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Last updated 24th March 2026

Dr. Rupert Till is Professor of Music and Head of the Department of Humanities, having worked at the University of Huddersfield since 2002. He has released albums Brain States and Dub Archaeology as Professor Chill, and his book Pop Cult: Religion and Popular Music is published by Bloomsbury. He is Strategic Lead for International in the School of Arts and Humanities, responsible for overseeing international development and recruitment. He has research interests in popular music and sound archaeology. He directed Huddersfield activities within the European Music Archaeology Project, a large 5 year European Union Culture Programme funded project (2013-18), and is Editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Popular Music series. 

He previously worked at Bretton Hall University College, and studied composition with minimalist Gavin Bryars, Scratch Orchestra founder member Christopher Hobbs, sound artist Katharine Norman, and with George Nicholson. His PhD included film music, music for dance, ambient techno and electronica compositions. He continues to write electronica and music for screen, and is also an active performer, he plays piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion and sings. He has appeared on TV and Radio, including BBC Breakfast, BBC News, the Sky at Night, Mystery Quest, BBC Radio 2, 4, 5, 6 and World Service, LBC, various international stations, and speaks regularly on BBC Radio Leeds and Sheffield on popular music subjects.