Mitchell van Vuren
External PhD
- Name
- Drs. M. van Vuren MA
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- m.van.vuren@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Mitchell van Vuren is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Arts in Society. He studies the globalisation of Chinese science fiction/speculative fiction in the digital age, especially focussing on the platformisation of SVOD services.
More information about Mitchell van Vuren
Fields of interest
- Film
- TV series
- Streaming cultures
- Platformisation
- Literature
- Chinese culture
- Globalisation
- Adaptation and translation
Curriculum Vitae
- PhD, Leiden University (2022 - present)
- RMA Literary Studies (2018 – 2021), Leiden University
- BA Film and Literary Studies (2014 – 2018), Leiden University
Selected publications
- “Bumming in Rotterdam; the historical interactions between the Chinese independent cinema and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) (1989-2000).” Chinese Independent Cinema Observer, vol. 1 no. 2, 2021 Chinese Independent Cinema Observer. https://www.chinaindiefilm.org/issue-2-pre-history-of-chinese-independent-cinema/
- “Wondering about the Futures of the Wandering Earth: A Comparative Analysis of Liu Cixin’s ‘The Wandering Earth’ and Frant Gwo’s Film Adaptation.” Science Fiction Research Association, vol. 50 no. 2-3, 2020, pp. 168-175.
https://sfrareview.org/2020/09/04/50-2-a14vanvuren/
External PhD
- Faculty of Humanities
- Centre for the Arts in Society
- Literatuurwetenschap
Lecturer
- Faculty of Humanities
- Centre for the Arts in Society
- Literatuurwetenschap
- Vuren M. van (2021), Bumming in Rotterdam; the historical interactions between the Chinese independent cinema and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) (1989-2000), Chinese Independent Cinema Observer 1(2): 129-149 (8).
- Vuren M. van (2021), The intrusive ‘echoing’ of past violence into the present, Short Film Studies 11(1): 86-88.
- Vuren M. van (2020), Wondering about the futures of the Wandering Earth: a comparative analysis of Liu Cixin’s ‘The Wandering Earth’ and Frant Gwo’s film adaptation, Science Fiction Research Association Review 50(2-3): 168-175 (13).
- Vuren M. van (2020), Lucid dreaming in the film theater: a trans-spatial and transcultural approach to long day’s journey into night, Junctions 5(1): 90-101.
- Project Manager