26 Feb, 2024
History & Theory
Unsettling Sound Technologies: Indigenous Sonic Sovereignty and Border Politics
with Christina Leza, Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, Colorado College, and Trevor Reed, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Moderated by Sierra Edd, Indigenous Technologies Coordinator
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Art Practice Read more
01 Dec, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Echoes from the Borderlands
with Valeria Luiselli
Artist
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event, presented with the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Arts Research Center (ARC), the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS), co-sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry (CICI) and the American Cultures Center. Read more
12 Apr, 2023
Special Events
Rivers, Forests & Earth: Speculating Dalit Histories and Dalit Futures in Bengal
Featuring Hugo and Nebula Prize Nominee Mimi Mondal
Presented by UC Berkeley's Bangali Student Association (BSA) with the support of Institute for South Asia Studies, the South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African (SSWANA) Initiative, and the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM). Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with Osman Khan
Professor, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the South Asia Art Initiative Read more
15 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Artist Talk with Dario Robleto
with Dario Robleto
Artist, Houston; ARC's Spring 2022 Artist-in-Residence
Presented by the Arts Research Center with co-sponsorship from the Departments of Art Practice and Ethnic Studies, the Latinx Research Center, and BCNM. Read more
14 Mar, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
with Margarita Kuleva
National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
Rescheduled from Spring 2020
Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, the Department of the History of Art, the Arts Research Center, and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Commons Conversations
Cultural Heritage & Cultural Consumption
with Gu Jiang
National Center for Industry Research
Nanjing University Read more
16 Mar, 2020
Commons Conversations
ONLINE: Expanded Internet Art
with Ceci Moss, curator, writer, education, LA
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom* Read more
22 Jan, 2020
Commons Conversations
Digital Hijras: Intersex/ tions of Postcolonial and Queer Digital Humanities
with Rahul Gairola
Murdoch University
Co-sponsored by the Color of New Media Working Group. Read more
10 Sep, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Roxane Gay
Author, Indiana 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
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 Center and the Dean of Arts and Humanities Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Book Talk — Intelligent Infrastructure: Zipcars, Invisible Networks, And Urban Transformation
with TF Tierney
Founding Director of URL: Urban Research Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Studies Read more
25 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
BCNM, in partnership with the School of Information and Graduate School of Journalism, turn to the particular role, and power, of digital tools to express and organize political dissent, and create greater institutional and political transparency! Read more
13 Feb, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Geoff Manaugh, NYT best-selling author Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
in partnership with SPUR San Francisco Read more
06 May, 2016
Special Events
The Origins of Japanese Comics, 1905-28
A presentation on the political origins of Japanese comic satire Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Special Events
telep0es1s: Experiments in Creative Literature
With Rui Torres
World-famous digital artist and professor Read more
01 Feb, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Four Thoughts about the Impact of Globalization on Artists
with Sarah Thornton, writer, ethnographer and sociologist of culture Read more
13 Apr, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat
with Jesse Drew, UC Davis Professor, and Glenda Drew, artist and designer Read more
26 Feb, 2015
History & Theory
by Chris Goto-Jones, Leiden University Read more
17 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Welcome to Braggsville: Author Talk
T. Geronimo Johnson in Conversation With April Sinclair Read more
21 Nov, 2013
Special Events
Critical Time: Claudia La Rocco in Conversation with Shannon Jackson
Presented by The Arts Research Center Read more
07 May, 2013
Workshops
New Media Research Workshop: "Youth, New Media, and Social Reproduction"
A presentation by Jeremy Schulz, UC Berkeley Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study, on the multifaceted linkages between new media and social reproduction Read more
03 Dec, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Luminous Currents: Tracing Modernism from Bauhaus to Beehive
An Arts + Technology Colloquium lecture by JoAnne Northrup, former chief curator at the San Jose Museum of Art Read more
16 Apr, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Media Bichos and other Displays for Engaging People to Watch Videos in the Museum
with Sabine Breitwieser, Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art in New York Read more
16 Apr, 2012
Special Events
From Chat to Interactives: The Evolution of the Digital Commons
A lecture by Laura Robinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Santa Clara University Read more
31 Oct, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Present Continuous Past(s): The Centre Pompidou New Media Collection
with Christine Van Assche, Chief Curator and Curator of New Media at the Centre Georges Pompidou Read more
06 Sep, 2011
History & Theory
Technology as the Architect of our Intimacies
with Sherry Turkle -- pioneering technologist; professor, author, consultant, researcher and licensed clinical psychologist Read more
02 May, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth
with Christopher Alexander, Prof. of Architecture here at UC Berkeley Read more
15 Nov, 2010
Art, Tech & Culture
Architectural Communication in the Knowledge Economy
with Jeffrey Inaba, founder of INABA, an architecture firm based in Los Angeles Read more
29 Jun, 2023
Edgar Fabián Frías' Art at Givenchy's Beauty Pride Gallery
Givenchy Beauty collaborates with three digital artists to each create a digital art piece on the metaverse platform. Read more
27 Jun, 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Paper Computing and Early Screenshot Cultures by Jacob Gaboury
The paper appears in the open access publication Screen Images. In-Game Photography, Screenshot, Screencast. Read more
23 Feb, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Lyman Recipient
Read more
18 Jan, 2023
Vincente Perez Receives Sundress Microgrant
The recipient of the Light Bill Incubator Microgrant is Vincente Perez. They will receive $500, a slot in Sundress’s reading series, and a residency at the Sundress Academy for the Arts in Knoxville, TN. Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2023. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
19 Apr, 2022
How to Future Proof your Life with Jane McGonigal
Jane McGonigal is featured in this VOX interview with Sigal Samuel. Read more
07 Mar, 2022
Sophia Hussain in The Poetry Project
Sophia Hussain is featured in the remembrances of Etel Adnan!
