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Dr. Dan Hassler-Forest
Assistant 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
d.a.hassler-forest@uu.nl
Muntstraat 2-2a
Muntstraat 2-2A
3512 EV Utrecht
Dr. Dan Hassler-Forest
Assistant Professor
Media and Performance Studies
Media and Performance Studies
d.a.hassler-forest@uu.nl
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Publications
Activities
In the media
Research
Teaching
Ancillary activities
Books
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Profile
CV
Publications
Activities
In the media
Research
Teaching
Ancillary activities
Books
Contact
Areas of expertise
Cultural Theory
Race and Gender
Postcolonial Criticism
Political Economy
Transmedia Storytelling
Popular Culture
Fan Studies
Media History
Television Culture
Urban Media
Research areas
Institutions for Open Societies (IOS)
IOS - Gender, Diversity and Global Justice
Pathways to Sustainability (PtS)
PtS - Transforming Cities
Activities
2024
Transmedia Twin Peaks: Hoe een Televisiefenomeen Media Combineerde en Verenigde
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
25 May 2024
,
Familiedag Studenten Media en Cultuur
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer: Gender, Power, and Prestige in Post-#MeToo Popular Culture
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
23 May 2024
,
Nationale Dag van de Communicatie 2024
Inleiding Filmanalyse: Hoe Vertel je een Goed Verhaal met Beeld en Geluid?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
22 May 2024
,
Leids Scholieren Film Festival 2024
Eye Society Filmcursus
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
20 Mar 2024
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29 May 2024
Hoe Draagt Sciencefiction Bij Aan ons Toekomstbeeld?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
28 Feb 2024
Van Sciencefiction naar Climate Fiction
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
25 Jan 2024
2023
Racism in Film
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
15 Dec 2023
Music Futurisms
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
10 Nov 2023
,
Le Guess Who?
Social Media: Prison or Liberation?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
9 Nov 2023
Hoe Draagt Sciencefiction Bij Aan ons Toekomstbeeld?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
8 Nov 2023
Hoe Draagt Sciencefiction Bij Aan ons Toekomstbeeld?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Speaker)
3 Nov 2023
Opening Keynote: Media, Power and Representation
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
23 Oct 2023
,
Media-Innovatieweek 2023
Wie is er Bang voor Woke?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
29 Sept 2023
,
Betweter Festival 2023
Introduction to Afrofuturism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
5 Sept 2023
Fantasy: spiegel voor de wereld of lekker vechten met draken?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
25 Aug 2023
,
Noorderzon Festival
Science Fiction and the Collective Imagination
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2023
,
Sustainable Futures Summer School
(A)
Sociale Media
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
2 Jun 2023
,
Faal Festival
Filmmuziek: Een Achtbaan van Beeld en Geluid
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
14 Apr 2023
Propaganda en Ideologie in de Hollywoodfilm
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
13 Apr 2023
Collaborative World-building in Janelle Monáe's "The Memory Librarian"
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Presenter)
17 Mar 2023
,
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts
Representing A.I. and Gender in Film
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
8 Feb 2023
,
Film & The Future
Cancel Culture onder de Loep
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
7 Feb 2023
Fantasy Als Reflectie van Maatschappelijke Debatten
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
19 Jan 2023
,
Kunnen Orcs en Draken Onze Wereld Redden?
