Seeing and Seafaring: Maritime Navigation and the Scopic Regime of Computation
with Bernard Geoghegan
Reader in the History and Theory of Digital Media, King's College, London
A History & Theory of New Media lecture presented by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS)Read more
11 Jul, 2023
Conference
ELO 2023
ELO 2023 | Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change Read more
08 Feb, 2019
Special Events
HIGH/LOW: Taste, Quality, and Resolution
Film & Media Graduate Student Conference
February 8-9, 2019 Read more
19 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Symposium
Join us to explore how our political system has been — and might be — “hacked” in ways its framers could never have imagined. Read more
05 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Virtuality, Archaeology, and the Future of History
With rapid advances in modern documentation and interpretive technologies such as scanning, visualization, and Virtual and Augmented Reality, how must our study of the past and its material legacy adapt? Read more
05 Oct, 2017
Commons Conversations
Reply All: Free Speech in the Age of Social Media
New media and modes of digital expression are transforming our experience of, and shaping conversations around free speech. Join us as faculty, students, and staff discuss this new landscape. Read more
Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital Cities
Co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, the Global Urban Humanities Initiative, and the School of Information's Center for Technology, Society, and Policy. Read more
14 Nov, 2013
Special Events
From Data Visualization to Data Manifestation
with Kevin Walker, Head of Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art Read more
14 Mar, 2013
Special Events
Disembodied: Literature and Transmission in a Digital Age
A day of presentations & panel discussions for Anthropology, Architecture, Area Studies, Comparative Literature, + Theology scholars. Don't miss it! Read more
20 Apr, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 Faculty Seed Grants
Congratulations Greg Niemeyer, Clancy Wilmott, and Emma Fraser! Read more
01 Apr, 2024
Zekarias Musele Thompson and Lee Crandall at the Living Room Light Exchange
Two of our grad students are featured at tonight's Living Room Light Exchange! Read more
30 Nov, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Haya Constellation Altar, 2019, Arianna KhmelniukRead more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 Class Grants
We are pleased to Support Alex Saum-Pascual, Lisa Wymore, and Jacob Gaboury's courses. Read more
10 Jul, 2023
Alex Saum-Pascual & Shannon Jackson Named 2023 Townsend Fellows
The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities has encouraged an interdisciplinary approach to scholarship, fostered innovative research, and promoted intellectual conversation across academic fields. Read more
Digital technologies, climate damage, algorithms, capitalocene, ecology, environmental studies, and digital literature! Read more
01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
11 Sep, 2022
Xiaowei Wang Fellow at the National Center on Race & Digital Justice
Shout out to Xiaowei Wang for being a fellow at the National Center on Race & Digital Justice! Read more
28 Jul, 2022
Xiaowei Wang Co-Editor of Logic Magazine
Congratulations and best wishes to Xiaowei Wang who will co-lead Logic Magazine's pivot to becoming the first queer Black and Asian tech magazine. Read more
14 Oct, 2021
Rogue Archives Reviewed in S-USIH
BCNM director Abigail De Kosnik's 2016 book Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom was reviewed by Michael J. Kramer of The Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Jenna Burrell Joins BCNM Executive Committee
We extend a warm welcome to Professor Jenna Burrell, who has joined BCNM's executive committee. Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
09 Nov, 2020
Miyoko Conley Awarded Tailspinners Fellowship
Read more
01 Oct, 2020
Jenni Higgs on Digital Discourse in Classrooms
Jenni Higgs recently published an academic article titled "Digital Discourse in Classrooms: Language Arts Teachers’ Reported Perceptions and Implementation." Read more
15 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment
Haripriya is working on a mixed-methods study on enhancing patient experience through collaborative design of patient spaces in pediatric hospital environments using immersive technology. Read more
07 Aug, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual Publishes Digital Creativity as Critical Material Thinking
The article is included in the Gathering: Electronic Literature [Frame]works for the Creative Digital Humanities. Read more
15 May, 2020
Poetry from Alex Saum-Pascual in The New River
Read more
Eleni Oikonomaki, Lian Song, Rashad Timmons, and Bryan Truitt were Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipients and attended the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB). Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Trevor Paglen in Art in the Age of Anxiety
Trevor Paglen's video installation, "Circles," will be showcased in the upcoming "Art in the Age of Anxiety" exhibition. Read more
06 Feb, 2020
BCNM at AAA 2019
DE Juliana Friend and alum Reginold Royston presented their riveting research at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting last year. Read more
06 Jan, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual on Fragmentation and the Digital City
Alex offers an analysis of Vicente Luis Mora's Circular 07. Las afueras.Read more
Four BCNM alumni participated at 4S 2019 in September, the annual meeting for the Society for Social Studies of Science. Read more
27 Nov, 2019
Conference Grants: KC Forcier on Reframing Moving Images in the Digital Age
KC Forcier, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented her research on traditions of canvas paintings in digital images at The Picturesque, an annual Film and Media Studies conference. Read more
