Kubrick's major films, including Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut.

    Critique: An impressive work of original scholarship, "Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual" presents an exceptionally informative study of one of the twentieth century's most renowned and yet misunderstood film directors. Enhanced with the additional inclusion of twenty-eight pages of Notes, a ten page Select Bibliography, and a thirteen page Index, "Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual" is unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library Cinematic History collections in general, and Stanley Kubrick supplemental studies lists in particular. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of film students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $31.60).

    Mai 2018

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Book Launch in conjunction with UK Jewish Film at JW3

    To mark the publication of his new book, Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual, Nathan Abrams, Professor of Film Studies at Bangor University, was interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum, Dean of LSJS, about the Jewish and midrashic dimensions of such classics as 2001, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining. The talk was illustrated with film clips.

    26 Ebr 2018

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Jewish Views Podcast

    Interview with the Jewish News Podcast about my new book.

    26 Ebr 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Review of Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece, by Michael Benson

    26 Ebr 2018

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Why ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Was Really A Jewish Horror Movie

    12 Ebr 2018

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • The Secret Jewish History of 2001

    9 Ebr 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Appearance on Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol

    I and my family were featured on Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol discussing how we celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover.

    1 Ebr 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Interview on Post Cyntaf

    I was interviewed this morning on Post Cyntaf about the allegations of anti-Semitism surrounding Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party from the perspective of a member of the Jewish community in Wales.

    27 Maw 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • British Jewish Contemporary Cultures

    The first international conference on British Jewish Contemporary Cultures, it explored British Jewish contemporary cultures in global and comparative settings, as well as in terms of imperial, postcolonial and transnational narratives. The aim of the conference was to tease out the tension between a transcultural British Jewish Studies and the specificity of the Jewish experience in Britain with increasing theoretical and methodological complexity. Topics included: writing British Jewishness, images of British Jewishness in film and television, gender, sexuality, visual images (art, graphic novels), music, performing Jewishness, theatre and drama, poetry, Wales and Scotland, the Holocaust, Israel, and experiences of immigration and emigration.

    26 Maw 2018 – 27 Maw 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • Talk on Passover

    A talk about the Jewish festival of Passover at Cylch Y Garnedd nursery.

    23 Maw 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Cyfrannwr)
  • Kubrick, The Jewish Director: The Theme Uniting His Films

    Article in The New European newspaper, pp. 44-45.

    22 Maw 2018 – 28 Maw 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Stanley Kubrick’s films all had one thing in common: Jewishness

    12 Maw 2018

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • On British TV, A Renaissance For Jewish Characters

    11 Maw 2018

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Jews and Jokers: Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket'

    Talk delivered at Orensundslimmud 2018 in Malmo, Sweden

    4 Maw 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • The Name is Bond, Ya'acov Bond.

    Talk about the Jewish origins of James Bond at Orensundslimmud, Malmo, Sweden.

    4 Maw 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Review of 'Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots against Hollywood and America', by Steven J. Ross

    15 Chwef 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • How does Plaid Cymru appeal to an incomer like me?

    Opinion piece for Nation.Cymru

    12 Chwef 2018

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • 2001: Stanley Kubrick, Jewishness and the Holocaust

    Lecture at Mannchester Limmud, a one-day adult education conference.

    4 Chwef 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)
  • Appearance on BBC Radio Cymru 'Bwrw Golwg'

    Discussion about antisemitism in Britain (in Welsh).

    4 Chwef 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Holocaust Memorial Day

    I co-organised (with Dyfrig Jones) a short service to commemorate the Holocaust, featuring contributions from local schools, members of the community, the university, civic dignitaries, the local MP and AM, as part of the nationwide commemoration of the Holocaust.

    26 Ion 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Cyfrannwr)
  • Talk on Judaism at Ysgol Tryfan

    I talked about being Jewish in Wales to Year 10s.

    18 Ion 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Cyfrannwr)
  • Northern Jewish Studies Partner Research Collaboration Meeting

    Meeting with select partners from the Northern Jewish Studies Partnership to discuss the '50 Jewish Objects' project.

    9 Ion 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • Editorial Board for Jewish Women’s Archive’s online Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia (http://jwa.org/encyclopedia).

    I have been appointed to the editorial board of a prestigious encyclopedia for Jewish History.

