Dr. Gaspard Pelurson

Biography

Gaspard joined the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries in January 2022. He grew up in France and Belgium and obtained a BA in English Studies at the University of the Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris III). He completed a Master's in English Literature at the University of Cambridge in 2012 and an MA in Media Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex in 2013. Gaspard worked as a Doctoral Tutor and Research Associate at the University of Sussex, where he received his doctorate in Media Cultural Studies in 2018. He started as a Lecturer in Media at Leeds Beckett University from 2019 to 2022 and retains fond memories of the North. His research interests include Queer Game Studies, digital exploration, mapping queer détournement, ludic pedagogy, and queer gaming communities. Gaspard also serves on the editorial board of Convergence. His monograph, "Manifestations of Queerness in Video Games," explores the integration of video games with queer culture, drag, cyborg identities, and latent homoeroticism in wrestling. He has large contributions to journals like Game Studies, Continuum, and Convergence, focusing on the intersection of cultural studies, game theory, gender studies, and queer theory.

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