British Government Information and Propaganda, 1939-2009
Editorial Board
As part of our editorial process, every new collection is subjected to review by leading academics and experts. We would like to thank the following people for their advice and support:
Professor David Welch
Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda and War at the University of KentUniversity of Kent
David Welch is Emeritus Professor of Modern History and Honorary Director of the Centre for the Study of War, Propaganda and Society, at the University of Kent. His research interest is in modern and contemporary political propaganda. In 2013, he co-curated the exhibition on propaganda and persuasion at the British Library and authored the book that accompanied the exhibition, Propaganda. Power and Persuasion (British Library/Chicago University Press, 2013).
Jennie Grimshaw
Curator, Official Publications and Social PolicyThe British Library
Jennie Grimshaw has worked with the official publications collections at the British Library since 1996, when she was asked to take over as manager of the Official Publications and Social Sciences Reading Room. This was a dramatic change of career direction as she had previously been a cataloguer at the British National Bibliography and subsequently at the Science Reference and Information Service. She has a particular interest in web archiving and has curated themed collections of archived websites on Brexit and all the general elections since 2005.