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Lisa Gotto (born 1976) is a
professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...
of film theory at the
University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
. She was previously a professor for film studies at the
Internationale Filmschule Köln The ifs internationale filmschule köln gmbh (''international film school cologne'') is a privately funded film school in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The film school was founded by Filmstiftung NRW. In the German film school ranking ...
and a professor for media and game studies at the Cologne Game Lab at the
Technical University of Cologne Cologne University of Applied Sciences, officially called TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences (''german: Technische Hochschule Köln'', abbreviated TH Köln) is an institute of higher education located in Cologne, Germany, established in ...
. Gotto specializes in
film studies Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to cinema as an art form and a medium. It is sometimes subsumed within media studies and is often compared to television studies. ...
,
game studies Game studies, also known as ludology (from ''ludus'', "game", and ''-logia'', "study", "research"), is the study of games, the act of playing them, and the players and cultures surrounding them. It is a field of cultural studies that deals with a ...
and
media studies Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...
.


Biography

Lisa Gotto graduated from
University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...
with an M.A. in theatre, film and television studies, German literature, and English literature in 2001, and earned a Ph.D. from
Bauhaus University Weimar The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university located in Weimar, Germany, and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910. In 1919 the sc ...
in media studies in 2006. From 2001 to 2007 she was a research and teaching assistant at Bauhaus University Weimar and the
University of Television and Film Munich The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, short: HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. T ...
, from 2007 to 2010 she was an assistant professor at
University of Regensburg The University of Regensburg (german: link=no, Universität Regensburg) is a public research university located in the medieval city of Regensburg, Bavaria, a city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university was founded on 18 ...
, from 2009 to 2010 she was a Deputy Professor at
University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Academy of Sciences'', ...
. In 2010, she was appointed Professor for Film Studies (Film History/Film Analysis) at
Internationale Filmschule Köln The ifs internationale filmschule köln gmbh (''international film school cologne'') is a privately funded film school in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The film school was founded by Filmstiftung NRW. In the German film school ranking ...
which she held until 2018. From 2011 to 2012, she was a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media at
Leuphana University of Lüneburg Leuphana University Lüneburg is a public university in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Leuphana was founded in 1946 as a college of education (''Pädagogische Hochschule''). Leuphana established a unique university model within the German acad ...
, and from 2016 to 2018, she was a Professor for Media and Game Studies at the Cologne Game Lab at
Technical University of Cologne Cologne University of Applied Sciences, officially called TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences (''german: Technische Hochschule Köln'', abbreviated TH Köln) is an institute of higher education located in Cologne, Germany, established in ...
. In 2018, she was also a Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS). Since 2018, she is Professor for Film Theory at the
University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
. Lisa Gotto's main research interests are in media history and media theory, film studies, and digital media culture. She has published extensively on film theory and film aesthetics, media history, and visual culture. She is the co-founder and co-editor of the journal ''Medienkomparatistik'',' and the co-founder and co-editor of the book series ''Studies of Digital Media Culture''.''Studies of Digital Media Culture
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Selected writings

* ''Big Screens, Small Forms. Visual Varieties in Digital Media Culture''. Bielefeld: transcript 2022. * ''Passing and Posing between Black and White. Calibrating the Color Line in U.S. Cinema''. Bielefeld: transcript 2021. * "Strike a Pose: Robot Selfies", in ''Exploring the Selfie. Historical, Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Digital Self-Photography'' ed. Julia Eckel, Jens Ruchatz and Sabine Wirth. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2018. * "Fantastic Views. Super Heroes, Visual Perception and Digital Perspective", in ''Superhero Synergies. Comic Book Heroes Go Digital'' ed. James Gilmore, Matthias Stork, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield 2014. * "Types and Bytes: Ludic Seriality and Digital Typography", ''Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture'' 8 (1), 2014. * "Incorporations: On the Mediality of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Cinematically Built Bodies", in ''Arnold Schwarzenegger. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Body and Images'' ed. Michael Butter et al. Heidelberg: UV Winter 2011. * "Life in a Day / One Day on Earth. Visuality and Visibility in the Digital Arena", ''International Journal of the Image'' 1 (2), 2011. * ''Eisenstein-Reader'' ed. Lisa Gotto with a foreword by
Dominik Graf Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 198 ...
. Henschel, Leipzig 2011.


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External links

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Homepage at University of Vienna

Discussion with Wim Wenders
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Author Profile at transcript
1976 births Film theorists Living people Academic staff of the University of Vienna University of Cologne alumni Bauhaus University, Weimar alumni {{Improve categories, date=January 2022