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Critical Security Studies, Nuclear Weapons, Narrative, Fictionality, Popular Culture
United Kingdom

Biography

Emily is a PhD student at Newcastle University, UK, specialising in Critical Nuclear Studies. She is currently exploring narratives and fictionality to advance understandings of the mythic and discursive meanings of nuclear weapons and war.

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Leeds: Leeds, GB

2022-10 to present | Sessional Teacher (School of Media and Communciation)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2022-10-01 to 2025-12-31 | PhD Human Geography (Geography, Politics and Sociology)
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University of Leeds: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2021-09-01 to 2022-10-01 | MA Political Communication (Media and Communication)
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University of Leeds: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2018-10-01 to 2021-08-01 | BA International Relations (Politics and International Studies)
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Funding (1)

Nuclear Weapons and Popular Culture

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Economic and Social Research Council (Newcastle upon Tyne, GB)
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Works (4)

A cinematic catalyst for (Re)thinking nuclear narratives

Critical Studies on Security
2025-03-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Emily Faux; Rebekah K. Pullen
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Navigating nuclear narratives in contemporary television: The BBC’s Vigil

Review of International Studies
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Emily Faux
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Deserted myths and nuclear realities: Revisiting the symbolism of nuclear weapons in contemporary popular culture through Oppenheimer (2023)

Media, War & Conflict
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Emily Faux
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Deconstructing Barbenheimer: a feminist analysis of gender and the representation of nuclear war

Feminist Theory
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