Rio Goldhammer

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A graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds, Rio holds Masters Degrees in Political Theory (Leeds) and International Law (Bradford), completed his Doctorate at Leeds Beckett University in 2024, researching class, identity and myth in Yorkshire Post-Punk. He is the vocalist for the cult Bradford group 1919, and in 2025 became an inaugral inductee in the Leeds Goth Hall of Fame.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    College Liaison Tutor, Leeds Trinity University
  • 2019–2025
    Senior lecturer, Leeds College of Music
  • 2017–2024
    Doctoral Researcher, Leeds Beckett University
  • 2017–2019
    Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University

Education

  • 2025 
    University of Bradford, LLM International Legal Studies
  • 2024 
    Leeds Beckett University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2015 
    University of Huddersfield, PGCE (Lifelong Learning)
  • 2012 
    University of Leeds, MA Politics (Political Theory)
  • 2011 
    University of Leeds, BA (Hons) Cultural Studies

Publications

  • 2024
    Yorkshire Über Alles: An Ethnography of identity, class, and myth among first-wave Post-Punks (Thesis), Leeds Beckett University Repository
  • 2023
    Dance and Drink the Fenton: Fighting for Territory in Leeds’ Culture Wars, Popular Music in Leeds: Histories, Heritage, People and Places
  • 2021
    Authenticity in an insider-in ethnography of post-punk, Punk & Post-Punk
  • 2019
    Provincial Towns and Yorkshire Cities: Post-Punk Sounds, Suburban Escape, and Metro-Hegemony., Sounds and the City: Leisure Studies in a Global Era.
  • 2017
    After the apocalypse: Identity and legitimacy in the postdigital heavy metal subculture, Metal Music Studies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2016
    Faculty Bursary
    Role:
    Studentship
    Funding Source:
    Leeds Beckett University

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