| Titels | Prof. dr. |
| Initials | P.P.R.W. |
| Main position | Hoogleraar UvA |
| Disciplines | History and philosophy of the humanities |
| Media sciences | |
| Chair | Filmwetenschap |
| Domain | Humanities |
| Membership | Member |
| Since | 2017 |
| Chair of Jury of the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art | |
| Member of Council for the Humanities | |
| Member of Humanities | |
| Employed by |
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Afdeling Mediastudies Turfdraagsterspad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam tel. 020 5254 593 p.pisters@uva.nl |
| Personal website | |
| Research/publications |
Patricia Pisters is the director of research at the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis (ASCA). Her research and teaching focus on the interface between film studies, media studies, philosophy and the neurosciences. Pisters analyses contemporary visual culture and studies how images influence our thinking. She has analysed the work of Alfred Hitchcock in a volume on film theory and has studied Maghreb cinema, the new Hollywood aesthetics, and Dutch film culture.