Dieter Mersch

Dieter Mersch studied philosophy and mathematics at the universities of Cologne, Bochum, and Darmstadt. He received his doctorate and habilitation in philosophy and was Professor of Media Theory and Media Studies at the University of Potsdam until 2013. He subsequently headed the Institute for Theory at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he taught as a professor of aesthetics and theory; he is now emeritus. From 2013 to 2021, he served as president of the German Society for Aesthetics. His areas of work include philosophical aesthetics, art theory, media philosophy, image theory, and the philosophy of music. His publications include *Was sich zeigt. Materialität, Präsenz, Ereignis* (2002), *Ereignis und Aura* (2002), *Medientheorien zur Einführung* (2006), *Posthermeneutik* (2010), and *Epistemologien des Ästhetischen* (2015).