Jeroen Gerrits
Associate Professor; Department Chair; TRIP Affiliate Faculty
Comparative Literature; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)
Background
Jeroen Gerrits is Associate Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at Binghamton University (SUNY). He received an MA in Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam (2004) and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the former Humanities Center at Johns Hopkins University (2011). His research and teaching focus on expressions of skepticism, the ordinary, time, and perception in literature, philosophy, and — especially — audiovisual media.
His book Cinematic Skepticism: Across Digital and Global Turns (SUNY Press, 2019) reconceives a Cavello-Deleuzian film-philosophy for the computer-based cultures of the 21st century. Gerrits also edited a volume on The World Viewed, Stanley Cavell’s seminal work in film-philosophy, published by Anthem in January 2026. He is preparing a special issue for Philosophies, co-edited with Sandra Laugier, entitled “The Film-Philosophies of Stanley Cavell and Gilles Deleuze.” His book-in-progress on TV series, entitled Series of Time: An Uncanny Ordinary in New TV, is under contract with Exeter Press for its TV Philosophy series. Publications further include numerous articles and book chapters on film and TV philosophy, as well as on specific French and American TV series.
In 2025, Gerrits was Associate Research Director (Directeurs d'Études Associés), funded by the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme.
Education
- PhD, Johns Hopkins University
- MA, University of Amsterdam
- BA, Fontys Academy of Journalism, Tilburg
Research Interests
- Philosophies of Time and Perception
- Ordinary Language Philosophy and Skepticism
- Film and TV Philosophy
- Adaptation Studies
Teaching Interests
- Literary and Cinematic Skepticism: Stanley Cavell
- Philosophies of Immanence: Deleuze, Henry, Laruelle
- Time in Philosophy, Literature, and Film
- American TV Series
- Film Adaptation