www.miekebal.org About Mieke

Even as a child, my siblings teased me that I was always teaching. It's something I was born to do. But teaching, in my experience, is nothing like lecturing 'at' people. It is communicative; sharing the excitement of discovering how things work. Also, disagreeing seemed almost a hobby; discussion a favourite pastime. Hence, I started to teach as soon as I could, and have done so at all levels, from middle school to high school, college, university, BA, MA and PhD.

I always loved to focus, intensely and almost obsessively, yet I could never confine myself to a single discipline. I studied French first, then literary theory (focusing on narrative theory), and through the meanderings of my life ended up writing on the Hebrew Bible, baroque and contemporary art, cultural analysis, feminism, postcolonial thought. More recently, I have begun to make videos. First, videos on art experiences of other people; then, art films. Mostly, the videos circle around issues of migration culture.

So, if you would like to know more, you are welcome to click on any of the links and find out about the books, videos, and PhD projects I am involved in. Each link provides extensive information. I hope you enjoy the site.
- Mieke


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