Margrethe Bruun Vaage
About
Margrethe Bruun Vaage is professor of film studies. She took up a position at NTNU in 2024, returning to Trondheim after working for 11 years at the University of Kent in the UK. Her main area of research is cognitive film theory. She explores the spectator's engagement with fictional films and television series, and more specifically the imagination, the emotions and the moral psychology of fiction. Her books include The Antihero in American Television (Routledge, 2016) and The Female Avenger, Women’s Anger and Rape-Revenge Film and Television (Edinburgh UP, 2024). She has published widely in journals such as the British Journal of Aesthetics, Midwest Studies in Philosophy and Screen, as well as in The Routledge Encylopedia of Film Theory and anthologies such as The Routledge Encylopedia of Film Theory, Cognitive Media Theory and The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies.
For an overview of her publications, see google scholar
She serves on the Board of Directors of The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image, and is an Associate Editor of Projections.
Publications
2024
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun;
Moss-Wellington, Wyatt;
Brylla, Catalin.
(2024)
What Can Cognitive Media Studies Bring to Social Justice?.
Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind
Academic article
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2024)
The Female Avenger, Women’s Anger and Rape-Revenge Film and Television.
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
Academic monograph
2016
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2016)
The Antihero in American Television.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
2013
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2013)
Fictional reliefs and reality checks.
Screen
Academic article
2012
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Blanchet, Robert;
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2012)
Don, Peggy and Other Fictional Friends? Engaging With Characters in Television Series.
Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind
Academic article
2011
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2011)
"Our Man Omar: Warum die Figur Omar Little aus THE WIRE so beliebt ist".
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2010
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2010)
"Fiction film and the varieties of empathic engagement".
Midwest Studies In Philosophy
Academic article
2009
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2009)
The Role of Empathy in Gregory Currie's Philosophy of Film.
British Journal of Aesthetics
Academic article
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2009)
Self-Reflection: Beyond Conventional Fiction Film Engagement.
Nordicom Review
Academic article
2008
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2008)
Seeing is Feeling. On the Function of Empathy for the Spectator of Fiction Film.
Unipub forlag
Unipub forlag
Doctoral dissertation
2007
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Empathie. Zur Episodischen Struktur der Teilhabe am Spielfilm".
Montage AV. Zeitschrift für Theorie und Geschichte audiovisueller Kommunikation
Academic article
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Hold pusten når jeg teller til tre! Om ulike tilskuerposisjoner og emosjonelle reaksjoner på fiksjonsfilm".
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Empathy and the Episodic Structure of Engagement in Fiction Film".
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Levende bilder: Hvorfor empati er viktig for vellykket innlevelse i fiksjonsfilm".
Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Academic article
2006
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2006)
The Empathic Film Spectator in Analytic Philosophy and Naturalized Phenomenology.
Film and Philosophy : Journal of the Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts (SPSCVA)
Academic article
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2006)
Skuffende om følelser: Hans H. Grellands Følelsenes Filosofi.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Book review
2005
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2005)
Fiksjon, innlevelse og selvreferanse.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Academic article
2004
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2004)
"Sansning, tenkning, teknologi: Hvordan fungerer Stella Polaris?".
Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Academic article
2001
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2001)
Maskinell tenkning med Gilles Deleuze i forbindelseslinjene mellom film og tanke.
Institutt for kunst- og medievitenskap
Institutt for kunst- og medievitenskap
Academic monograph
Journal publications
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun;
Moss-Wellington, Wyatt;
Brylla, Catalin.
(2024)
What Can Cognitive Media Studies Bring to Social Justice?.
Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2013)
Fictional reliefs and reality checks.
Screen
Academic article
-
Blanchet, Robert;
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2012)
Don, Peggy and Other Fictional Friends? Engaging With Characters in Television Series.
Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2010)
"Fiction film and the varieties of empathic engagement".
Midwest Studies In Philosophy
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2009)
The Role of Empathy in Gregory Currie's Philosophy of Film.
British Journal of Aesthetics
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2009)
Self-Reflection: Beyond Conventional Fiction Film Engagement.
Nordicom Review
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Empathie. Zur Episodischen Struktur der Teilhabe am Spielfilm".
Montage AV. Zeitschrift für Theorie und Geschichte audiovisueller Kommunikation
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Levende bilder: Hvorfor empati er viktig for vellykket innlevelse i fiksjonsfilm".
Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2006)
The Empathic Film Spectator in Analytic Philosophy and Naturalized Phenomenology.
Film and Philosophy : Journal of the Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts (SPSCVA)
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2006)
Skuffende om følelser: Hans H. Grellands Følelsenes Filosofi.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Book review
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2005)
Fiksjon, innlevelse og selvreferanse.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2004)
"Sansning, tenkning, teknologi: Hvordan fungerer Stella Polaris?".
Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Academic article
Books
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2024)
The Female Avenger, Women’s Anger and Rape-Revenge Film and Television.
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
Academic monograph
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2016)
The Antihero in American Television.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2001)
Maskinell tenkning med Gilles Deleuze i forbindelseslinjene mellom film og tanke.
Institutt for kunst- og medievitenskap
Institutt for kunst- og medievitenskap
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2011)
"Our Man Omar: Warum die Figur Omar Little aus THE WIRE so beliebt ist".
