Project
Discipline of the Screen: Cinema and public order in South Africa
This project departs from the emergence of cinema in early 20th century South Africa, and its role in constituting a new public sphere around this form of leisure.

Project
A new History of the University and addressing the fundamental issue of the future for cinema studies in times of media convergence.
As former President of Stockholm University, stepping down on Jan 31 2025, my first concern will be to write a brief chapter to a new History of the University, to be published for its 150 year anniversary in 2028, where I have been asked to contribute with a brief summary of my experiences from 12 years of presidency.

Project
Palestine Time: Temporality, Cinema, Liberation
Zionism does not only colonize space; it also colonizes time.
