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Dr. Judith Thissen

Associate Professor 
Humanities
Department of Media and Culture Studies
Media and Performance Studies
Media and Performance Studies
 
Humanities
Institute for Cultural Inquiry
Media and Performance Studies
Media and Performance Studies
Muntstraat 2-2a
Muntstraat 2-2A
Kamer 1.08
3512 EV Utrecht

Dr. Judith Thissen

Associate Professor
Media and Performance Studies
Media and Performance Studies
+31 30 253 9982
j.thissen@uu.nl
Profile CV Publications Activities Research Teaching Contact
Profile CV Publications Activities Research Teaching Contact

Publications

2022

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2022). Sunday Laws and Sunday Liberties: Religious Nativism, Urban Cultural Politics and the Regulation of Cheap Amusements in Turn-of-the-Century New York City. In Religion and Urbanity Online De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/urbrel.17263362

2020

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J., & Eisenstein-Baker, P. (2020). Who Knew? Using Digital Trade Papers to Explore Ethnic Programming in American Picture Palaces. In D. Biltereyst, & L. V. D. Vijver (Eds.), Mapping Movie Magazines: Digitization, Periodicals and Cinema History (pp. 39-55). (Global Cinema). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33277-8_3

2019

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2019). Faith, fun and fear in the Dutch Orthodox Protestant milieu: Towards a non-cinema centred approach to Cinema History. Participations, 16(2), 436-464.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390380/Thissen_Participations_November_2019.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2019). Perfuming devices, purifying discourses: The American trade press’ fight against filthy theaters and foul air. Early Popular Visual Culture, 16(4), 342-354. https://doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2018.1553055
Thissen, J. (2019). Cinema History as Social History: Retrospect and Prospect. In D. Biltereyst, R. Maltby, & P. Meers (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History (pp. 124-133). Routledge.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/383233/Cinema_history_as_social_history.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Thissen, J. (Author). (2019). Henry James: The Yiddish Stage in The American Scene. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://web.uwm.edu/yiddish-stage/henry-james-the-yiddish-stage-in-the-american-scene

2018

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2018). Kinogeschäft und Filmbesuch auf dem Land: Ein transnationaler Vergleich. In C. Zimmermann, G. Mahlerwein, & A. Maldener (Eds.), Landmedien: Kulturhistorische Perspektiven auf das Verhältnis von Medialität und Ruralität im 20. Jahrhundert. Jahrbuch für Geschichte des ländlichen Raumes (Vol. 15, pp. 20-48). (Jahrbuch für Geschichte des ländlichen Raumes; Vol. 15). Studien Verlag.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/420182/page_proofs_Thissen_watermarked.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J., & van der Velden, A. W. T. (2018). Op zoek naar de tweede helix. Over het milieubegrip en de ontrafeling van het DNA van de Nederlandse filmcultuur. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 21(1), 19-38. https://doi.org/10.18146/2213-7653.2018.336

Professional publications

Thissen, J. (2018). Bioscoopketens en marktdynamiek in historisch perspectief. In 100 jaar branchevereniging van bioscopen in Nederland: Van Nederlandse Bioscoopboond naar Nederlandse Vereniging van Bioscopen en Filmtheaters (pp. 151-161). NVBF.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/383036/Thissen_Pure_id_43389990.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Thissen, J. (Author). (2018). Yiddish Theatre Stars & Matinee Girls on the Move. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://yiddishstage.org/yiddish-theatre-stars-matinee-girls-on-the-move
Thissen, J. (Author). (2018). Podcast - The Sunshine Theatre: The History of a New York City Yiddish Landmark. Web publication/site, Yiddish Book Center. https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/the-shmooze
Thissen, J. (Author). (2018). Curtain Falls on the Sunshine Theatre. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://yiddishstage.org/curtain-falls-on-the-sunshine-theatre

2017

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2017). Multifunctional Halls and the Place of Cinema in the European Countryside, 1920-1970. Cinémas, 27(2-3), 91-111. https://doi.org/10.7202/1045369ar

