Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
I am an historian of modern Britian. With a particular interest in intelligence and espionage history and the Home Front during the Second World War, my work has focussed on the dynamics of class and gender on secret organisations. At present I am writing a biography of John Cairncross, the so-called "fifth man" of the Cambridge Five spyring.
Biography
I joined Coventry University in February 2017, prior to which I taught at Bournemouth University, the University of Kent and Worcester University. I read history at Aberystwyth University where I stayed on further to complete both an MA and PhD.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate, University of Wales
30 Sep 2008 → 1 Jun 2013
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masculinity
Social Sciences
World War
Social Sciences
gender
Social Sciences
resilience
Social Sciences
social status
Social Sciences
intelligence
Social Sciences
continuity
Social Sciences
Wartime
Arts & Humanities
Research Output 2012 2019
The Last Cambridge Spy: John Cairncross, Bletchley Codebreaker and Soviet Double Agent
Smith, C., 1 May 2019, 1 ed. Stroud: The History Press. 256 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Ring
Spies
Espionage
Treasury
Enigma
Sherlock Holmes and the Nazis: Fifth Columnists and the People’s War in Anglo-American Cinema, 1942-1943
Smith, C., Jul 2018, In : Journal of British Cinema and Television. 15, 3, p. 308-327 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
Open Access
File
Columnist
Anglo-American
American Cinema
Sherlock Holmes
Propaganda
Women in the Shadow War: Gender, Class and MI5 in the Second World War
Toy, R. & Smith, C., 2018, In : Women's History Review. 27, 5, p. 688-706 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
World War
gender
masculinity
resilience
social status
‘Bright chaps for hush-hush jobs’: masculinity, class and civilians in uniform at Bletchley Park
Smith, C., 2018, Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War. Pattinson, J. & Robb, L. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 145-168 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
masculinity
World War
communications
Military
traffic
Bletchley Park and the Development of the Rockex Cipher Systems: Building a Technocratic Culture, 1941–1945
Smith, C., 1 Apr 2017, In : War in History. 24, 2, p. 176-194 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
cultural change
expert
school
Wartime
Cultural Change
Press / Media
Last Cambridge Spy featured in Mail on Sunday
27/04/19
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Brexit and the Memory of the Second World War
14/02/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
The Conversation: Michael Foot spy allegations and why MI6 should come clean about the past
20/09/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
RTÉ Documentary on One -- Richard Hayes, Nazi Codebreaker, interview
18/10/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities