Erasmus University Rotterdam

(Emiel) ES Martens

(Emiel) ES Martens
Academic Researcher Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication Department of Arts & Culture Studies
Location
Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
Room
M7-16
Telephone
0104088890
Email
martens@eshcc.eur.nl

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Dr. Emiel Martens (1980) is a media lecturer, researcher, programmer, and producer. He graduated cum laude in both Media Studies and Human Geography at the University of Amsterdam, was a visiting scholar at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at University of the West Indies, Mona, and holds a Ph.D in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam. His dissertation, entitled ‘Welcome to Paradise Island: The Rise of Jamaica’s Cine-Tourist Image, 1891-1951’, marked the first study of Jamaica’s early film history and its connections with the island's early tourism history. 

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Dr. Emiel Martens (1980) is a media lecturer, researcher, programmer, and producer. He graduated cum laude in both Media Studies and Human Geography at the University of Amsterdam, was a visiting scholar at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at University of the West Indies, Mona, and holds a Ph.D in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam. His dissertation, entitled ‘Welcome to Paradise Island: The Rise of Jamaica’s Cine-Tourist Image, 1891-1951’, marked the first study of Jamaica’s early film history and its connections with the island's early tourism history. 

Emiel joined the Department of Media Studies of the University of Amsterdam as a lecturer and researcher in 2004, where he is now working as Assistant Professor in Film and Visual Culture. In 2016, he also joined the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC) to become a team member of the research project 'Worlds of Imagination' (ERC Consolidator Grant), a comparative study of film tourism in non-western societies. His research interests span the fields of Postcolonial (Media) Studies, Media Geography, Popular Geopolitics, Migration and Diversity Studies, Creative Industries, Film (and) Tourism and Alternative Media, with a particular focus on the history, theory and praxis of the (Anglophone) Caribbean film and visual culture.

Besides his posts at the University of Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam, Emiel is also the founding director of  Caribbean Creativity, a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema, board member of NALACS, the Netherlands Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, film review editor at ERLACS, the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, text editor at the Dutch Film Festival, board member at IDleaks, a non-profit organization aimed at better communication about international development, co-organiser of the Ammehoela Film Festival, and one of the dudes of media and communications agency Dudes in your Face (Dutch: Gasten in je Gezicht).  

  • Caribbean Creativity

    Start date approval
    Apr/2019
    End date approval
    Apr/2022
    Place
    AMSTERDAM
    Description
    Founding director

    NL. Assoc. for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

    Start date approval
    Apr/2019
    End date approval
    Apr/2022
    Place
    AMSTERDAM
    Description
    Board member and PR manager

    Ammehoela Film Festival

    Start date approval
    Jan/2020
    End date approval
    Dec/2022
    Place
    AMSTERDAM
    Description
    Board member

    Gasten in je gezicht / Dudes in your Face

    Start date approval
    Jan/2020
    End date approval
    Dec/2022
    Place
    AMSTERDAM
    Description
    Co-founder & Co-director

    IDleaks

    Start date approval
    Jan/2020
    End date approval
    Dec/2022
    Place
    AMSTERDAM
    Description
    Board member and PR manager

    UVA - Dept of Mediastudies

    Start date approval
    Jan/2020
    End date approval
    Dec/2022
    Place
    AMSTERDAM
    Description
    Ass. prof. in Film and Visual Culture

  • Academic Researcher

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
    Department
    Department of Arts & Culture Studies
    Country
    The Netherlands
    Telephone
    0104088890

Address

Visiting address

Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam