Patrick Masters

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Lecturer, University of Portsmouth

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I have completed my PhD at the University of Portsmouth, where I work as a lecturer in film studies. I am the author of the book - 'The Knights Templar in Popular Culture', published by McFarland. The book examines the representation of the Knights Templar in popular culture from the 13th to the 21st century, analysing Templar depictions in film, literature, computer games and tourism. My latest work on the Knights Templar will be published in May 2025 via the History Press - title "The Knights Templar: Crusade, Myth & Hollywood. This book examines the 900-year story of the Templars, looking at how history has created the myth and how those myths resonate within popular culture.

Experience

• 2021–present Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Portsmouth
• 2017–2018 Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Portsmouth

Education

• 2021 University of Portsmouth, Doctor of Philosophy
• 2013 University of Portsmouth, MA Film and Television Studies

Publications

• 2025 The Knights Templar: Crusade, Myth & Hollywood, The History Press
• 2022 The Knights Templar in Popular Culture: Films, Video Games and Fan Tourism, McFarland & Company Inc
• 2018 Recensão a Medievalism in a Song of Ice and Fire & Game of Thrones, de Shiloh Carroll., Práticas da História Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past. 7: 257-261

Professional Memberships

• Associate Fellow Of The Royal Historical Society

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