Rosi Braidotti is Distinguished University Professor and founding Director of the Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University. She was the Founding Professor of Gender Studies in the Humanities at Utrecht (1988-2005) and the first scientific director of the Netherlands Research School of Women's Studies. Prof. dr. P.P.R.W. (Patricia) Pisters is Professor of Media and Film Studies at the University of Amsterdam. She is chair of the Department of Media Studies of this University and member of the steering committee of NECS (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies).