State Secrets and the Public Archive: Cold War Spycraft and the Literary Heritage of British Espionage

国家机密和公共档案：冷战间谍活动和英国间谍活动的文学遗产

• 批准号: 2625793
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Roehampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2625793
• 关键词: State; Secrets; Public; Archive; Cold

Intellectual Framework: The aim of this project is to consider the relationship between Britain's National Archives and the ways in which previously classified, newly-released state secrets pertaining to British Cold War espionage have been archived and disseminated in the post-war period. The project will explore crossovers between the archival history of British espionage during the Cold War and its cultural afterlife within the spy/thriller genre. The aim of this project is to understand the ways in which both archival material and literary fiction overlap in Britain's cultural memory of the Cold War, a particularly vital concern in the contemporary, so-called 'posttruth' era in which British politics has become a sort of mediated public 'fiction' in itself, and in which a new kind of Anglo-Russian 'cold war' seems to be at play - evidenced, in part, by the 2018 Novichok poisoning of former Russian GRU agent Sergey Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. TNA contains numerous files, letters, and previously classified documents on a number of historically important British spies and defectors to Russia which have helped to shape the perception of the Cold War, including John Vassall, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Kim Philby, and Anthony Blunt. It also contains material holdings on the Portland Spy Ring, the Profumo Affair, and the Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs. MI5 documentation includes recognition protocols, surveillance reports, and intercepted phone calls. Furthermore, the archives house a great deal of material on spycraft and gadgetry, documentation concerning disinformation and propaganda, and Foreign Office material relating to the Secret Intelligence Service from 1939-1951. The archives also hold various files pertaining to a number of salient British literary figures whose work is prominent within the spy/thriller genre, including Ian Fleming's Civil Service Commission (CSC) files and documentation on the 30 Assault Unit; documentation on Information Research Department-funded novels (George Orwell); and Department of Information intelligence and propaganda material (John Buchan). The Official Histories in the Cabinet Office (CAB) series also contain a great deal of background and contextual material concerning intelligence histories. Developing the Archive: The student will be expected to develop a framework for interpreting this archival material in the context of the Cold War's cultural afterlife in Britain, as well as devising ways to promote this rich spectrum of archival sources for both scholars and the general public. The student's development of the archive, through sustained research dissemination (including enhanced catalogue descriptions) and public engagement (both actual and virtual), will ensure that the project has its own afterlife beyond the PhD. Public Engagement and Impact: As part of the expanding public engagement agenda of TNA, the student will work with the archives to develop public engagement opportunities, including contributing to a major exhibition on MI5, organisation of research discussions and talks, and schools and educational outreach programmes. TNA also provides placement activities, during which the student will be supported to develop their own employment skills and contribute to education and engagement initiatives in line with the goals of TNA around widening participation.

智力框架：这个项目的目的是考虑英国国家档案馆与战后时期英国冷战间谍活动相关的以前保密的、新公布的国家机密被存档和传播的方式之间的关系。该项目将探索冷战期间英国间谍活动的档案历史与间谍/惊悚片类型中的来世文化之间的交叉。该项目的目的是了解在英国对冷战的文化记忆中，档案材料和文学小说是如何重叠的，在当代所谓的“后真相”时代，这是一个特别重要的担忧，在这个时代，英国政治本身已经成为一种调解的公共“小说”，一种新型的英俄“冷战”似乎正在上演--2018年前俄罗斯GRU特工谢尔盖·斯克里帕尔和他的女儿在索尔兹伯里被诺维乔克毒死在一定程度上就证明了这一点。TNA包含大量文件、信件和以前的机密文件，这些文件涉及一些历史上重要的英国间谍和叛逃到俄罗斯的人，这些文件帮助塑造了人们对冷战的看法，包括约翰·瓦萨尔、盖伊·伯吉斯、唐纳德·麦克林、金·菲尔比和安东尼·布朗特。它还包括关于波特兰间谍团伙、普罗富莫事件和苏联间谍克劳斯·福克斯的材料。军情五处的文件包括识别协议、监控报告和截获的电话。此外，档案馆收藏了大量关于间谍活动和小玩意儿的材料、关于虚假信息和宣传的文件，以及与1939年至1951年间秘密情报局有关的外交部材料。这些档案还保存着与一些杰出的英国文学人物有关的各种文件，他们的工作在间谍/惊悚片流派中很突出，包括伊恩·弗莱明的公务员委员会(CSC)关于30突击部队的文件和文件；信息研究部资助的小说文件(乔治·奥威尔)；以及信息情报和宣传材料部(约翰·巴肯)。内阁办公室的官方历史(CAB)系列也包含了大量关于情报史的背景和背景材料。开发档案：学生将被要求建立一个框架，在英国冷战文化的背景下解释这些档案材料，并设计方法向学者和普通公众推广这种丰富的档案资源。学生通过持续的研究传播(包括改进的目录描述)和公众参与(包括实际和虚拟的)来开发档案，将确保该项目在博士学位之外拥有自己的来世。公众参与和影响：作为TNA扩大公众参与议程的一部分，学生将与档案馆合作，发展公众参与机会，包括为军情五处的大型展览做出贡献，组织研究讨论和讲座，以及学校和教育推广计划。TNA还提供安置活动，在此期间，将支持学生发展自己的就业技能，并根据TNA关于扩大参与的目标，为教育和参与倡议做出贡献。