Projects
Film, religion and politics: the 'Office Catholique International du Cinéma' (OCIC) and Italy (1948-1970) KU Leuven
Fiction, Imagination, and Early Cinema Ghent University
The project investigates two closely interrelated issues: what is the role of imagination in early cinema and what does it mean for a representational work to be fictional? Specifically, it asks what the criteria are according to which we categorize texts as fictional and what counts as proof for reconstructing the experience of historical spectatorship. The project innovatively proposes that the period between 1880 and 1915 provides a ...
The Reductive Cinema of Chantal Akerman and Marguerite Duras (1968-1978): A Comparative Study in Aesthetic Negativity. University of Antwerp
The Critical Realist Cinema of Wang Bing: A Comparison with the Films of Chantal Akerman and Jia Zhangke University of Antwerp
European Cinema Audiences: Entangled Histories and Shared Memories Ghent University
The Critical Realist Cinema of Wang Bing: A Comparison with the Films of Chantal Akerman and Jia Zhangke University of Antwerp
Movie-going at the docks. A media historical comparative analysis of cinema cultures in Antwerp (Flanders) and Rotterdam (Netherlands) (1910-1990). University of Antwerp
DICIS – Digital Cinema Studies Ghent University
DICIS is an international network of researchers and research centers (funded by the FWO) focusing on issues at the crossroads of cinema studies and digital humanities.
The Belgian Silvering Screen: A multi-method research project on ageist discourses and representations in Belgian cinema (1945-2022) Ghent University
Research on mediated representations of age, old age and audience’s experiences around old age is still scarce. Nevertheless, there is a growing number of representations of older people in media (cf. film, TV shows, advertisements, etc.). Existing research on ageism frequently illuminates the topic from a focus on TV series and news articles. Much less research is done on film, despite the medium's wide reach and popularity. Given Belgium's ...