Professor Jason Lee
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Job title: Head of Film and Media with Creative Writing and Professional Writing
Email: j.lee@derby.ac.uk
Personal website: www.cjplee.com
Phone No: 01332 592154
Room: Kedleston Road E707
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Latest news
- Recently gained an internal research grant to develop TIRN- Transgression International Research Network, including working with a research assistant and developing work in Mexico.
- Working on an edited collection on extremism and nationalism for Transgressive Culture book series
- Recent creative work published in the world's oldest journal The London Magazine, plus European Judaism (Vol. 40 No. 2.), and Disability Studies Quarterly (Vol. 28 No. 2.).
- Critical work published in Open Court's 'Popular Culture and Philosophy' series, on Radiohead and evil.
Recent publications
- Unholy Days (Roman Books, forthcoming)
- Cultures of Addiction, ed. (Cambria, forthcoming)
- Seeing Galileo (Canterbury: Gylphi, 2010). Critical and creative work, including poetry and scripts, on the relationship between Milton and Galileo.
- Dr Cipriano's Cell (Chelmsford: CM Press/Arts Council, 2010).
- Celebrity, Pedophilia and Ideology in American Culture (New York: Cambria, 2009): covering 12 years of work - chapters on 9/11 and science fiction, and films on child abuse. See Cambria's website for details.
Books include: The Metaphysics of Mass Art Vol. I and II - Cultural Ontology (1999); Madness and the Savage (1999).
Other recent books:
- Pervasive Perversions (London: Free Association Books, 2005).
- Lost Passports (Leicester: Troubador, 2005).
- Work in Johns Hopkins Philosophy and Literature and Stanford's Mantis, over a hundred books, articles and chapters, work translated into seven languages.
Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
School: School of Humanities
Subject Area: Creative Writing
Professor and Head of Film and Media with Professional and Creative Writing. As well as teaching and research, I manage a group of academics across the following degrees: Film and Television Studies, Broadcast Media, Media Studies, Media Production, Journalism, Creative Writing, and Media Writing.
Teaching responsibilities
- Level 5 Developing Creative Practice
- Level 5 Introduction to Scriptwriting
- Level 6 Creative Practice Portfolio
- Level 6 Independent Study
- Level 7 MA Humanities - Transgression Theory and Practice
- PhD Supervision
Professional interests
Scriptwriting, media and film consultancy.
Research interests
- My research interests are transdisciplinary, ranging from the traditional humanities, to the creative arts and the social sciences. I welcome PhD applications in any of these areas, particularly those that seek to transgress boundaries.
- I have had a number of publications in the areas of: addiction, madness, and child sexual abuse.
- Critical and cultural theory, particularly Nietzsche, Bergson, Baudrillard, Foucault, Levinas, and Deleuze.
- European, American, and Australian cinema.
- Twentieth and twenty-first century literature.
- Creative practices, including novel writing, screen and stage writing, and poetry.
- Transgression in all its forms, including theory and philosophy, literature, art, music, and film.
- Editor of the international journal and book series Transgressive Culture (Gylphi).
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College
- Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association - Chair of the Practice Section 2009-11
- The Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
- The European Society for the Study of English
- National Association of Writers in Education
- The Association of the Study of Modern Italy
- Association for Creative Writing and English
- Society for Disability Studies
Recent Conferences
- Facing the Other - Levinas versus Deleuze, Great Writing Imperial College London, July 2011.
- The Media and Censorship, Conference Co-organiser MeCCSA Practice Section and Edge Hill University, April 2011.
- Darwin's Fall at Castel Sant Angelo, University College Dublin Transgression and the Sacred Conference, April 2011.
- Will Self and Comedy, University of Nottingham Madness and Literature Conference, August 2010.
- Plenary presentation, University of Surrey Posthumann Conference, July 2010.
- Milton, Galileo, and Censorship, University of Rennes II Censorship in the English Speaking World 16th-21st Century, 2010.
- Plenary presentation on the future of the cultural industries, LSE MeCCSA Conference, January 2010.
- Crtical/Creative paper given at Lancaster University's 9th International Gothic Conference, Summer 2009.
- Immigration and the media, American University of Rome, Easter 2009.
Additional Interests and Activities
- Book on addiction due for publication, including chapters on addiction to psychotherapy.
- Addiction issue of the journal Transgressive Culture due for release October 2011.
- Currently working on The Psychology of Screenwriting with Continuum, New York, due for publication June 2012.
- Writer for Vertigo and Film International.
- American, British, European and Australian culture since the 1960s.
Media experience
- Creative work and teaching exercises broadcast by the BBC.
- Radio work on the impact of screen media, particularly television, on young people.
- Italian television work on racism and immigration.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) , University of Warwick
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA , University of Warwick
Research qualifications
- DPhil , University of Sussex
