Mieke Bal a cultural theorist and critic, has been Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Professor. Her interests range from biblical and classical antiquity to 17th century and contemporary art and modern literature, feminism, and migratory culture. When writing on art, she favors dialogue over the application of theory, and anachronism as a magnifying glass over historical reconstruction. Her many books include Of What One Cannot Speak: Doris Salcedo’s Political Art (2011), Loving Yusuf (2008), A Mieke Bal Reader (2006), Travelling Concepts in the Humanities (2002) and Narratology (3d edition 2009). She is also a video-artist, making experimental documentaries on migration and recently exploring fiction. Occasionally she acts as an independent curator. www.miekebal.org