    2018 →

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Aelodaeth o banel neu bwyllgor adolygu cymheiriaid (Cyfrannwr)
  • Elected to the Council of the Jewish Historical Society of England

    2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Aelodaeth o banel neu bwyllgor adolygu cymheiriaid (Cyfrannwr)
  • Journal of Jewish Identities (Cyfnodolyn)

    Peer review of journal article

    2018

    Gweithgaredd: Adolygu cyhoeddiadau cymheiriaid (Aelod o fwrdd golygyddol)
  • Peer Reviewer, British Academy Visiting Fellowships

    Peer reviewing applications to the British Academy Visiting Fellowship scheme

    2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Aelodaeth o banel neu bwyllgor adolygu cymheiriaid (Cyfrannwr)
  • Review of Stanley Kubrick New York Jewish Intellectual

    The following review appeared in Donovan's Literary Services:

    Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual is a multifaceted and in-depth biographical survey of a film director whose approach produced some of the world's greatest productions.

    While readers might anticipate that this survey will focus on his techniques, Nathan Abrams, a professor of film studies in Wales, takes a different approach by tracing his roots in New York as a member of the Jewish community and considering Kubrick's works in light of his cultural influences and background.

    The result discusses key themes in his pictures, how they reflected New York Jewish intellectual concerns of the times, and how his Jewish identity ultimately influenced the creation of some of the most engrossing films of his era.

    No film or Jewish history holding should be without this different approach to Kubrick's film magic.

    2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Reviews of Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual

    My book has received the following reviews since its publication this month:

    "Stanley Kubrick is outstanding in its approach and the material it covers. As a pioneer work, anyone investigating Kubrick in the future would not be able to overlook Abrams' findings and arguments."

    --Marat Grinberg, coeditor of Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen

    "With imagination and intellectual rigor, using archival research and close readings of the films, Nathan Abrams explores Stanley Kubrick’s relationship with his Jewishness in this exceptionally readable and convincing book."

    --Robert P. Kolker, author of The Extraordinary Image

    "Brilliantly documents and analyzes Kubrick's Jewish sensibility by locating him in the lifelong context of his Jewish cultural and intellectual milieu. Abrams breaks acres of new ground. Essential reading."

    --Geoffrey Cocks, author of The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, and the Holocaust

    “A must-read for anyone interested in Kubrick, this original and provocative study combines wonderfully perceptive film analyses with extensive archival research and a dazzling display of cultural-historical and biographical knowledge.”

    --Peter Krämer, author of BFI Film Classics on Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey

    "Written by Nathan Abrams, a superstar of contemporary Kubrick studies, this wonderfully knowledgeable and scholarly account of the great director’s Jewishness is the most original film book I’ve read for many years."

    --I.Q. Hunter, author of Cult Film as a Guide to Life: Fandom, Adaptation, and Identity

    "[A] pathbreaking new book [...] As he digs deep into rare Kubrick archives to reveal insights about the director’s life and times, film scholar Nathan Abrams also provides a nuanced account of Kubrick’s cinematic artistry. Each chapter offers a detailed analysis of one of Kubrick’s major films, including Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut. Stanley Kubrick thus presents an illuminating look at one of the twentieth century’s most renowned and yet misunderstood directors."

    David Mikics -- Tablet Magazine (3 April 2018)

    "In Nathan Abrams’s Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual, [an] exploration of the contradictions of Kubrick’s relation to Jewish identity, the film is seen through the lens of Biblical allusion and Kabbalistic interpretation."

    Geoffrey O'Brien -- Wall Street Journal (12 April 2018)

    2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
  • Series Editor for Jews, Judaism, and the Arts

    I have been appointed as the series editor for film for a new book series entitled Jews, Judaism, and the Arts

    2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Aelodaeth o banel neu bwyllgor adolygu cymheiriaid (Cyfrannwr)
  • Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies (Cyfnodolyn)

    Peer review of article submission

    2018

    Gweithgaredd: Adolygu cyhoeddiadau cymheiriaid (Aelod o fwrdd golygyddol)

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  • Screenplay consultant

    Advised on issues relating to Jewish identity and the Holocaust for the TV programme WPC56, Series 3.

    Medi 2014

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cynghorydd)

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  • Shaken and Stirred: The Jewish Origins and Themes of James Bond

    Director Sam Mendes' 007 is more personal than all previous Bonds: we have an origin story, identity crises and a plethora of biblical imagery. From the Jew who inspired Flemming's Bond - Sidney Reilly, born Shlomo Rosenblum - to the latest movie in the franchise, this presentation uncovers the disturbing Jewish themes of the spy of spies.

    29 Chwef 4

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    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)