13 Nov, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Lyman Fellowship
Alex Saum Pascual and Kyle Booten discussed wideranging topics including e-lit's social function and art in the age of mechanical reproduction! Read more
11 Jul, 2019
ATC 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights and videos from a stellar season, featuring luminaries such as Roxane Gay and Adam Savage! Read more
09 Jul, 2019
HTNM 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
02 May, 2019
Alex Saum-Pascual Promoted to Associate Professor
Read more
Announcing the 2019 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
Read more
19 Dec, 2018
William Morgan at UNSW Law
WIlliam Morgan's article "Big Data’s Accursed Share: Locating
Waste in the Infosphere"and art installation brought together new media and environment. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
Read more
11 Nov, 2018
Now Accepting Applications for the 2019 Lyman Fellowship
Join Alex in Madrid for a book talk on her amazing new work #PostWeb! Read more
20 Aug, 2018
BCNM at ELO 2018
The Electronic Literature Organization's 2018 Conference, Mind The Gap, took place in Montréal August 13th to 17th! Read more
06 Jul, 2018
Alum Christo Sims Keynotes at Education Disrupted
Christo talked about techno-idealism and the possibilities for failed disruption. Read more
26 Jun, 2018
Alex Saum-Pascual at the DH Summer Lecture Series
This year, DH at Berkeley hosts a weekly DH Summer Lecture series, highlighting the distinguished work of faculty and scholars engaged in the digital humanities at UC Berkeley. Read more
2018 BCNM Seed Grants: Jacob Gaboury and Queer Computing
Jacob Gaboury (Film & Media) received $5000 to examine the relationship between digital technologies and queer identity as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
As a part of Saum-Pascual's visit to the University of Bergen, she gave an overview of her forthcoming book release. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
BCNM at AERA 2018
Jennifer Higgs, Leah Rosenbaum, and Bjoern Hartmann presented their respective research at AERA 2018. Read more
23 Apr, 2018
Announcing our 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
Read more
20 Feb, 2018
Announcing the Lyman 2018 Fellowship Recipients
Read more
23 Oct, 2017
From Berkeley to Spain: A Summer of Digital Art History
Greg Niemeyer, Berkeley Center of New Media Director, and Justin Underhill speak about their experiences at the Digital Art History Summer School 2017 in Malaga, Spain. Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Announcing Our Fall Symposium — Reply All: Free Speech in the Age of Social Media
New media and modes of digital expression are transforming our experience of, and shaping conversations around free speech. We're gathering faculty, students, and staff to address these changes. Read more
15 Aug, 2017
Summer Research Dispatches: Miyoko Conley on Holograms in K-Pop
Miyoko Conley (TDPS) documents her BCNM-funded research on digital fandom in Seoul, South Korea Read more
01 May, 2017
Revisited: "Many to Many"
Juliana Friend & Seth Lu launched the interactive ethnographic archive, Many to Many Read more
Announcing Our 2017 Summer Research Award Recipients
Read more
13 Mar, 2017
DH Fellows Talk with Juliana Friend
Juliana Friend and Laura K Nelson will lead the talk Digital Technologies and the Future of Qualitative and Interpretive Analysis. Read more
12 Dec, 2016
Rogue Archives Reviewed in Digicult
BCNM Professor Abigail De Kosnik's new book was reviewed by Sylvia Bertolotti in DigicultRead more
17 Oct, 2016
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Lydia Tuan and Digital Technology in Education
Lydia Tuan was selected to work with Amy Koehler-Catterson (Education) on digital technologies as pedagogical tools Read more
11 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Reports: Ryan Ikeda on Technology as Learning
Ryan Ikeda received a summer research award from the BCNM to support his dissertation research on how technology in the classroom impacts modes of learning Read more
23 May, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual Receives Humanities Research Fellowship
Alex Saum-Pascual has received a Humanities Research Fellowship for the 2016-2017 year to study electronic literature in Spain! Read more
07 Apr, 2016
Announcing 2016 Summer Research Awards
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are all completing Read more
17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
Read more
20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Alexander Weheliye
from his HTNM lecture, "System Addicts," earlier this April Read more
18 Mar, 2015
BCNM Welcomes Spring 2015 DE & Certificate Students
Applications this semester were phenomenal and we’re thrilled by the unique perspectives each of our new students will bring to the Center Read more
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
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
23 Apr, 2013
BCNM New Media Students showcase Research at Spring Semester Presentation
UC Berkeley graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in New Media presented their research on April 17, 2013 in the BCNM Commons to an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public Read more
02 May, 2012
Digital Inquiry: Keynote Talk by Bernard Stiegler
The two day symposium brought together interdisciplinary scholars, artists, and media industry representatives to reflect on the nature of knowledge in the digital age Read more
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Fall 2021
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Spring 2021
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Fall 2020
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Fall 2018
Spring 2018
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
The Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due March 1, 2024
Faculty Seed Grants
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
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