Jason Lee

Professor Jason Lee serves as Head of Leicester Media School Partnerships within the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media at De Montfort University. An internationally recognized scholar, his work spans film studies, cultural theory, and creative arts, with publications translated into 16 languages and archived at Berkeley.

His educational background includes a DPhil from Sussex and MA/BA from Warwick, reflecting interdisciplinary training. Research centers on otherness across humanities and social sciences, examining transgressive culture, addiction, and screenwriting psychology through frameworks like Levinasian ethics and psychoanalysis.

Lee's recent publications reveal evolving focus from historical analysis (e.g., Galileo studies) toward contemporary extremism and desire theory, with increasing emphasis on digital media's role in shaping cultural pathology. His work consistently bridges creative practice and critical theory, evidenced by editorial leadership in journals like Transgressive Culture.

• Salisbury International Arts Festival Prize (2005)
• Aesthetica Prize (2010)
• Ware Prize (2014)
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

He actively supervises 12 doctoral candidates across film finance, queer theory, far-right extremism, and mental health, while directing research groups including the Media Discourse Centre. His extensive conference participation—from Bowie studies to transhumanism—demonstrates commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue. Current projects explore social media's impact on political nostalgia and folk horror's transnational evolution.