dr. S.P.M. (Steven) Willemsen
Dr. Steven Willemsen is an Assistant Professor in Art, Culture & Media at the University of Groningen, and an Affiliated Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has previously been a Visiting Research Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Research Centre for Literature and the Mind, is author of Impossible Puzzle Films: A Cognitive Approach to Contemporary Complex Cinema (Edinburgh University Press 2017, with Miklós Kiss) and editor of Puzzling Stories: The Aesthetic Appeal of Cognitive Challenge in Film, Television & Literature (Berghahn Books, 2022).
Degrees
| 2018 | Doctoraat - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| 2013 | Research Master Literary & Cultural Studies |
Positions
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2020-present 2019-present |
Universitair Docent - Kunsten, Cultuur & Media |
| 2018-'19 | Lecturer Kunsten, Cultuur & Media - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
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2016-'17 2014-'18 |
Visiting Research Scholar - University of California, Santa Barbara (V.S.) PhD Candidate & Junior Lecturer - ICOG |