AMA (Annie) van den Oever is Extraordinary Professor for Film and Visual Media at the Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, RSA.
She also is a senior researcher for Film at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and an Associated Researcher for Film at Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne, France.
She is the founding editor of an acclaimed international book series on Film Theory, The Key Debates. Mutations and Appropriations in European Film Studies, published by Amsterdam University Press. Her co-editors are Ian Christie, Birkbeck College London; and Dominique Chateau, Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne.
She is a reviewer, editor and editorial board member of several journals in the field of Film and Media Studies and an Advisory Board member for Film and Media of Amsterdam University Press (since 2003).
She is editor of the NECSus European Journal of Media Studies (since 2011); and Editorial Board member of Image & Text (since 2011).
She is the author/co-author of over 60 publications, including five books, two edited volumes, and a special issue of a journal (fiction and criticism excluded). Her research and teaching activities currently focus on the areas of film aesthetics, art theory, media archaeology, narrative theory, transitional moments in visual culture, and the current dominance in our (mass) culture of technology and the aesthetics of the grotesque.
To date, she has presented over 40 conference papers nationally and internationally.
Her recent research on film theory, television, narration, media technologies, aesthetics, and the grotesque, is published internationally in Leonardo (MIT), Cinéma et Cie, Critical Insights, Film Philosophy, Image & Text, and the Dalkey Archive Scholarly Series.
Three recent major works are:
- Ostrannenie. On “Strangeness” and the Moving Image. The history, Reception, and Relevance of a Concept. The Key Debates. Mutations and Appropriations in European Film Studies Vol. I. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010.
- Sensitizing the Viewer, The Impact of New Techniques and the Art Experience. Groningen / Amsterdam: University of Groningen, Amsterdam University Press, and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2011.
- Techne /Technology. Researching Cinema and Media Technologies, Their Development, Use and Impact. The Key Debates. Mutations and Appropriations in European Film Studies Vol. IV. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014.