Janelle Monáe's Black Utopias and the Afrofuturist Imagination
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
18 Jan 2023
2022
(Dit is Geen)
Popcollege: Filmsoundtracks
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
9 Dec 2022
Janelle Monáe's Queer Afrofuturism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
17 Nov 2022
Janelle Monáe's Queer Afrofuturism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
24 Oct 2022
American Psycho: Het Kapitalisme volgens Hollywood
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
22 Oct 2022
,
Cinema Ecologica
Nederlands Film Festival: Speculative Fabulation
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
22 Sept 2022
Kindercollege: Waarom Vinden We Superhelden Zo Cool?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
18 Sept 2022
De Superheld: Icoon van onze Populaire Cultuur
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
10 Sept 2022
,
Museumnacht Groningen
Media, Power, and Identity: Race and the Imagination Gap
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
1 Sept 2022
Guest lecture: Afrofuturism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
30 Aug 2022
The Queer Black Utopias of Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
29 Jun 2022
,
SFRA - Science Fiction Research Association Annual Conference
World-building and Climate Change
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
9 Jun 2022
,
Cinema Ecologia
The Queer Black Utopias of Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
7 Jun 2022
,
Symposium: Art & Pleasure
"What's a Revolution Without a Song?" Het Muzikale Protest van Janelle Monáe
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
1 Jun 2022
,
De Verbindende Kracht van Muziek
Social Media as a Tool for Political Activism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
22 May 2022
,
Anders Utrecht: Social Media Workshop
Look Closer: Inleiding Filmanalyse
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
22 May 2022
,
Leids Scholieren Film Festival
Speculative Fiction
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
20 Apr 2022
,
Future Stages
Race and Identity in Science Fiction
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
14 Apr 2022
Rethinking the Dark Fantastic: Racial Identity in Transmedia Storyworlds
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
30 Mar 2022
,
Winter School
Gendered Archetypes in Film
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
21 Mar 2022
Science Café: Massahysterie
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
7 Mar 2022
Sciencefiction en onze Verbeelding van de Toekomst
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
3 Mar 2022
,
De Rand van de Toekomst
2021
Media Architecture Biënnale #5
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
28 Apr 2021
2019
The Crisis of Imagination and Dystopian SF
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
24 Nov 2019
,
Explore the North Festival
Transmedia World-building in SF
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
12 Nov 2019
"Let It Go": LHBT-representatie in Disney-films
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2019
,
Een Naakte Man in het Archief
Conspiracy and Manipulation: From Hollywood Films to Fake News
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
31 Oct 2019
Zombies R Us
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
26 Oct 2019
,
Brainwash Festival
De Crisis van Verbeelding in Populaire Cultuur
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
26 Oct 2019
,
Brainwash Festival
Pigs in Space? Aliens in SF
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
14 Oct 2019
,
Themabijeenkomst KHMW & NRC Essayprijsvraag 2019
Het Tijdperk van de Dystopie
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
11 Oct 2019
,
Betweter Festival
Utopian Media: In Search of the Miraculous
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
1 Oct 2019
,
Nederlands Film Festival: Lab Life
World-building and Politics in Music Videos
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
28 Sept 2019
Welcome to Dystopia: Onze Verbeelding van de Toekomst
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
19 Sept 2019
,
Nacht van de Ontdekkingen
Panel discussion on world-building and politics
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
19 Sept 2019
,
Last Skies
The Annihilation of Space by Time: The Political Economy of the Mega-Franchise Era
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
13 Sept 2019
,
Productive Futures
Race, Gender and Power in Film
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
5 Sept 2019
Possible Futures: How to Imagine a Better World
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
30 Aug 2019
,
Into the Great Wide Open Festival 2019
Power Girls: The New Heroes of Hollywood
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
16 Aug 2019
,
Grachtenfestival Amsterdam
Imagining the Future: Science Fiction and Utopian Thinking
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
11 Jul 2019
,
Futuring for Sustainability Summer School
Fan Studies Methodologies: Cultural Studies or Political Economy?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
1 Jul 2019
,
Fan Studies Master Class
Cinematic Time Loops and the Anthropocenic Repetition Compulsion
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
14 Jun 2019
