Dr Ross Truscott
- Position: Associate Professor in Cultural and Critical Theory
- Areas of expertise: cultural studies; critical theory; psychoanalysis; postcolonial theory; aesthetics and politics; race, gender, and sexuality
- Email: R.Truscott@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 3.01 FAHACS
- Website: Researchgate
Profile
Before joining the School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds in October 2023, I worked for eight years as a Researcher at the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape, primarily involved with the work of the centre but also teaching in Historical Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Research interests
My research draws on psychoanalytic, critical, postcolonial and feminist theory to reflect on “the psychic life of power” that institutional discourses entail. I have written about festivals, the post office, institutions of higher education, psychiatric institutions, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, but am in general interested in the ways institutions produce particular kinds of subjects.
Qualifications
- PhD
- MPsych
- BA Hons
- BPsych
Professional memberships
- Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society
- Association for Psychosocial Studies
Student education
I teach across undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the School, focussing primarily on Cultural Studies. Key themes in most courses on which I teach are: the legacies of colonial discourse; race, class, gender, and sexuality; aesthetics and politics; and subjectivity.
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