College: Robinson
Supervisor: Nick Hopwood
Thesis topic: London Zoo, Television, and Primate Ethology: From the Launch of ITV to The Naked Ape
Publications
Kempton, Miles. ‘Commercial television and primate ethology: facial expressions between Granada and London Zoo.’ British Journal for the History of Science 56 (2023), 83-102.
Recent Research Talks
November 2022: 'Ethology on the Small Screen: The Granada TV—Zoological Society Film Unit', History of Science Society Meeting 2022, Chicago.
July 2022: ‘Communicating Ethology from London Zoo to The Naked Ape (1967)’, British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference 2022, Queen’s University Belfast.
Oct 2021: ‘Commercialising Zoology: The Granada TV – Zoological Society Film Unit in the 1950s and 1960s’, The Economy of Images in the Sciences, Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris.
July 2021: ‘Television, Film, and the Ethology of Primate Facial Expressions, 1960-73’, British Society for the History of Science Online Conference 2021.
Apr 2021: '“Take the cameras to the animals”: the Granada TV – Zoological Society Film Unit, 1956-63’, British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference (online).
