Mathijs Peters is a university lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

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Research

Mathijs is interested in the relationships between philosophy and popular culture, with a specific focus on popular music and (autobiographical) comics and graphic novels. 

Curriculum Vitae

Before coming to Leiden, Mathijs studied philosophy at Utrecht University and spent a year at the philosophy and political science departments of the New School for Social Research. This year in New York was funded by Nuffic and Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. He undertook his PhD-research at the University of Essex, UK. During this time, he also spent a year at the Institut Catholique de Paris. Following his PhD-research in Essex, he worked as a research fellow at the Kolleg Postwachstumsgesellschaften of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany, and lectured at Utrecht University's Ethics Institute.

Teaching acitivities

At Leiden University, Mathijs teaches at the department of Literary and Film studies. He also teaches various courses at the Leiden University College in The Hague.

Publications