Read more
24 Feb, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Lyman Recipient
Read more
11 Feb, 2022
Hannah Zeavin Interviews Hannah Black
Hannah discusses Black's novella on the pandemic, anti-police riots, love, and aliens. Read more
16 Dec, 2021
Congratulating Our Fall 2021 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2021 graduates! They have extended their studies with a suite of new media projects. We are so excited to see their future successes Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Conference Grant Reports: Juliana Friend on Wearing Illicit Images
Juliana attended the 2021 meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Conference and presented a paper entitled, “Wearing Illicit Images: Fabrics of Pornography and Citizenship in Senegal." Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Now Accepting Applications for 2022 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2022. Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Eric Paulos on Kaleidescope
Eric Paulos received a 2020-2021 BCNM faculty seed grant for his work developing Kaleidoscope. Read more
25 Sep, 2021
BCNM Around the Web September 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! Read more
04 Sep, 2021
Lyman Report: Lashon Daley
Lashon Daley shares how the support of the Peter Lyman felowship has opened up more resources for her to focus on her research. Read more
23 Aug, 2021
Dan O'Neill Joins BCNM Executive Committee
We extend a warm welcome to Associate Professor Dan O'Neill, who will be joinging BCNM's Executive Committee. Read more
26 Jun, 2021
Lashon Daley Appointed Assistant Professor
Read more
12 Jun, 2021
TF Tierney Receives Graham Foundation Grant
BCNM Alum and architecture professor emerita at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign T.F. Tierney was awarded a research and development grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Read more
19 Feb, 2021
Announcing the 2021 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
Read more
07 Dec, 2020
Congratulations to our Fall 2020 BCNM Graduates!
Congratulations to our Fall 2020 BCNM graduates, jazmin calderón torres and Yairamen Roman Maldonado! Read more
14 Oct, 2020
Now Accepting Applications for 2021 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2021. Read more
29 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web October 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
23 Sep, 2020
Seed Grants Recipient: Celeste Kidd and The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition during Belief Formation in the Internet Era
Celeste Kidd received a Seed Grant to examine "The role of reasoning and metacognition during belief formation in the internet era". Read more
10 Sep, 2020
Lyman Dispatch: Anushah Hossain
Anushah Hossain shares how the support of the Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship has opened up more resources for her to focus on her research. Read more
02 Sep, 2020
Abigail De Kosnik Named the 2020-2025 craigslist Distinguished Chair in New Media
Photo credit: John Lawson Read more
03 Aug, 2020
Electronic Literature [Frame]works for the Creative Digital Humanities
Alex Saum-Pascual co-edits this amazing collection that features a host of BCNM contributions! Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Around the Web June 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussions around the work of our faculty and alumni in June 2020! Read more
13 May, 2020
Alenda Chang on Advisory Board of Video Games and the Humanities
Alenda Chang, BCNM alum, is on the advisory board for Video Games and the Humanities, a series that frames scholarly approaches to video games in the humanities. Read more
27 Apr, 2020
The Berkeley Center for New Media to Join the College of Engineering
The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is thrilled to share that the College of Engineering (COE) will become our new administrative home on July 1, 2020. Read more
12 Apr, 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
20 Feb, 2020
Announcing the 2020 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
Read more
06 Feb, 2020
Commons Conversation Revisited: Rahul Gairola
Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Stuart Geiger at CSCW 2019
Stuart Geiger talks about the "various trends in the lengths of published papers in ACM CSCW from 2000-2018" at CSCW 2019. 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
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
16 Nov, 2019
BCNM 2018-2019 Publications
Check out this year's round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni, and faculty! Read more
13 Nov, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2020. Read more
10 Sep, 2019
Lyman Dispatch: Cherise McBride
Chelsea McBride shares how the support of the Peter Lyman fellowship has opened up more resources for her to focus on her research. Read more
01 Sep, 2019
BCNM around the Web September 2019
More in the media from faculty Abigail De Kosnik, Nicholas de Monchaux, Ken Goldberg, and Tom McEnaney; and alumni Jenni Higgs, Andrea Horbinski, Jane McGonigal, Trevor Paglen, Ritwik Banerji and Jen Schradie. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from a stellar season, featuring luminaries such as Roxane Gay and Adam Savage! Read more
20 Jun, 2019
Damon Young Promoted to Associate Professor!
Read more
11 Jun, 2019
Jacob Gaboury on Regimes of Identification
Jacob Gaboury recaps an incredible year as a 2018 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant recipient. Read more
19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
09 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
These students invested in the new media landscape at Cal, and we're excited to see what new endeavours they undertake in their respective fields Read more
02 May, 2019
Alex Saum-Pascual Promoted to Associate Professor
Read more
28 Apr, 2019
HTNM Revisited: Stefanos Geroulanos
Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Alum Jenni Higgs Published in Communications of the ACM
"It's About Power" by alum Jenni Higgs and Sepehr Vakil was published in the March 2019 volume of Communications of the ACM. Read more
07 Mar, 2019
Rita Lucarelli Promoted to Associate Professor of Egyptology
Read more
03 Mar, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
Read more
07 Feb, 2019
BCNM 2017-2018 Publications
Check out this year's round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni and faculty! Read more
21 Nov, 2018
Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
11 Nov, 2018
Now Accepting Applications for the 2019 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2019. Read more
15 Oct, 2018
Alum Christo Sims' Disruption Fixation Reviewed
Alum Christo Sims' Disruption Fixation Reviewed in New Media and Society Read more
04 Oct, 2018
Now Hiring: Assistant Professor in Geospatial Representation, Design, and Critical Cartography
Recruitment opens September 24th, 2018 and runs through November 5th, 2018. Read more
24 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Nicholaus Gutierrez on the History of VR
Nicholaus Gutierrez received the 2018 Lyman Fellowship, which provides a stipend to a UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate to support the writing of his Ph.D. dissertation on a topic related to new media. Read more
10 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Grace Gipson on Unleashing Your Inner Superhero
Read more
19 Jul, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at DIGRA 2018
The Digital Games Research Association held their 2018 conference with the theme "The Game is the Message." Read more
23 May, 2018
Welcome Claudia Von Vacano
We are thrilled to welcome to our Executive Committee, Executive Director of Digital Humanities at Berkeley and the D-Lab, Claudia Von Vacano. Read more
07 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Executive Leadership Conference on Robots in Consumer Packaged Goods
Ken Goldberg attended the annual Executive Leadership Conference to discuss Can Robots Really Handle Consumer Packaged Goods?. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Trevor Paglen at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
Trevor Paglen's solo exhibition will be at the Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art from May 4 to June 16. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Roxane Gay to Launch the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium 2018-2019 Season
We are excited to announce that author and cultural critic Roxane Gay will be launching the 2018-2019 season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Symposium
Read more
18 Apr, 2018
Richard Koci Hernandez Named Bloomberg Chair
Richard Koci Hernandez, an award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia, has been named the Bloomberg Chair at the Graduate School of Journalism. Read more
13 Mar, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger at UH Open Sciences Symposium
Alum Stuart Geiger delivered the keynote lecture at the UH Open Sciences Symposium. Read more
02 Mar, 2018
Jacob Gaboury at A+D Wednesdays
The BAMPFA will be hosting a talk with Jacob Gaboury, as part of their Berkeley Art + Design programming. Read more
02 Mar, 2018
Rue and Koci Hernandez on AR in the California Magazine
Professors Jeremy Rue and Richard Koci Hernandez were featured in an article in California Magazine on augmented reality. Read more
22 Jan, 2018
Spring 2018 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduate students are now invited to apply for Spring 2018 admission into the BCNM program. Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
Read more
30 Oct, 2017
Lyman Fellowship Applications Now Open
We are now accepting applications from current UC Berkeley PhD students. Applications are due February 1, 2018. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
BCNM 2016-2017 Publications
Come check out the round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni and faculty! Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduates are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
24 May, 2017
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE Add Note to Practitioners
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE's simplified second abstract was featured in an article for the IEEE RAS. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Video Now Online: "Our Landscape Futures"
Watch this event by Geoff Manaugh, New York Times-bestselling author on technology and utopias. Read more
19 Jan, 2017
Public Servants, Edited by Shannon Jackson, Published by MIT Press
Shannon Jackson is Associate Vice Chancellor of the Arts and Design and the Cyrus and Michelle Hadidi Professor at UC Berkeley. Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Ken Goldberg Named Chair of IEOR
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research has a new chairperson! Read more
25 Oct, 2016
BCNM was pleased to partner with the University of California Davis Libraries and Digital Humanities at Berkeley to bring PressForward to UC Berkeley Read more
09 Sep, 2016
Lyman Dispatch: Jenni Higgs on Digital Talk
The fellowship is supported by donations from Professor Barrie Thorne, Sage Publications and many individual friends and faculty Read more
09 Sep, 2016
BCNM Publishing Round-up!
