UCD School of History & Archives

Scoil na Staire agus na Cartlannaíochta UCD

Professor Edward James MA, DPhil

Books:

Edward James (2009) Europe's Barbarians, AD 200-600. Harlow: Pearson Longman. [Details]

Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James (2009) A Short History of Fantasy. London: Middlesex University Press. [Details]

ed, with Farah Mendlesohn (2003) The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (eds). Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press. [Details]

James, E. (2001) Britain in the First Millennium. London:: Edward Arnold. [Details]

ed., with Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn (2000) Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature (eds). Reading: Science Fiction Foundation. [Details]

James, E. & Mendlesohn, F. (eds.) (1998) The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5 (eds.). Reading: Science Fiction Foundation. [Details]

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Book Chapters:

Edward James (2009) 'Gregory of Tours and "Arianism"' In: Andrew Cain and Noel Lenski (eds). The Power of Religion in Late Antiquity. Farnham: Ashgate. [Details]

Edward James (2009) 'Russ on Writing Science Fiction and Reviewing It' In: Farah Mendlesohn (eds). On Joanna Russ. Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press. [Details]

Edward James (2008) 'Gregory of Tours, the Visigoths and Spain' In: Simon Barton and Peter Linehan (eds). Cross, Crescent and Conversion: Studies on Medieval Spain and Christendom in Memory of Richard Fletcher. Leiden: Brill. [Details]

James, E. (2006) ''The Possible Cost of Complacency: George Turner and The Sea and Summer'' In: Kincaid, P (eds). The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology. Dublin: Serendip Foundation. [Details]

James, E. (2006) ''Thinking about THINNING'' In: in F. Mendlesohn, ed (eds). Polder: A Festschrift for John and Judith Clute. Baltimore MD:: Old Earth Books. [Details]

James, Edward (2005) ''Arthur C. Clarke'' In: David Seed (eds). A Companion to Science Fiction. Oxford: Blackwells. [Details]

