Questioning History in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Keynote: Shane Denson, Stanford University
5-7pm on Thursday, April 11
in Dwinelle 142
Seminars Thursday, 4/11
in the Social Sciences Matrix Read more
01 Mar, 2018
History & Theory
The Software Arts
with Warren Sack
Chair and Professor of Film + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz Read more
29 Jan, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
Indexical Ambivalence
with Kris Paulsen
Associate Professor of History of Art and the Film Studies Program at The Ohio State University An Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium lecture. Presented in partnership with the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series as part of Monday nights as BAMPFA.Read more
17 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Between the Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of Mind
with Erich Hörl and Yuk Hui
Panel Discussion with Luciana Parisi, David Bates & Warren Sack with support from the Townsend Centerand the Dean of Arts and HumanitiesRead more
12 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Datasense: Sensor Technology and the Mediation of Sentience
with Natasha Schull
Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU
Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society
Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene
with Paul Edwards
A continuation of the Symposium, sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
13 Oct, 2016
History & Theory
Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene
with Paul Edwards
Sponsored by the Townsend Center, the Dean of Humanities, the Berkeley Center for New Media, and the Department of Rhetoric. Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Hawking, Incorporated: Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject
A discussion in celebration of Hacia Mialet's book, Hawking, Incorporated. Featuring David Bates (Rhetoric) and Cori Hayden (Anthropology) Read more
18 Nov, 2011
History & Theory
Lydia Liu, in conversation with Martin Jay and David Bates on her new book, "The Freudian Robot"
The author of "The Freudian Robot: Digital Media and the Future of the Unconscious" talking to Martin Jay (History) and David Bates (Rhetoric) Read more
26 Nov, 2023
Bernard Stiegler Digital Inquiry Keynote
Stiegler made these remarks available for view in 2016. Read more
03 Apr, 2023
BCNM Around the Web April 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this April! Read more
David Bates Presents Annual Straker Lecture at UBC
Prof. David Bates is presenting "Thinking outside the body: on the technical evolution of intelligence” for the STS Program’s Annual Straker lecture. The lecture will occur on Tuesday, March 6th at 5 PM in Swing 122. Read more
30 Jan, 2018
David Bates at ENMI
David Bates presented "Un réseau peut-il être intelligent? [Can a network be intelligent?]" at Les Entretiens du Nouveau Monde Industriel 2017. Read more
13 Nov, 2017
Revisited: HTNM Conference — Between the Digital and the Political
Revisit the “Between Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of the Mind” symposium, which featured speakers including Professor David Bates, Dr. Yuk Hui, Luciana Parisi, and Warren Sack. Read more
01 Aug, 2017
Announcing the 2017-2018 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
From software arts to self-tracking technologies, cybernetics to techno-ecologies, we are thrilled to introduce the speakers in this year's History and Theory of New Media program. Read more
05 Jul, 2017
David Bates in Project Epistémè
David Bates headed to Paris to participate in a two-day seminar project on AI and "black boxes". Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene"
We recap this exciting lecture by Paul Edwards.Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Greetings from the New Director
We are delighted to welcome Nicholas de Monchaux to his new role as Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media Read more
Bates’ discourse drew from the post-WWII linking of human thought processes with that of artificial intelligence Read more
22 Apr, 2014
How Computers Shape Our Minds
BCNM former Director and Executive Committee member David Bates details how computers shape our minds in this article in Le Monde! Read more
07 Apr, 2014
David Bates at the Centre Pompidou
Check out his thoughtful discussion of the relationship between technology and humans Read more
29 Oct, 2013
Revisited: Creating Minds
Creating Minds, an academic conference on reading and writing in the digital age had over 300 attendees throughout the day's talks and panels! Read more