We've compiled a booklet of their publications of the last year, complete with abstracts and links to where to read the full articles or books! Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Announcing Jane Jacobs and the Digital City Symposium
This event is a partnership between BCNM and the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Read more
30 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Report: Andrea Horbinski and Japanese Manga
Horbinski researched at the Harvard Yenching Library on Japanese Manga Read more
31 May, 2016
Abigail de Kosnik receives Berkeley Collegium Grant
Prof. De Kosnik received the Collegium's grant, Narrowing the Gap Between Teaching and Research Read more
26 May, 2016
New Publications from Alex Saum-Pascual
Professor Alex Saum-Pascual, Spanish and Portuguese Assistant Professor, has published two solo authored articles in important Hispanic Studies journals Read more
26 May, 2016
Berkeley and the new SFMOMA — partners in art and public engagement
Kate Mattingly, Designated Emphasis student, wrote about UCB's relationship with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Read more
19 May, 2016
BCNM's Jill Miller Exhibiting at New Maternalisms
New Maternalisms: Redux, an exhibition, features BCNM's very own Jill Miller, showing "24 Hour Family Portraits" Read more
28 Apr, 2016
Gail De Kosnik Receives Berkeley Collegium Grant
BCNM's De Kosnik has received a Berkeley Collegium grant for her joint graduate/undergraduate class, "Making Sense of Cultural Data" Read more
02 Mar, 2016
Ken Goldberg's SPIE Keynote
17 Nov, 2015
Raised in an Anglo-Spanish household in Madrid, Alex has always been fascinated by language Read more
20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Alexander Weheliye
from his HTNM lecture, "System Addicts," earlier this April Read more
17 Mar, 2015
HTNM Video Now Online: "Gamic Orientalism"
A lecture by Chris Goto-Jones, Comparative Philosophy Chair at Leiden University Read more
03 Mar, 2015
Announcing the 2015 Peter Lyman Fellow
he Fellowship seeks to support a Ph.D. candidate in the writing of his or her dissertation on a topic related to new media through a summer stipend Read more
11 Feb, 2015
"Watching, creating, and archiving" paper published in Convergence
On the quantity and temporality of fannish productivity in online fan fiction archives" Read more
10 Feb, 2015
'My dissertation, “Pixel Whipped: Pain, Pleasure, and Media,” uses the concept of virtual pain to reimagine the role of embodiment in supposedly disembodied media form' Read more
09 Feb, 2015
T. Geronimo Johnson Releases New Novel
His first novel, Hold It ’Til It Hurts, was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Read more
01 Jul, 2014
Ashley Ferro-Murray Publications
Fellow BCNM DE Margaret Rhee interviewed Ashley for her HASTAC blog, and you can read their wonderful and illuminating conversation here Read more
06 Mar, 2014
Announcing the 2014 Peter Lyman Fellow
The Fellowship seeks to support a Ph.D. candidate in the writing of his or her dissertation on a topic related to new media through a summer stipend Read more
25 Nov, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 9 new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs 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
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
03 Apr, 2013
Summer 2013 Course Offerings in New Media - Digital Activism, NWMEDIA 150AC
Session A, May 28 - July 3, 2013 Read more
19 Mar, 2013
Announcing the 2013 Peter Lyman Fellow, T. Geronimo Johnson
For his abstract on “New Media Literacy, Aesthetic Education, and Ambiguity in the Age of Irony” Read more
10 Oct, 2012
International Day of the Girl and the Ongoing Need for More Girls in STEM Fields
CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative Director, Camille Crittenden wrote for the Huffington Post on Tuesday to advocate for continued efforts to bring girls into STEM fields Read more
07 Mar, 2012
Announcing the 2012 Peter Lyman Fellow
For their research, "Unmanned Aerial Systems: The United States’ Techno-Political Entanglements in the Post-Cold War" Read more
01 Sep, 2011
Position Open: Assistant Professor, New Media, Tenure Track
Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 14, 2011. Read more
Next deadline – November 1, 2023
Applications are now closed. Applications are next due February 1, 2024.
Applications are now closed. Applications are next due February 1, 2024.
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