José van Dijck#
| Membership Number: | 4210 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/d/i/j.f.t.m.vandijck/j.f.t.m.vandijck.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - currently President Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- 2001 - currently Professor of Comparative Media Studies (Hoogleraar Media en Cultuur) University of Amsterdam (NL)
- 1995 - 2001 Associate Professor of Visual Culture (Universitair Hoofddocent Visuele Cultuur), University of Maastricht (NL)
- 1991 - 1995 Assistant Professor of Journalism (Universitair docent Journalistiek), University of Groningen (NL)
- 2011 - 2015 Director (and co-founder) Research School for Mediastudies (RMeS) NL
- 2008 - 2011 Dean of Humanities (Decaan Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen), University of Amsterdam (NL)
- 2006 - 2007 Vice-dean, Faculty of Humanities, Univ of Amsterdam (NL)
- 2002 - 2006 Chair, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam (NL)
Fields of Scholarship
- Media technologies
- Digital culture
- Social media
- Popularisation of science and medicine
- Television and culture
Honours and Awards
- Honours & Visiting professorships
- 2013 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
- 2012 Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Technology, Sydney (AUS)
- 2005 Visiting professor, University of California, Santa Cruz (USA)
- 2005 Walker Ames Honorary Lecturer 2005, University of Washington, Seattle (USA),
- 2000 Visiting scholar, Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (USA)
- 2000 Visiting scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
- 1996 Fulbright junior fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz (USA)
- 1994 Visting professor, Concordia University, Montreal (CAN)
- Awards
- 2015 Elected President Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- 2014 Grantee (co-applicant) National Roadmap for Large-scale Research Infrastructures; 12 million euro
- 2012 Elected member Royal Dutch Society of Sciences (KHMW)
- 2010 Elected member Royal Netherlands Academy of Science (KNAW)
- 2001 - 2015 total amount grants obtained (principal & co-applicant: 4,1 million euro
- 1996 Fulbright Junior Scholarship
- 1992 International Dissertation Award Fellowship, American Association of University Women (USA)