James, E. (2004) ''Weaving the Carpet'' In: in A.M. Butler, E. James and F. Mendlesohn, eds (eds). Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature. Baltimore:: Old Earth Books. [Details]
James, E. (2004) ''Childhood and Youth in the Early Middle Ages'' In: P.J.P. Goldberg and Felicity Riddy, eds (eds). Youth in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge: York Medieval Press and Boydell Press. [Details]
James, E. (2003) ''Utopias and Anti-Utopias'' In: E. James and F. Mendlesohn, eds (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
James, E. (2002) 'The Arthur C. Clarke Award and its Reception in Britain'' In: G. Westfahl and G. Slusser (eds). Canonization, Marginalization and the Academy. Westport CT: Greenwood. [Details]
James, E. (2000) ''Rewriting the Christian Apocalypse as a Science-Fictional Event'' In: D. Seed, ed (eds). Imagining Apocalypse: Studies in Cultural Crisis. Basingstoke:: Macmillan. [Details]
James, E. (2000) ''The City Watch'' In: A.M. Butler, E. James and F. Mendlesohn, eds (eds). Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature. Reading:: Science Fiction Foundation. [Details]
James, E. (2000) 'Before the Novum: The Prehistory of Science Fiction Criticism'' In: P. Parrinder, ed (eds). Learning from Other Worlds: Estrangement, Cognition and the Politics of Science Fiction and Utopia. Liverpool:: Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1999) 'Gregory of Tours and the Franks' In: Alexander S. Murray (eds). After Rome¿s Fall: Essays Presented to Walter Goffart. Toronto:: University of Toronto Press. [Details]
James, E. (1999) ''Even Worse, It Could Be Perfect': Aspects of the Undesirable Utopia in Modern Science Fiction'' In: Transformations of Utopia: Changing Views of the Perfect Society. New York: AMS Press. [Details]
James, E. (1999) 'Per ardua ad astra: : Authorial Choice and the Narrative of Interstellar Travel'' In: J. Elsner and J.-P. Rubiés, ed (eds). Voyages and Visions: Towards a Cultural History of Travel. London:: Reaktion Books. [Details]
James, E. (1999) 'The Archaeology of Conversion on the Continent in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries: Some Observations and Comparisons with Anglo-Saxon England'' In: St Augustine and the Conversion of England. Stroud: Sutton. [Details]
James, E. with Farah Mendlesohn (1998) ''Rewriting the Past in the Future in Straczynski's Babylon 5'' In: E. James and. F. Mendlesohn (eds). The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5. Reading:: Science Fiction Foundation. [Details]
James, E. (1998) ''The Continental Context'' In: Sally M. Foster, ed (eds). The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish Masterpiece and its International Connections. Dublin:: Four Courts Press. [Details]
James, E. (1997) 'The militarisation of Roman society, 400-700' In: A.N. Jørgensen and B.L. Clausen (eds). Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a European Perspective, AD 1-1300. Copenhagen: Danish National Museum. [Details]
James, E & Mendlesohn, F, (1996) 'Fiction and the Future' In: Slaughter, R.A (eds). The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies, Volume 1. Foundations. Victoria, Australia: The Futures Study Centre. [Details]
James, E. (1995) 'Science Fiction by Gaslight: An Introduction to English-Language Science Fiction in the Nineteenth Century' In: Seed, D (eds). Anticipations: Essays on Early Science Fiction and its Precursors. Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press. [Details]
James, E. (1995) 'York in the Roman and early medieval periods: a context for the excavations. Part 2. The post-Roman period to 1069' In: Derek Phillips and Brenda Heywood (eds). Excavations at York Minster, I. London: HMSO. [Details]
James, E. (1993) 'Alcuin and York in the Eighth Century' In: Paul Leo Butzer and Dietrich Lohrmann (eds). Science in Western and Eastern Civilization in Carolingian Times. Basel: Birkhäuser. [Details]
James, E. (1993) 'A Sense of Wonder: Gregory of Tours, Medicine and Science' In: M.E. Meyer (eds). The Culture of Christendom. London: Hambledon Press. [Details]
James, E. (1992) 'Royal Burials among the Franks' In: M.O.H. Carver (eds). The Age of Sutton Hoo: The Seventh Century in North-Western Europe. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. [Details]
James, E. (1992) 'Introduction' In: Maxim Jakubowski and Edward James (eds). The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on their Craft and Ideas. Basingstoke: Macmillan. [Details]
James, E. (1990) 'Yellow, black, metal and tentacled: the race question in American science fiction' In: Davies, P.J (eds). Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1990) 'Violent revolution in modern American science fiction' In: Davies, P.J (eds). Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1989) 'The origins of barbarian kingdoms: the continental evidence' In: Bassett, S (eds). The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. Leicester: University of Leicester Press. [Details]
James, E. (1988) 'The Northern World in the Dark Ages, 400-900' In: Holmes, G (eds). The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1983) 'Beati pacifici: Bishops and the Law in Sixth-Century Gaul' In: J.A. Bossy (eds). Disputes and Settlements: Law and Human Relations in the West. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1982) 'Ireland and Western Gaul in the Merovingian Period' In: D. Whitelock, R. McKitterick and D.M. Dumville (eds). Ireland in Early Mediaeval Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1981) 'Archaeology and the Merovingian monastery' In: H.B. Clarke and M. Brennan (eds). Columbanus and Merovingian Monasticism. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, Int. Series 113. [Details]
James, E. (1980) 'Septimania and its frontier: an archaeological approach' In: James, E (eds). Visigothic Spain: New Approaches. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1980) 'Merovingian cemetery studies, and some implications for Anglo-Saxon England' In: P. Rahtz, T.M. Dickinson and L. Watts (eds). Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries 1979. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, Brit.Series 82. [Details]
James, E. (1979) 'Cemeteries and the problem of Frankish settlement in Gaul' In: P.H. Sawyer (eds). Names, Words, and Graves: Early Medieval Settlement. Leeds: School of History, University of Leeds. [Details]
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Peer Reviewed Journals:

Edward James (2008) 'The Rise and Function of the Concept "Late Antiquity"'. Journal of Late Antiquity, 1 (1):20-30. [Details]

James, E. (2003) 'Origins of the European Economy: A Debate - edited, with preface'. Early Medieval Europe, 12 :259-323. [Details]

James, E. (1999) 'A 'Double-Dyed Distilled Detractor and Denigrator of Decency, Dignity and Decorum': Eric Frank Russell as Anarchist'. Anarchist Studies, 7 :155-170. [Details]

