Rhys Steven Jones

Rhys Steven Jones is a Teaching Fellow in Film Studies at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds, where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules in film studies, screen theory, and world cinema. Previously, he served as Programme Director for the MA Contemporary Literature and Culture at Birkbeck and as a lecturer in Film Studies at Liverpool Screen School, Liverpool John Moores University.

His research engages with critical and cultural theory, particularly through the lenses of Marxism, queer theory, and racial capitalism. His work focuses on socio-cultural abjection, theories of disgust, social reproduction, and their intersections with gender, race, and political economy. He draws from diverse cinematic traditions—including queer world cinema, post-millennial representations of waste, speculative film, and post-war European and American cinema—to explore affective and ideological structures in contemporary media.

His research spans theoretical and literary texts, including engagements with Afro-pessimism, postmodernism, and Dogme 95, with a current monograph in progress analyzing abjection in global cinema through formal and theoretical critique. Though no articles are currently visible due to technical limitations, his recent contributions include a forthcoming article on abjection in world cinema in LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory and a published entry on 'Racial Capitalism' in The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory.

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He advises undergraduate and postgraduate students on final year projects, dissertations, and independent research. While no formal grants are listed, his scholarly output suggests active engagement in interdisciplinary humanities research. He has previously led postgraduate programs, indicating leadership in curriculum development and academic mentoring.

There is no mention of labs or research teams, but his collaborative publishing and interdisciplinary focus suggest integration within broader critical theory and film studies networks.