Dr Ian Inglis

Dr Ian Inglis is a writer and researcher based in Newcastle upon Tyne. As a Reader in Sociology and Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University, his books include: The Beatles, Popular Music And Society: A Thousand Voices (2000); Popular Music And Film (2003); Performance And Popular Music: History, Place And Time (2006); The Words And Music Of George Harrison (2010); Popular Music And Television In Britain (2010); The Beatles In Hamburg (2012); and The Beatles (2017).  His doctoral research explored the significance of sociological, social psychological, and cultural theory in approaches to the music and career of the Beatles.

 

He has been a member of the editorial boards of Popular Music And Society, The Soundtrack and Volume: La Revue des Musiques Populaire, and his articles have been published in a wide variety of journals, including Popular Music; Journal Of Popular Culture; Journal Of Popular Music Studies; Critical Studies In Media Communication; American Music; Visual Culture In Britain; Journal Of Fashion, Style And Popular Culture; Popular Music And Society; International Review Of The Aesthetics And Sociology Of Music; Popular Music History; Celebrity Studies; Volume: La Revue des Musiques Populaires; and Musiiken Suunta.

 

He has contributed chapters to books across a range of subjects, including music censorship, the horror film, tribute bands, song in cinema, animation film, virtual performance, musical texts, audiovisual aesthetics, film adaptations, local music scenes, fans & fandom, approaches to musical history, and musicological research methods.

 

He has spoken at numerous conferences - often as a keynote speaker - across Europe, and his work has been translated into several languages. He has made frequent appearances on radio and television. He is also a writer of fiction; his work has been published in anthologies and literary journals in the UK, Europe and US, and his collection of short stories The Day Chuck Berry Died was published by Bridge House in 2022.

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Contact:  ian.inglis15@outlook.com