Other output

Thissen, J. (Author). (2017). Something Special for the High Holidays. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://yiddishstage.org/kol-nidre-on-broadway-a-cantor-with-a-voice-that-sounds-like-fifty-canaries-and-other-high-holiday-gigs-in-turn-of-the-century-new-york-city
Thissen, J. (Author). (2017). Yiddish Opera at the Standard Theatre, London 1895. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://yiddishstage.org/yiddish-opera-at-the-standard-theatre-london-1895
Thissen, J. (Author). (2017). The Grand Street Theatre: A Modern Playhouse Built for Old-fashioned Shund. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://yiddishstage.org/the-grand-street-theatre-a-modern-playhouse-built-for-old-fashioned-shund

2016

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2016). Film Consumers in the Country: The Culture and Business of Cinemagoing in the Netherlands. In J. Thissen, & C. Zimmermann (Eds.), Cinema Beyond the City: Small-Town & Rural Film Culture in Europe (1 ed., pp. 87-104). (Cultural Histories of Cinema). BFI Publishing.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/383035/Thissen_Pure_id_29322940.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2016). Introduction: A New Approach to European Cinema History. In J. Thissen, & C. Zimmermann (Eds.), Cinema Beyond the City: Small-Town & Rural Film Culture in Europe (1 ed., pp. 1-20). (Cultural Histories of Cinema). BFI Publishing.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/383034/Thissen_Pure_id_29322913.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J., & Zimmermann, C. (Eds.) (2016). Cinema Beyond the City: Small-Town and Rural Film Culture in Europe. BFI Publishing.
Thissen, J. (2016). Cinéma des premiers temps et sociabilité ouvrière aux États-Unis: Le cas de la communauté immigrante juive de New York City. Théorème , 23, 53-65.

Popularising publications

Thissen, J. (2016). Early Yiddish Vaudeville in New York City. In E. Nashson (Ed.), New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway (pp. 248-254). Columbia University Press.

Other output

Thissen, J. (Author). (2016). Lekoved Pesach. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://yiddishstage.org/lekoved-pesach
Thissen, J. (Author). (2016). Should a married woman visit a Yiddish music hall?. Web publication/site, Digital Yiddish Theater Project. https://yiddishstage.org/should-a-married-woman-visit-a-yiddish-music-hall

2013

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2013). Introduction. In J. Thissen, R. Zwijnenberg, & K. Zijlmans (Eds.), Contemporary Culture: New Directions in Arts and Humanities Research (pp. 9-15). Amsterdam University Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390658/Introduction_Contemporary_Culture.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2013). Embedded in the Dutch Art World. In J. Thissen, R. Zwijnenberg, & K. Zijlmans (Eds.), Contemporary Culture: New Directions in Arts and Humanities Research (pp. 187-205). Amsterdam University Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390657/Embedded_in_the_Dutch_Art_World.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J., Zwijnenberg, R., & Zijlmans, K. (2013). Contemporary Culture: New Directions in Arts and Humanities Research. (Transformations in Art and Culture). Amsterdam University Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/281862/Contemporary%2520Culture%2520New%2520Directions%2520in%2520Arts%2520and%2520Humanities%2520Research.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2013). Representing the Industrial City: Rotterdam, 1880-1970. In C. Zimmermann (Ed.), Industrial Cities: History and Future (pp. 307-324). Campus Verlag.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/293995/Thissen%2520Representing%2520the%2520Industrial%2520City.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2013). Les dynamiques historiques de l’exploitation des films en salle aux Pays-Bas. In L. Creton, & K. Kitsopanidou (Eds.), Les salles de cinéma: Enjeux, défis et perspectives (pp. 37-51). Armand Colin.
Thissen, J. (2013). Education or Entertainment?: Early Cinema as a Social Force in New York’s Immigrant Jewish Community. In L. Vogl-Bienek, & R. Crangle (Eds.), Screen Culture and the Social Question 1880-1914 (pp. 151-160). John Libbey.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/385217/Screen_Culture_and_the_Social_Question_1880_1914_K..._Education_or_Entertainment_Early_Cinema_as_a_Social_Force_in_New_York_..._.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2013). Understanding Dutch Film Culture: A Comparative Approach. Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media, 6. http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue6/HTML/ArticleThissen.html

