Timotheus Vermeulen is a professor of media, culture and society at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a 23/24 visiting scholar in history of art and architecture at Harvard University, USA. He is co-founder of the now defunct webzine Notes on Metamodernism, co-editor of the book series Studies in Metamodernism, a cultural and concept consultant, and a regular contributor to public discourse. Together with Gia Milinovich he hosts the weekly podcast of ideas The Cluster F Theory.
Vermeulen writes, speaks and teaches on critical theory, aesthetics, screen media and (contemporary) art. He has published 5 books and well over a hundred articles, essays and reviews. Prominent texts include ‘Periodising the 2000s’, ‘The New Depthiness’, ‘Flat film’, ‘The altergorithm’, ‘Watching television with Jacques Ranciere’, and ‘Notes on metamodernism’. His work is translated into over ten languages and has been cited widely, including popular media like the New York Times, LA Review of Books, TLS, BBC Radio 4, Adbusters, Scenario, Vulture, Art News, and TANK.
Vermeulen is a frequently invited speaker in the media, at public events and at conferences. Recent media appearances include BBC’s science and comedy show The Infinite Monkey Cage and the . Vermeulen has given public lectures and keynotes at some of the most renowned institutions in the world, amongst them The Venice Biennale, Documenta, State of Fashion, Frieze Art Fair, E-Flux, CAFA Beijing, Summit at Sea, Cooper Union, Columbia University, and Harvard.
