Mieke Bal

Mieke Bal

Mieke BAL is a cultural theorist and critic and Academy Professor at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) of the University of Amsterdam. Her books include Loving Yusuf (2008), A Mieke Bal Reader (2006) and Travelling Concepts in the Humanities (2002). She is also a video artist, making short experimental documentaries on migration. Occasionally she acts as an independent curator. Separations (2010) is her first feature length documentary.

Filmography

(selection) Mille et un jours (2004, short doc), Access Denied (2005, short doc), Nothing Is Missing (2006-2007, instal), Colony (2007, short doc), Un trabajo limpio (2007, short doc), Becoming Vera (2008, short doc), Separations (2010, doc, co-dir)