University of Bremen - Dr. Eva Knopf

60 University of Bremen - Dr. Eva Knopf https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/kunst/staff/dr-eva-knopf Staff en University of Bremen Sun, 10 May 2026 16:41:30 +0200 Sun, 10 May 2026 16:41:30 +0200 University of Bremen content-295686 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:46:29 +0100 Contact https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/kunst/staff/dr-eva-knopf#c295686 Department:&nbsp; Institute for Art History - Film Studies - Art Education Special field: Media aesthetic practice (Film/Video, Photography) and theory practice transfers Office: GW2 B3795 Phone: +49 (0)421 218 67733 E-Mail: <a class="mail" href="mailto:eknopf@uni-bremen.de">eknopf@uni-bremen.de</a> Office hours: <a class="internalLink" href="t3://page?uid=17898" title="Öffnet internen Link in aktuellem Fenster">siehe Sprechzeitenliste</a> Content content-295689 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:46:29 +0100 Resume https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/kunst/staff/dr-eva-knopf#c295689 Eva Knopf is a filmmaker and lecturer for artistic-aesthetical practice in photography and film/video Head of artistic media practice at the University of Bremen's Institute for Art History - Film Studies - Art Education since April 2020. Eva Knopf received an M.A. in Cultural (Ethnology) and Media Studies from Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, studied Film and Television Studies at Universiteit van Amsterdam for one semester, and was a post-graduate student with Kaja Silverman and Trinh T. Minh-ha at University of California at Berkeley. She defended her doctoral thesis on essay films and the colonial image archive at the University of Hamburg. &nbsp; Parallel to her academic work Eva Knopf studied directing at the film academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. She shot several long documentary films, among them "Myanmarket" (2016), "Majub's Journey" (2013) and "Juju Movie - Get Rich or Die Trying" (2011), that were shown at international film festivals and German public broadcasters and won several awards. For many years Eva Knopf worked as a projectionist in different art house theaters. &nbsp; <h4>Academic positions</h4> Since 4/2020 LECTURER for artistic-aesthetical practice in photography and film/video&nbsp;Head of artistic media practice at the Institute for Art History - Film Studies - Art Education, University of Bremen 01/2015 – 12/2017 Research Assistant Inter-disciplinary research group »Translating and Framing – Practices of Medial Transformations«, University of Hamburg 04/2012 – 09/2014 Research Assistant DFG research project »History of Documentary Film in Germany 1945-2005« House of Documentary Film, Stuttgart Content content-295690 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:46:29 +0100 Research Focus https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/kunst/staff/dr-eva-knopf#c295690 | Film Practice and Production | Theory-Practice-Transfers | Medial Transformation Processes | Digitalization Processes and Digital Aesthetics | Hybrid Formats | Essay Film | Documentary Film | Photography | Archives and Archive Images | Ethnographic Film and Visual Anthropology | Post-Colonial Criticism Content content-295691 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:46:29 +0100 Publications https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/kunst/staff/dr-eva-knopf#c295691 <h4>Scientific Publications</h4> <h5>Editor</h5> Archive Dekolonialisieren. Mediale und Epistemische Transformationen in Kunst, Design und Film. Eds. with Mara Recklies and Sophie Lembcke. Bielefeld: Transcript 2018. <h5>Essays since 2017</h5> Die Suche nach Mohamed Husen im kolonialen Archiv: Ein unmögliches Projekt. In: Eva Knopf / Mara Recklies / Sophie Lembcke (Hg.) Archive Dekolonialisieren. Mediale und Epistemische Transformationen in Kunst, Design und Film. Bielefeld: Transcript 2018, p. 40–68. Der Forschungsfilm zwischen Spielfilm, Rüstungsforschung und ziviler Wissenschaft. In: Delia González de Reufels / Rasmus Greiner / Stefano Odorico / Winfried Pauleit (Eds.). Film als Forschungsmethode. Produktion – Geschichte – Perspektiven. Berlin: Bertz + Fischer 2018, p. 27–35. Den Rahmen sehen lernen. »Rahmenreflexivität« in dem dokumentarischen Film ENJOY POVERTY von Renzo Martens. In: Gabriele Klein / Claudia Benthien (Eds.): Übersetzen und Rahmen. Praktiken medialer Transformationen. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink 2017, p. 239–253. Content content-295694 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:46:29 +0100 Teaching https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/kunst/staff/dr-eva-knopf#c295694 <h4 class="western">University of Bremen:</h4> 2020/21 (winter semester)&nbsp;Photo Series, Photo Films,&nbsp;Institute for Art History – Film Studies – Art Education (IKFK) (4 SWS) 2020/21 (winter semester)&nbsp;Machinima and Media Art,&nbsp;Institute for Art History – Film Studies – Art Education (IKFK) (4 SWS) 2020/21 (winter semester)&nbsp;Basics of Film Design I, Institute for Art History – Film Studies – Art Education (IKFK) (4 SWS) 2020 (summer semester)&nbsp;Desktop Documentaries,&nbsp;Institute for Art History – Film Studies – Art Education (IKFK) (4 SWS) 2020 (summer semester)&nbsp;Found Footage Film, Institute for Art History – Film Studies – Art Education (IKFK) (4 SWS) 2020 (summer semester)&nbsp;Social Distancing and Performative Video Art, Institute for Art History – Film Studies – Art Education (IKFK) (4 SWS) &nbsp; <h4>Teaching at other universities (selection)</h4> Since 2011 VISTING LECTURER in the Master program »Visual and Media Anthropology« Free University Berlin (FU) Teaching language: English 2020 (summer semester) Digital Storytelling II (3 SWS) 2019 (summer semester) Film as Theory. Transgressions between artistic practice and theory formation (4 SWS) 2018 (summer semester) Critical Media Practice (4 SWS) 2017 (summer semester) and 2016 (summer semester) Montage Theory and Practice (jeweils 4SWS) 2011 – 2016 (summer semester) Transcultural Film Workshop, annually changing topics and methods: among others »Images of/in Migration«, »Places/Non-Places«, »Studying up«, »Sensory Cinema«, »Reflexivity« (4SWS each) Content