Professor Paul Long, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Director, Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre, joins Bill Woods to discuss the new and open access Beatle Journal which establishes the Beatles as an object of academic research.

Professor Long says, “what the release last year of Get Back (Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary) and Paul McCartney’s headlining gig at the Glastonbury Festival show, is that more than fifty years after their break-up, the Beatles remain a musical and cultural phenomenon.”

“Cultural and scholarly fascination with the Beatles has not diminished but in fact flourished over time. More than a simple exercise in nostalgia, the Beatles, their music and particularly their story resonates just as much with today’s online generation as with the original Beatlemania fans.”

The Journal of Beatles Studies (JBS) is a brand-new open access journal published in association with the University of Liverpool and the University’s MA in The Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage.

The journal provides a voice to new and emerging research locating the Beatles in new contexts, groups and communities from within and beyond academic institutions.

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