Dimitri Liebsch

Dr. Dimitri Liebsch studied philosophy, history, and German literature, receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy at Ruhr-University Bochum (1999). He has been a lecturer and assistant professor in philosophy and social sciences in Germany (Bochum and Münster University) as well as at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, USA. He has received a number of research grants and prizes: doctoral scholarship of Nordrhein-Westfalen (1997/1998), the Preis an Studierende der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2000) and a scholarship for the Fulbright Summer Institute on Visual Culture and History in America (2003).

His publications include his monograph »Die Geburt der ästhetischen Bildung aus dem Körper der antiken Plastik« (2001), his numerous edited volumes »Auf dem Sprung zum bewegten Bild. Narration, Serie und (proto-)filmische Apparate« (co-ed., 2014), as well as articles on aesthetics, the pictorial turn, Rudolf Arnheim, September 11, and film philosophy. Currently he is working on a book on the impact of image concepts and metaphors on ontology, theology and epistemology from antiquity to now. General research interests are aesthetics, theory of media, social theory, visual studies, philosophy of film, philosophy of humanities.