2012

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2012). Beyond the Nickelodeon: Cinemagoing, Everyday Life and Identity Politics. In I. Christie (Ed.), Audiences. Defining and Researching Screen Entertainment Reception (pp. 45-65). Amsterdam University Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/281861/Thissen%2520Beyond%2520the%2520Nickelodeon.pdf?sequence=3
Thissen, J. (2012). Leisure and Liquor: The Business of Yiddish Vaudeville. In J. Berkowitz, & B. Henry (Eds.), Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, Performance and Show Business (pp. 184-201). Wayne State University Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/385219/Inventing_the_Modern_Yiddish_Stage_Essays_in_Drama..._8._Liquor_and_Leisure_The_Business_of_Yiddish_Vaudeville_.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2012). "Early Cinema and the Public Sphere of the Neighborhood Meeting Hall: The Longue Durée of Working-Class Sociability". In M. Braun et.al. (Ed.), Beyond the Screen: Institutions, Networks and Publics of Early Cinema (pp. 297-306). John Libbey Publishing.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/385218/Beyond_the_Screen_Institutions_Networks_and_Public..._35._Early_Cinema_and_the_Public_Sphere_of_the_Neighbourhood_Meeting_Ha..._.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Thissen, J. (2012). Jury Boekman Dissertatieprijs voor kunst- en cultuurbeleid.

2011

Other output

Thissen, J. (2011). Educating Moyshe: Jewish Socialists, Gentile Entertainments and the Future of the Jewish Immigrant Masses in America. Paper presented at Conference Screen Culture and the Social Question, German Historical Institute, London, 1-3 December 2011.

2010

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J., & van Oort, T. (2010). Redactioneel. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 13(2), 3.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390589/140_277_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2010). Bookreview Hidden Talent: The Emegence of Hollywood Agents. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 10/2, 182-183.
Thissen, J. (2010). Informatie of reputatie? Vijftig jaar Utrechts beleid ten aanzien van de pers- en publieksvoorlichting over wetenschappelijk onderzoek. In L. J. Dorsman, & P. J. Knegtmans (Eds.), Het universitaire bedrijf: Over professionalisering van onderzoek, bestuur en beheer (pp. 87-107). Verloren.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/274855/LR%2520U%26S06_Het%2520universitaire%2520bedrijf_Judith%2520Thissen.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2010). Filmgeschiedenis tussen cultuur en economie. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 13(2), 4-12.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282316/Filmgeschiedenis_tussen_cultuur_en_economie.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J., & van der Velden, A. W. T. (2010). Spectacles of Conspicuous Consumption: Picture Palaces, War Profiteers and the Social Dynamics of Moviegoing in the Netherlands, 1914-1922. Film history, 22, 452-461.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282315/Van%2520der%2520Velden%2520Thissen%2520Spectacles%2520of%2520Conspicuous%2520Consumption.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J., & Jong de, F. (2010). Joodse identiteit en ondernemerschap in het Nederlandse bioscoopbedrijf tot 1940. Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 7/1, 63-87. https://doi.org/10.18352/tseg.359
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282461/De%2520Jong%2520en%2520Thissen%2520Joodse%2520Identiteit%2520en%2520ondernemerschap%2520bioscoopbedrijf.pdf?sequence=1

2009

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J., van Oort, T., & van der Velden, A. (2009). Over de eigenheid van de Nederlandse filmcultuur. Leidschrift, 24(3), 111-130.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282310/leidschrift_24-3_11-Thissen%2520et%2520al.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J., & van der Velden, A. (2009). Klasse als factor in de Nederlandse filmgeschiedenis. Een eerste verkenning. Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis, 12(1), 50-72.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282312/Thissen%2520%26%2520Van%2520der%2520Velden%2520TMG%25202009%25201.pdf?sequence=1

2008

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2008). Film and Vaudeville on New York’s Lower East Side. In B. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, & J. Karp (Eds.), The Art of Being Jewish in Modern Times (pp. 42-56). University of Pennsylvania Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/385220/The_Art_of_Being_Jewish_in_Modern_Times_2._Film_and_Vaudeville_on_New_York_s_Lower_East_Side_.pdf?sequence=1
Thissen, J. (2008). The Emergence of Cinema in Jewish New York: How the Movies Came To Rivington Street. In C. Müller, & H. Segeberg (Eds.), Kinoöffentlichkeit/Cinema’s Public Sphere, 1895-1920 (pp. 196-209). Schüren Verlag.