,
Imag(in)ing the Anthropocene
Gender and Diversity in Popular Media
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
11 Jun 2019
Cities of the Future: Science Fiction and the Urban Imaginary
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
7 May 2019
Diversity in Popular Media
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
29 Apr 2019
Sciencefiction en postkapitalisme
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
26 Mar 2019
Look Closer: Inleiding Filmanalyse
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
26 Mar 2019
Living in Dystopian Times
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
6 Feb 2019
Smart Cities, Hackable Cities?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
29 Jan 2019
Introduction to Film Analysis
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
21 Jan 2019
,
Kunst Algemeen
2018
Pop Culture and Politics: Superheroes and American Power
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
12 Dec 2018
Gaming the System: Disney, Marvel, and the Political Economy of Transmedia World-building
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
6 Dec 2018
,
Worlding SF
Janelle Monáe's "Dirty Computer": Transmedia Afrofuturism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
5 Dec 2018
Nostalgia Culture and Affective Labor: Stranger Things and Twin Peaks
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
4 Dec 2018
Fully Automated Gay Space Communism: Postcapitalism in Science Fiction
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
3 Dec 2018
University of Graz
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Visiting researcher)
2 Dec 2018
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10 Dec 2018
Postcapitalism and Utopia
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
18 Nov 2018
,
Places of Hope: closing symposium
Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism: Imagining Postcapitalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2018
,
Materialism Today
Gaming the System: Disney, Marvel, and the Political Economy of Transmedia Franchising
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
5 Nov 2018
,
Comics | Games
Politics and Propaganda in Film
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
1 Nov 2018
Artificiële Intelligentie in Film en TV
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
18 Oct 2018
,
Man Machine symposium
Drawing Ideology: Gender, Race, and Identity in the Disney Universe
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
17 Oct 2018
,
Nacht van de Levensbeschouwing
Be Careful What You Wish For: Ideologie en de Mythe van de Superheld
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
5 Oct 2018
,
Nacht van de Wetenschap
Movies, Identity and Politics
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
3 Oct 2018
Our Brave New Worlds Sessions
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
30 Sept 2018
Adaptive Nostalgia and Affective Labor
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Presenter)
27 Sept 2018
,
Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference
De Financiële Sector Volgens Hollywood
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
26 Sept 2018
,
Masterclass for YFINN (Young Financials Network)
Popcultuur en Sociale Rechtvaardigheid
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
18 Sept 2018
,
Humanities Night
Masterclass Fancultuur
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
18 Sept 2018
Post-Truth Cinema
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
16 Sept 2018
Introduction: The Manchurian Candidate
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
29 Aug 2018
,
Post-truth Cinema
Look Closer: Inleiding Filmanalyse
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
15 Aug 2018
,
Grachtenfestival
Nostalgia Culture and Affective Labor
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Presenter)
1 Jul 2018
,
SFRA - Science Fiction Research Association
Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism: Imagining Postcapitalism in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Keynote speaker)
27 Jun 2018
,
EBEN Annual Conference Ethics in and of Global Organisations
Janelle Monáe's Afrofuturist Activism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
20 Jun 2018
,
Humanity in Action Programme (Amsterdam)
A.I. in Sciencefictionfilms
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
13 Jun 2018
,
NRC Theatertour
Transmedia World-building and/as Global Capitalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
3 Jun 2018
Frankenstein roundtable
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
29 May 2018
,
Stripdagen Haarlem
Diversity and Representation in Fantastical Film
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
14 May 2018
"My Favorite Thing is Monsters"
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
18 Apr 2018
,
A Struggle for Peace
Representation Matters! Het Belang van Diversiteit in Fantastische Film
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
16 Apr 2018
,
Imagine Film Festival
Myth Meets Marvel: Superhelden in het Netflix-tijdperk
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
29 Mar 2018
Fake News, Toxic Masculinity and Algorithm Culture
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
9 Mar 2018
Utopie vs. Dystopie in Film en TV
