Todd Landman is Professor of Political Science and Research Director of the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham. He has a BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania (1988), an MA in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University (1990), an MA in Political Science from the University of Colorado Boulder (1993), and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Essex (2000). He was previously Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Nottingham (2015-2023), Professor of Government (2009-2015) and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Essex (2013-2015).
He combines his academic and magical interests to provide a unique blend of Academic Magic that educates, baffles, and entertains, all at the same time. Using magic as a medium for communicating big ideas, his style of performance magic explores deep philosophical, scientific, historical, and other enduring questions concerning the human condition in a highly inter-active, engaging, and entertaining way.
Landman, Todd, ‘Academic Magic: Performance and the Communication of Fundamental Ideas.’, Journal of Performance Magic, 5 (2018) [accessed11 October 2024]
———, ‘Framing Performance Magic: The Role of Contract, Discourse and Effect’, Journal of Performance Magic, 1 (2013) [accessed11 October 2024]
Landman, T. (2025) Katharina Rein, Techniques of Illusion: A Cultural and Media History of Stage Magic in the Late Nineteenth Century, London and New York: Routledge, in Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft (forthcoming).
He also published relevant (non-academic) books and articles:
Landman, T. (2020) The Magiculum II.
Landman, T. (2014) The Magiculum.
Landman, T. (2010) Metaphysical Magic.
Landman, T. (2013) ‘Establishing Authority, Defining the Boundaries,’ in Rainer Mees and Thomas Heine (eds.) Do Not Disturb: Thoughts, Experiences, Insights, and Advice on Managing Heckling and Disturbances in Mentalism and Magic Performances, ParaLabs Creative Consulting, pp. 206-212