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Hold pusten når jeg teller til tre! Om ulike tilskuerposisjoner og emosjonelle reaksjoner på fiksjonsfilm".
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2007)
"Empathy and the Episodic Structure of Engagement in Fiction Film".
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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Vaage, Margrethe Bruun.
(2008)
Seeing is Feeling. On the Function of Empathy for the Spectator of Fiction Film.
Unipub forlag
Unipub forlag
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2012
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InterviewVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2012) Intervju om antihelter i nyere TV-serier. P2 Kulturnytt P2 Kulturnytt [Radio] 2012-11-19
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InterviewVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2012) Breaking Bryan. D2, Dagens Næringsliv D2, Dagens Næringsliv [Journal] 2012-12-09
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Interview
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Interview
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InterviewVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2012) Forsker på Nuckie-effekten. Klassekampen Klassekampen [Journal] 2012-09-22
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2012) Drawing the Line. On the Narrative Function of Rape in Recent American Television Series. Symposium on the Moral Psychology of Fiction, Trondheim 2012-09-20 - 2012-09-21
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2012) Blinded by Familiarity. On Partiality, Morality, and Engagement in Television Series. SCSMI New York Conference 2012-06-13 - 2012-06-16
2011
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun; Blanchet, Robert. (2011) “Fictional friends? Engaging with characters in television series”. SCSMI , Budapest 2011-06-08 - 2011-06-11
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Academic lecture
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Academic lecture
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Interview
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2011) Response to Murray Smith’s “Murder Ballads”. Cine-Ethics symposium, University of Kent 2011-06-15 - 2011-06-15
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun; Blanchet, Robert. (2011) “Don, Peggy and Other Fictional Friends? Engaging with Characters in Television Series”. Aesthetics Research Group Seminar, University of Kent 2011-03-03 - 2011-03-03
2010
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InterviewVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2010) "Morderiske favoritter" (intervju om postdoktor-prosjekt). NTNU & DU NTNU & DU [Journal] 2010-08-01
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2010) "The Sopranos and the morality of partiality”. Norsk Medieforskerlags konferanse 2010-10-28 - 2010-10-29
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2010) "Fictional reliefs and reality checks". Aesthetics Research Group Seminar 2010-11-09 - 2010-11-09
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InterviewVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2010) ”TV-serien som forandret fjernsyn” (intervju om The Wire). Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Journal] 2010-04-22
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2010) “Sex and the City – from sitcom to cinema by way of melodrama”. NECS 2010-06-24 - 2010-06-27
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2010) "Vår mann Omar: Hvorfor Omar Little er en populær karakter i The Wire". Seminar om The Wire 2010-04-15 - 2010-04-15
2009
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2009) Den moralske tilskueren. Vitenskapsteoretisk forum 2009-09-29 - 2009-09-29
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2009) “Our Man Omar: Study of A Character in The Wire”. Serial Forms , Zürich 2009-06-04 - 2009-06-06
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2009) “Fictional Reliefs and Reality Checks: Engaging in Dogville, The Wire and Der Untergang”. Nordic Society for Aesthetics , Trondheim 2009-06-11 - 2009-06-14
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2009) “Fictional Reliefs and Reality Checks: Engaging in Dogville, The Wire and Der Untergang”. The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) , København 2009-06-24 - 2009-06-27
2008
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2008) “Noël Carroll and the role of empathy in fiction film engagement”. The XXII World Congress of Philosophy , Seoul, Sør-Korea 2008-07-30 - 2008-08-05
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2008) ”Self-Reflection: Beyond Conventional Fiction Film Engagement”. Norsk Medieforskerlags 13. konferanse , Lillehammer 2008-10-30 - 2008-10-31
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2008) "What kind of fiction film elicits what kind of empathy?". Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2008 Conference , Madison, USA 2008-06-11 - 2008-06-14
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2008) "Effect: Affect. Gladiator, empathy and melodrama". Architectures of the Moving Image. 2008 Society for cinema and media studies conference , Philadelphia, USA 2008-03-06 - 2008-03-09
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2008) "What kind of fiction film elicits what kind of empathy?". Kritikk, dømmekraft og intervensjon v/ Program for estetiske studier UiO , Tyrifjord 2008-05-08 - 2008-05-09
2007
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2007) "Empathy: Differentiations and explorations". Nordic Society for Phenomenology Symposium: Self and Other , Københavns Universitet 2007-04-20 - 2007-04-22
2006
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Programme participationVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2006) Hvordan tilskueren lever seg inn i fiksjonsfilm- og fjernsyn. Radioselskapet, P2 Radioselskapet, P2 [Radio] 2006-02-22
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2006) "How Empathy is Necessary for Successful Fiction Film Engagement". Cognition, Culture and Audiovisual Media , University of Copenhagen 2006-11-16 - 2006-11-17
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Academic lectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2006) "Empathy and the episodic structure of engagement in fiction film". "Narration and Spectatorship in Moving Images" , Potsdam 2006-07-20 - 2006-07-23
2005
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LectureVaage, Margrethe Bruun. (2005) "En virkelig og en fiksjonell Hitler - om å oppleve empatisk innlevelse i "Der Untergang"". Filosoficafé på Waldemars 2005-04-04 -