Dr Elayne Chaplin
Staff Tutor History And Senior Lecturer
Biography
Professional biography
Dr Elayne Chaplin is a Staff Tutor in history, and the Data Interpreter for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Research interests
Recent publications:
- ‘Death and Duty: The Yakuza Onscreen’ (analysis of the impact of socio-political context on performative gangster masculinity in twentieth century Japanese cinema), in Larke, S.G. (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Gangster Film (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019).
- 'Unresolved: Narrative Strategies in an Unsolved True Crime: Depictions of the JonBenet Ramsey killing.' Chaplin, E. and Chaplin, M. in Larke-Walsh (ed.,) in True Crime in American Media (Routledge, 2023).
- 'Adapting true crime events: teasing solutions to The Staircase.' G. Larke-Walsh and E. Chaplin, Literature and Film Quarterly 53:2 (Spring 2025)
Teaching interests
Cultural history
Impact and engagement
FASSTEST funded scholarship projects include:
'Flexible Study Intensity in Arts & Humanities: Classical Studies and History' (PL)
'Better understanding of study motivation and module choice: an investigation of A223 student registrations'
'Level 1: Progression and Qualification Pathways: a Case Study in History'.
