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Personal profile
Research overview
Patrick Adamson is an Associate Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, Editor at Open Screens, and Assistant Editor at Film Journal.
His research has been published in Film History: An International Journal (2019), Transnationalism and Imperialism: Endurance of the Global Western Film (ed. by David Roche and Hervé Mayer, 2022), Film Journal (2024), and Motifs (2025).
He received the “Best Doctoral Student Article or Chapter” award from BAFTSS (British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies) in 2020 and the “Best PhD Dissertation on English-Language Cinema” award from SERCIA (Société pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche du CInéma Anglophone) in 2021.
His monograph Projecting America: The Epic Western and National Mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood will be published by the University of Oklahoma Press in October 2025.
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Projecting America: the epic western and national mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood
Adamson, P., 14 Oct 2025, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 248 p. (The Popular West; vol. 3)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Trouble on the historical frontier: Will Rogers’ Two Wagons—Both Covered (1924)
Adamson, P., 25 Feb 2025, In: Motifs. 9, 1137.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fractured Flickers (1963–64): Comic corruptions of the silent screen
Adamson, P., 1 Dec 2024, In: Film Journal. 10, p. 1-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transnationalism on the Transcontinental Railroad: John Ford’s The Iron Horse (1924)
Adamson, P., 9 Apr 2022, Transnationalism and Imperialism: Endurance of the Global Western Film. Mayer, H. & Roche, D. (eds.). Indiana University Press, p. 33-50Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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American History at the Foreign Office: Exporting the Silent Epic Western
Adamson, P., 19 Sept 2019, In: Film History. 31, 2, p. 32-59Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Film Journal (Journal)
Adamson, P. (Member of editorial board)
1 Sept 2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Open Screens (Journal)
Adamson, P. (Member of editorial board)
1 Oct 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Frames Cinema Journal (Journal)
Adamson, P. (Member of editorial board)
1 Aug 2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Projecting America with Patrick Adamson (Waterstones Dundee)
Adamson, P. (Speaker)
30 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Energy Café: Hollywood, Westerns, and the Oil Frontiers of Grass (1925)
Adamson, P. (Speaker)
31 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Best PhD Dissertation on English-Language Cinema Award (SERCIA)
Adamson, P. (Recipient), 1 Sept 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Doctoral Student Article or Chapter Award (BAFTSS)
Adamson, P. (Recipient), 1 Apr 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Undergraduate Dissertation (History Scotland – nomination only)
Adamson, P. (Recipient), 1 Jul 2015
Prize: Other distinction
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Bill Douglas Museum – stipend
Adamson, P. (Recipient), 31 Oct 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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C. J. Bartlett Prize (University of Dundee)
Adamson, P. (Recipient), 1 Jun 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Podcast appearance: "1909", The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever (S11, E02)
3/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Interview: Projecting America – Page 99 Test (Campaign for the American Reader)
1/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Interview: "The Author’s Corner with Patrick Adamson" (interview by Professor John Fea)
18/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Thesis
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‘Americanism in action’ : the 1920s epic western and Hollywood historical cinema
Adamson, P. (Author), Rice, T. (Supervisor), 2 Dec 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)