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
22 Feb 2018
Vision Quest of Fool's Gold?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
21 Feb 2018
,
International Workshop Urban Utopias: Memory, Rights, and Speculation
Digital Culture Wars: Social Media, Populaire Cultuur en Ideologie
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
19 Jan 2018
,
Sandberg@Mediapark
Nostalgisch Vermaak en de Lokroep van het Fascisme
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
16 Jan 2018
2017
Manipulatie in Media en Politiek: Filmcultuur als ideologisch slagveld
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2017
,
Stuidum Generale: Filosofisch Café
Back to the Future: Nostalgia and Utopia in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
16 Nov 2017
,
Tilburg Night University
Filmmuziek: Een Achtbaan van Beeld en Geluid
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
30 Oct 2017
,
Film: Behind the Scenes
Warren Ellis: Myth & the River of Time
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
25 Oct 2017
,
Impakt Festival
Transmedia Earth
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
11 Oct 2017
"The Odds are Never in Our Favor!" Fantastic World-building and
(Anti-)
Capitalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
25 Sept 2017
Politiek en Propaganda
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
21 Sept 2017
,
Film: Behind the Scenes
Intimiteit in het Tijdperk van Social Media
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
20 Sept 2017
,
Onbegrensd: De Toekomst van Intimiteit
Donald Trump, Neo-Fascisme and de Verleidelijke Dictatuur van Hollywood
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2017
,
Nacht van de Dictatuur
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Politics
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
3 Sept 2017
,
Impakt Talkshow
Mansplaining Pop Culture: Fragile Masculinity and the Rising Tide of White Supremacy
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
7 Jul 2017
,
Gender and Diversity Summer School
Van Fabriek naar Disneyland: Scorsese en Casino Capitalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
21 Jun 2017
,
Martin Scorsese Exhibition
World-building in the Post-Truth Age
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
17 Jun 2017
,
Post-truth Fiction
Be Careful What You Wish For: Superheroes, Science, and Ideology
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
12 Jun 2017
,
The Science of Superheroes
"Je Hebt Wél Iets te Verbergen": Maurits Martijn en Dimitri Tokmetzis
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
20 May 2017
,
Das Mag Festival
Fantasy and Ideology in the Age of Post-Democratic Capitalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
13 May 2017
,
Marxisme Festival
international Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
26 Mar 2017
Dudebros vs. Feminazis: Media and Identity Politics in the Trump Age
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2017
,
Studium Generale: Lost in Transition
Fake News and Algorithm Culture
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
12 Mar 2017
,
Impakt Event
If the Apocalypse Comes, Join the Resistance: Buffy and Politics
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
10 Mar 2017
,
If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
The Little Mermaid: Disney en genderrollen
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
8 Mar 2017
,
Leiden Scholieren Filmfestival
The Lion King: Disney en Ideologie
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
8 Mar 2017
,
Leiden Scholieren Filmfestival
Pop Culture and Politics: Superheroes and American ideological Hegemony
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
1 Mar 2017
Fantasy and Ideology in the Age of Post-Democratic Capitalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
8 Feb 2017
Richard Linklater: Post-nostalgic Auteurism and the Temporal Logic of Neoliberalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
6 Feb 2017
,
The Global Auteur
City of the Future: New York in Science Fiction
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
2 Feb 2017
,
Entrée Late Night
Future Cities: Imagining Urban Spaces through Science Fiction
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
18 Jan 2017
,
Urban Future Studio
2016
Where Are We Now? Temporalities of Globalisation
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
15 Dec 2016
Donald Trump en de gevolgen voor de democratie, Spui 25 ism De Groene Amsterdammer
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
16 Nov 2016
,
Donald Trump en de gevolgen voor de democratie
Winter Is Coming: Donald Trump, Game of Thrones, and Post-Democratic Capitalism
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2016
,
Wie Gaat er Winnen?
Science Fiction as Social Allegory: "Arrival" and the SF Tradition
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2016
,
Fast Forward: Arrival
What Would Frank Underwood Do?
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Participant)
31 Oct 2016
Book presentation: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Politics
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Invited speaker)
28 Oct 2016
,
Book presentation
Science Fiction Film & Television
(Journal)
Hassler-Forest, D.
(Editor)
1 Sept 2016
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