James, E. (1996) 'Building Utopias on Mars, from Crusoe to Robinson'. Foundation, 68 (Autumn 1996) :64-75. [Details]

James, E. & Chilton, C. (1996) ''The Profession of Science Fiction, 50: Journeying into Space' [Interview]'. Foundation, 68 (Autumn 1996) :46-57. [Details]

James, E. (1996) 'Wells and the Future'. Futures, 28 (9):885-886. [Details]

James, E. (1993) 'The Historical and Archaeological Context of the South-West Gallic Sarcophagi'. Antiquité Tardive, 1 :23-28. [Details]
James, E. & Mendlesohn, F. (1993) 'The Teaching of Science Fiction in Higher Education in Great Britain: A Preliminary Guide'. Foundation, 59 (Autumn 1993) :59-69. [Details]
James, E. (1989) 'Burial and Status in the Early Medieval West'. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 39 :23-40. [Details]
James, E. (1988) 'The 'Cadwal Chronicles' and the Criticism of Vance'. Foundation, 42 :65-70. [Details]
James, E. (1988) 'Childéric, Syagrius, et la Disparition du Royaume de Soissons'. Revue Archéologique de Picardie, 3-4 :9-12. [Details]
James, E. (1987) 'Le Domesday Book'. Dossiers Histoire et Archéologie, 117 :18-23. [Details]
James, E. (1987) 'The Future Viewed from Mid-Century Britain: Clarke, Hampson and the Festival of Britain'. Foundation, 41 :42-51. [Details]
James, E. (1987) 'Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (300-900)'. Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature, 71 :25-34. [Details]
James, E. (1986) 'La disparition du royaume de Soissons et ses conséquences archéologiques'. Bulletin de Liaison de l¿Association Française d¿Archéologie Mérovingienne, 10 :28-21. [Details]
James, E. (1986) 'Interpreting Gildas'. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 30 :101-105. [Details]
James, E. (1986) '1886: Past Views of Ireland's Future'. Foundation, 36 (Summer 1986) :21-30. [Details]
James, E. (1986) 'The Anglo-Irish Disagreement: Past Irish Futures'. The Linen Hall Review, 3 (Winter 1986) (4):5-8. [Details]
James, E. (1985) 'Aquitains, Francs et Wisigoths en Aquitaine et Septimanie: les problèmes archéologiques'. Bulletin de Liaison de l¿Association Française d¿Archéologie Mérovingienne, 9 :23-25. [Details]
James, E. (1985) 'The Historian and SF'. Foundation, 35 (Winter 1985-86) :5-13. [Details]
James, E. (1984) 'Bede and the Tonsure Question'. Peritia, 3 :167-182. [Details]
James, E. (1981) 'Archéologie des Francs en Aquitaine'. Dossiers Histoire et Archéologie, 56 :51-55. [Details]
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Conference Publications:

James, E. (1981) Les problèmes archéologiques du Sud-Ouest wisigothique et franque . In: Périn, P eds. Gallo-Romains, Wisigoths et Francs en Aquitaine, Septimanie et Espagne: Actes des VIIe Journées internationales d'Archéologie mérovingienne, Toulouse 1985 Rouen, , pp.149-153 [Details]

James, E. (1994) Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
James, E. & Jakubowski, M. (eds.) (1992) The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on their Craft and Ideas (eds.). Basingstoke: Macmillan. [Details]
James, E. (1988) Index to Foundation 1-40. London: North East London Polytechnic. [Details]
James, E. (1988) The Franks ('The Peoples of Europe' series). Oxford: Blackwells. [Details]
James, E. (1985) Gregory of Tours: Life of the Fathers (Translated Texts for Historians, 1). Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press. [Details]
James, E. (1982) The Origins of France: from Clovis to the Capetians, AD 500-1000. London: Macmillan. [Details]
James, E. (ed.) (1980) Visigothic Spain: New Approaches (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
James, E. (1977) The Merovingian Archaeology of South-West Gaul (2 vols). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, IS 25. [Details]
James, E. & James, C. (1975) Transl. Lucien Musset, The Germanic Invasions: the Making of Europe AD 400-600. London: Elek. [Details]
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