Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
My core research is concerned with the role played by violence in the shaping of early American society and its role in the creation Native American ‘Otherness’. As a historian, I am particularly interested in violence as a formative source - rather than a cumulative effect produced by other social or economic forces, I instead prefer to study violence as a starting point for new event-chains. This has led to me develop a particular interest in the transmission of ideas and war-traumas from one generation to the next, and the specific mechanism which allow conflict-experience to be canonised, reproduced, passed-on, and, in some cases, commercialised.
My secondary research builds upon this. Discourses of race and gender in popular mediums, such as films and comic books, are another important aspect of my research and publication portfolio. In addition to writing on the history of violence in Native America, I have researched and published on the history of silent film, the theatre, and public appetites for performance and comedy as a form of cultural commentary.
I am also very interested in using non-traditional mediums to disseminate my research. Aside from the written word, I have experimented with trans-media articles (open access pieces which include filmic elements, audio commentaries, and digital appendices), podcasts, micro-blogging, filmmaking, and immersive content creation. These works range from academic in nature (aimed at a scholarly audience) to public outreach, wherein accessibility is an important consideration.
Research Interests
Native American history
; Race relations in the US
; The revolutionary frontier
; The evolution of American popular culture
Keywords
- E151 United States (General)
- F001 United States local history
- E11 America (General)
- F1001 Canada (General)
- D901 Europe (General)
- PS American literature
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Research Output
El diálogo intercultural como método para articular una experiencia entre estudiantes de Brasil y el Reino Unido
Reid, D., Santos, J. A. & Battestin, C., 2019, In : Educação e Contemporaneidade. 28, 56, p. 102-115 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Looking for Charlie: Life and Death in the Silent Era
Reid, D. & Sanders, B., 5 May 2018Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Digital or Visual Media
ANTI-INDIAN RADICALISATION IN THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST, 1774-1795
Reid, D., 19 Jun 2017, In : Journal of the American Revolution.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Documenting Donald: A Trans-Media Post-Mortem about Documentary-Making during the 2016 Presidential Election
Reid, D. & Sanders, B., 2017Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Web publication/site
Open Access
Documenting Donald (Short Film)
Reid, D. & Sanders, B., 2017Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Digital or Visual Media
Open Access
Activities
Cinematic Release - Looking for Charlie
Darren Reid (Speaker)5 May 2018 → 30 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public Engagement Event
Place + Time VR Film Festival Screenings
Darren Reid (Speaker)1 Jan 2018 → 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public Engagement Event
Scottish Association for the Study of America
Darren Reid (Speaker)15 Mar 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
History Lab Plus
Darren Reid (Speaker)1 Jul 2013
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Society of Appalachian Historians
Darren Reid (Speaker)1 Jun 2013
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Prizes
Press / Media
BBC Radio Commentary on Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy
26/10/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment