Volker Pantenburg is a Professor of Film Studies at the University of Zurich since 2021, after having held positions at the University of Münster, the Bauhaus-University Weimar, and the Freie Universität Berlin. In 2015, he co-founded the Harun Farocki Institute. He is currently directing the SNSF project “Paranational Cinema – Legacies and Practices” (2024–2027). His most recent book is Einfachheit ohne Vereinfachung. Zur Praxis Harun Farockis (Zurich: diaphanes, 2024).