2007

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2007). National and Local Movie Moguls: Two Patterns of Jewish Showmanship in Film Exhibition. In P. Buhle (Ed.), Jews and American Popular Culture. Volume 1. Movies, Radio and Television. (pp. 13-23). Praeger Perspectives.
Thissen, J. (2007). Next year at the Moving Pictures: Cinema and social change in the Jewish immigrant community. In R. Maltby, M. Stokes, & R. C. Allen (Eds.), Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema (pp. 113-129). University of Exeter Press.

Popularising publications

Thissen, J., & Abeyta, E. (2007). Something's brewing BIER: An art science project by Edith Abeyta and Judith Thissen. eigen beheer.
Thissen, J., & Abeyta, E. (2007). Something's brewing BIER: When hegemony just won't do. In K. Zijlmans, R. Zwijnenberg, & K. Clevis (Eds.), CO-OPS Interterritoriale verkenningen in kunst en wetenschap: Work in Progress (pp. 232-273). Uitgeverij De Buitenkant/NWO.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/282057/Something%27s%2520Brewin%2520BIER%2520When%2520hegemony%2520just%2520won%27t%2520do.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Thissen, J. (Author), & Abeyta, E. (Author). (2007). Mobile Research Center for Beer Culture. Digital or Visual Products, De Lakenhal in Scheltema.

2003

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2003). "Charles Steiner and the Houston Hippodrome". In J. Hoberman, & J. Shandler (Eds.), Entertaining America: Jewish, Movies, and Broadcasting (pp. 28-31). Princeton University Press/Jewish Museum New York.
Thissen, J. (2003). Reconsidering the decline of New York's Yiddish theater in the early 1900s. Theatre Survey, 44(2), 173-197. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040557403000097
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/281860/Reconsidering%2520the%2520Decline%2520of%2520the%2520New%2520York%2520Yiddish%2520Theatre.pdf?sequence=1

2002

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2002). Charlie Steiner's Houston Hippodrome: Moviegoing on New York's Lower East Side, 1909-1913. In G. Bachman, & T. Slater (Eds.), American Silent Film: Discovering Marginalized Voices (pp. 29-47). Southern Illinois University Press.

2001

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (2001). Juedische Einwanderer aus Osteuropa un der fruehe Film in New York. Eine kulturelle Bruecke ueber den Atlantik. Kintop, 10, 61-72.
Thissen, J. (2001). Moyshe Goes to the Movies: Jewish Immigrants, Popular Entertainment, and Ethnic Identity in New York City (1880-1914). [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht].

Other output

Thissen, J. (Author). (2001). Modern Jewry and the Arts: Theater & Film. Web publication/site, University of Pennsylvania. http://www.library.upenn/cjs/exhib2001

2000

Scholarly publications

Lillienberg, L., Baur, X., Doekes, G., Belin, L., Raulf-Heimsoth, M., Snader, I., Ståhl, A., Thissen, J., & Heederik, D. J. J. (2000). Comparison of methods to assess fungal a-amylase in flour dust. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 44, 427-433.

1999

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (1999). Jewish Immigrant Audiences in New York City (1905-1914). In M. Stokes, & R. Maltby (Eds.), American Movie Audiences: From the Turn of the Century to the Early Sound Era (pp. 15-28). BFI Publishing.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/391008/201460168.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Thissen, J. (1999). Bookreview The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900-1910. Skrien.

1997

Scholarly publications

Thissen, J. (1997). Oy, Myopia! A reaction from Judith Thissen on the Singer-Allen Controversy. Cinema Journal, 36(4), 102-107.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390590/Oy_Myopia.pdf?sequence=1

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