Dr. Ian Kinane is the General Editor of the International Journal of James Bond Studies, an academic peer-reviewed journal released annually and dedicated to publishing interdisciplinary scholarship on all aspects of Ian Fleming’s James Bond franchise. The journal aims to develop contemporary critical readings of Ian Fleming’s James Bond across literary, filmic, and cultural history, and offers broader criticism of the popular appeal of Fleming’s creation and its relation to the spy genre. You can access the journal freely here.
Dr. Kinane also organised the inaugural, UKRI-funded James Bond Studies conference - hosted by the Centre for Inclusive Humanities – at the University of Roehampton in July 2023, bringing together a wealth of Bond scholars and fans from across the globe (including the U.S., Turkey, Japan, Italy, and Finland) for a weekend of academic papers, discussions, film screenings, and walking tours. A video review of the conference can be found here.
Dr. Kinane has been a consultant on the James Bond phenomena for a wide variety of digital and print media outlets. He has appeared in the BBC2 documentary series and accompanying BBC Radio series The Novels That Shaped Our World, the BBC 4 series Wild Bond, ITV News at Ten (10/01/2020), ITV News London (28/9/21), BBC Radio (28/9/21), The Washington Post (1), The Washington Post (2), 9News Australia, The Times, Newsweek (1), Newsweek (2), BBC, The Express (1), The Express (2), The Express (3), The Express (4), The Express (5), The Express (6), The Express (7), The Associated Press, The Mirror, The World News, The Metro (1), The Metro (2).[IK1] N
Dr. Kinane has also hosted public Q&A discussions and films screenings, such as the recent event “Casino Royale (2006): Can James Bond Be Forever?” (organised with Dr. Monica Germaná, University of Westminster), at the Regent Street Cinema, with a panel of Bond experts including writers Charlie Higson and Kim Sherwood; as well as the “No Time to Spy” public event on the history of spies, spycraft, and espionage. A video review of the “No Time to Spy” event can be found here.
