!!Patricia P. R. Pisters - Curriculum Vitae *2015 - present Academic Director of Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam\\ *2017 Programme leader (with Adam Nocek, Arizona State University) of Geomediations Collective\\ *2013 - present Programme leader “Neuroaesthetics and Neurocultures: Worlding the Brain” \\ *2013 Programme leader (with Josef Früchtl ) “Film and Philosophy”, University of Amsterdam \\ *2010 - 2014 Chair of Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam\\ *2006 - 2012 Program leader “Transnational Media and Questions of Identity” , University of Amsterdam\\ *2005 - 2011 Member of the Senate, University of Amsterdam\\ *2004 - present Board member of the Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam\\ *2004 - 2009 Head of the Media and Culture Teaching Program, University of Amsterdam\\ *2001 - 2009, 2015 - present, Coordinator of the Film Team of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam \\ __PhD promotion since 2006:__ \\ *21 PhDs completed\\ *17 PhDs in progress\\ \\ __Professional training:__ \\ *1998 PhD in Film and Television Studies, University of Amsterdam\\ *1993 D.E.A. (Diplôme des Etudes Approfondies) Textes et Documents (cum laude), Université Paris 7–Jussieu and Paris 3–Sorbonne Nouvelle\\ *1991 Master’s Degree in French Language and Literature (cum laude), University of Amsterdam\\ *1991 Master’s Degree Film Studies (cum laude), University of Amsterdam\\ *1987 Certificate in French Language and Literature, Institut Catholique, Paris.\\ \\