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'''Theo Vanvan Leeuwen''' is the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the [[University of Technology, Sydney]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/read-all-about-it-to-hell-with-free-speech-and-long-live-the-sponsors-20090527-bnm3.html|title=Read all about it: to hell with free speech and long live the sponsors|date=28 May 2009|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|accessdate=8 June 2010 | first=Elizabeth | last=Farrelly}}</ref>

Van Leeuwen studied [[linguistics]] at the [[University of Sydney]], and taught [[communication theory]] at Macquarie University and the London College of Printing. He is one of the main developers of the sub-field of [[social semiotics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4174543.stm|title=How a car's horn says: "Buy me"|date=14 January 2005|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref> He has also taught courses at the Universities of Amsterdam, Vancouver, Vienna, Madrid, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Auckland. His books include ''Introducing Social Semiotics'' and ''Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design'' which he co-authored with [[Gunther Kress]].

==Early Years==

Prior to entering into his academic career, van Leeuwen worked as a director, script writer, and producer for film and television in both Holland and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uts.edu.au/staff/theo.vanleeuwen|title=Emeritus Professor Theo van Leeuwen|date=n.d.|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref> Van Leeuwen has also been noted as a former jazz pianist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://semioticon.com/semiotix/2013/12/semiotic-profile-theo-van-leeuwen/|title=Semiotic Profile: Theo van Leeuwen|last=Djonov|first=Emilia|date=n.d.|year=2013|publisher=SemiotiX|access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref>

==Selected bibliography==

*''Introducing Social Semiotics'' (2005) ISBN 0-415-24943-0

*''Kress, Gunther R. ; Vanvan Leeuwen, Theo (1996). Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-31915-3.

==References==