Jeremy Bell

Jeremy Bell is in the third year of his doctoral studies, and has participated in Trent University’s Cultural Studies doctoral program since its inauguration in 2007.  His current research examines the interrelationships between desire, signification, transgression and sensory experience as expressed through both art and the debates of contemporary theory.  In the past, he has written and presented on a wide array of topics including the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux, anamorphosis, and the use value of Marquis de Sade.  Previously, Jeremy completed his MA at Trent University’s Theory, Culture and Politics Program, where he wrote a thesis on Georges Bataille’s notion general economy, and his Bachelor of Humanities with a Concentration in Philosophy at Carleton University’s College of the Humanities.