Dr James Vaughan
BA University College London MA University College London PhD University of London

Lecturer in International History
Department of International Politics
Contact Details
- Email: jrv@aber.ac.uk
- Office: 2.15, International Politics Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622692
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Dr James Vaughan joined the Department of International Politics from University College London in September 2002 after a period working as a researcher for the BBC's Middle East Correspondent. In 2009/10 and 2011/12, Dr Vaughan was the Department's Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- IP34920 - The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- IP38320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP28320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP24920 - The Middle East in the 20th Century
Coordinator
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP28320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP38320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP34920 - The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- IP24920 - The Middle East in the 20th Century
Blackboard Dept Admin
- IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- IP29220 - International Politics and Global Development
- IP28320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP38320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
Lecturer
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP34920 - The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- IP28320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP38320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP24920 - The Middle East in the 20th Century
Tutor
- GW30000 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP28320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP38320 - A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
- IP34920 - The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- IP24920 - The Middle East in the 20th Century
PhD Supervision
The history of Anglo-American relations
The history of propaganda and public diplomacy
The history of the Arab-Israel dispute
The history of Western diplomatic and strategic policy towards the Middle East
The history of party political influence on British overseas policy
Research
Dr Vaughan specialises in the history of British and American diplomatic policy towards the Middle East. His PhD thesis, 'The Anglo-American relationship and propaganda strategies in the Middle East, 1953-1957', was completed in 2001 and he subsequently extended this into a major study of American and British propaganda and public diplomacy in the Arab world during the early Cold War period. His current research focuses upon the changing attitudes and policies of Britain's major political parties towards Zionism, Israel, Palestinian nationalism and the Arab-Israel dispute but he continues to publish on British propaganda policy towards the Arab Middle East and Iran.
Office Hours (Student Contact Times)
- Tuesday 11.30-12.30
- Thursday 09.30-10.30