Education and academic career: curly apostrophes← Previous revisionRevision as of 11:51, 8 October 2026 Line 15: Line 15: Bal attended the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained a M.A. in French in 1969. She continued her [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] studies in Amsterdam under supervision of Professor [[Jan Kamerbeek]], but due to the death of her supervisor in 1977 she was awarded her Ph.D. in French and Comparative Literature at [[Utrecht University]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} Bal attended the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained a M.A. in French in 1969. She continued her [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] studies in Amsterdam under supervision of Professor [[Jan Kamerbeek]], but due to the death of her supervisor in 1977 she was awarded her Ph.D. in French and Comparative Literature at [[Utrecht University]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} Bal was Professor of Semiotics and Women’s Studies at Utrecht University (1987–1991) and Chair of the Section of Comparative Literature as well as Susan B. Anthony Professor of Women’s Studies at the [[University of Rochester]] (1987–1991). She remained associated with the University of Rochester as Visiting Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies (1991–1996) while filling the position of Professor of Literary Theory at the University of Amsterdam (1991–2011). Bal was Professor of Semiotics and Women's Studies at Utrecht University (1987–1991) and Chair of the Section of Comparative Literature as well as Susan B. Anthony Professor of Women's Studies at the [[University of Rochester]] (1987–1991). She remained associated with the University of Rochester as Visiting Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies (1991–1996) while filling the position of Professor of Literary Theory at the University of Amsterdam (1991–2011). From 1993 to 1995 Bal was the Founding Director of the [[Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis]], a research institute and doctoral school devoted to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of culture.{{Cite web |url=http://media.withtank.com/d18447a79c/bal_mieke_-_cv_complete.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-29 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185135/http://media.withtank.com/d18447a79c/bal_mieke_-_cv_complete.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web | url=http://asca.uva.nl/about-asca/mission/mission.html | title=Mission - ASCA - University of Amsterdam| date=2015-02-17}} From 1993 to 1995 Bal was the Founding Director of the [[Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis]], a research institute and doctoral school devoted to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of culture.{{Cite web |url=http://media.withtank.com/d18447a79c/bal_mieke_-_cv_complete.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-29 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185135/http://media.withtank.com/d18447a79c/bal_mieke_-_cv_complete.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web | url=http://asca.uva.nl/about-asca/mission/mission.html | title=Mission - ASCA - University of Amsterdam| date=2015-02-17}} In 2005 the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] awarded Bal with an Academy Professorship, a prestigious grant given to senior researchers for exceptional achievement throughout their career.{{Cite web | url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/prijzen/prijzen/academy-professor-prize | title=Academy Professor Prize — KNAW}} The Academy characterized Bal’s approach to literary theory and the visual arts as “highly innovative, robust, and displaying extraordinary creativity.”{{Cite web | url=https://www.knaw.nl/nl/prijzen/laureaten/laureaten-programma-akademiehoogleraren/mieke-bal | title=Mieke Bal — KNAW}} In 2005 the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] awarded Bal with an Academy Professorship, a prestigious grant given to senior researchers for exceptional achievement throughout their career.{{Cite web | url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/prijzen/prijzen/academy-professor-prize | title=Academy Professor Prize — KNAW}} The Academy characterized Bal's approach to literary theory and the visual arts as "highly innovative, robust, and displaying extraordinary creativity."{{Cite web | url=https://www.knaw.nl/nl/prijzen/laureaten/laureaten-programma-akademiehoogleraren/mieke-bal | title=Mieke Bal — KNAW}} Bal has supervised over eighty Ph.D. dissertations spanning a wide variety of topics, including the Ph.D. dissertation of new media scholar [[Lev Manovich]] at the [[University of Rochester]] in 1993. Bal has supervised over eighty Ph.D. dissertations spanning a wide variety of topics, including the Ph.D. dissertation of new media scholar [[Lev Manovich]] at the [[University of Rochester]] in 1993.