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Dr James Campbell

Associate Professor of American History

School/Department: History Politics and International Relations, School of

Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 2583

Email: jmc62@leicester.ac.uk

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I received my Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Nottingham for a dissertation on crime and punishment in nineteenth century Virginia. I was appointed the same year as New Directions Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth and I joined the University of Leicester in 2007. My teaching focuses on US history and covers topics from the colonial period to the present, while my research investigates histories of criminal justice in the United States the Caribbean and the British Empire. I have published widely on these subjects - including two monographs and a prize-winning article on the death penalty in Jamaica - and my work has been funded by organisations including the British Academy and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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