04 Mar, 2024
History & Theory
Mediascapes of Postsocialism: Cuban New Media Cultures After the End of History
with Paloma Duong
Associate Professor of Latin American and Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS) Read more
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
11 Jul, 2023
Conference
ELO 2023 | Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change 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
02 Mar, 2023
Commons Conversations
Media Ruins: Infrastructural Restitution and Building Futures in Post-Conflict Cambodia
with Maggie Jack (Syracuse University, The School of Information)
Presented by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS), and the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is co-sponsoring. Read more
17 Oct, 2022
History & Theory
A Minor Cybernetic Hypothesis
Kelli Moore
Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University
Co-sponsored by Media Studies and the Department of Rhetoric Read more
12 Sep, 2022
Commons Conversations
Body Language: Sick and Disabled Crazy Femmes in Conversation
with Ra Malika Imhotep
Black feminist writer, performance artist, and scholar
and Caleb Luna
Artist and public scholar
Moderated by Miyuki Baker
with an introduction from BCNM's Director Gail De Kosnik
Co-presented with the Color of New Media Working Group and co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Department of English, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, the Center for Race and Gender, and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Read more
13 Apr, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
Culture capture, additive defacement, and other tactics towards realizing Indigenous futures
with Adam and Zack Khalil
Filmmakers
This event is the first in a two-part series, presented with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) as part of the Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium and the Indigenous Technologies Initiative. Read more
16 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Symposium on The Media Crease
with André Brock, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Georgia Tech
and Karen Tongson, Professor of English, Gender & Sexuality studies, and American Studies & Ethnicity, and Chair of the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Southern California
Presented in partnership with the Color of New Media Working Group. Read more
07 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Asian Americans in Hollywood: Breaking Through with Lasting Impact in the Industry
with Daniel Wu, Melvin Mar, Jason Lin, and Gail De Kosnik
Co-sponsored by Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. The first in a two part series on Asian Americans and AAPI in the media and entertainment industry. The event will be free of charge and open to the public, but will encourage attendees to make donations to the new Scholarship for AAPI and Media & Entertainment Creatives. Read more
25 Feb, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “How should we theorize injury in fan studies?”
with Rebecca Wanzo
Professor and Chair of the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Washington University in St. Louis Read more
12 Mar, 2020
History & Theory
ONLINE: Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Francesca Coppa, co-founder Organization for Transformative Works
and Kristina Busse and Karen Hellekson, co-founders Transformative Works & Cultures
Co-sponsored by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, the School of Information, the D-Lab, UC Berkeley Libraries, and the Department of Film & Media Read more
15 Apr, 2019
Special Events
DH Fair: Reception and Poster Session
Please join us in kicking off the 2019 DH Fair by enjoying refreshments with colleagues while browsing posters on recent and current Digital Humanities work at Berkeley.
This event is sponsored by Digital Humanities at Berkeley, D-Lab, Arts + Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Center for Technology and Society at the Anti-Defamation League, Digital Humanities Working Group, the Library, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Visual Resources Center. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Special Events
Affective Publics: News Storytelling, Sentiment and Technology
with Zizi Papacharissi
Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, University of Illinois-Chicago
Presented by TDPS Graduate Students, co-sponsored by BCNM Read more
09 Nov, 2018
Commons Conversations
Designs of Destruction: The Making of Monuments in the 20th Century
with Lucia Allais
Associate Professor of Architecture, Princeton University 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
24 Sep, 2018
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate Information Session 2018
Find out more about the certificate in new media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
16 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Angela Davis
Activist and Professor, CA
interviewed by Leigh Raiford, Assoc. Professor of African American Studies and Malika Imhotep, PhD Candidate in African American Studies and Designated Emphasis in New Media
A 2018 Regents Lecture
Read more
09 Mar, 2018
Special Events
Amateurism Across the Arts
Amateurism Across the Arts is an event hosted by the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley, and co-sponsored in part by BCNM. Read more
01 Mar, 2018
History & Theory
with Warren Sack
Chair and Professor of Film + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz 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
25 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Tool Talk — Mario Krell, "Field Studies with Multimedia Big Data"
Learn about a new tool that allows researchers to leverage large user generated data, such as Flickr, without being experts in data processing. Read more
13 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate Information Session
Come and learn about the BCNM's Undergraduate Certificate program! Lunch provided. Read more
02 May, 2017
Workshops
Scalar for Multimedia Digital Projects
Hosted by Stacy Reardon and developed by the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, Scalar is a web platform for multimedia digital projects and academic texts. Read more
20 Mar, 2017
Special Events
Color of New Media 2017 Open House!
Learn more about the diverse ecology of new media activities happening on campus! Read more
13 Nov, 2016
History & Theory
Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes
with Virginia Kuhn,
Associate Professor in the Division of Media Arts + Practice and Associate Director of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC Read more
03 Nov, 2016
Special Events
Books in Browsers VII—Telling Small Stories
Don't let yourself or any book lover you know miss this summit in San Francisco, CA at the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts! Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
in partnership with SPUR San Francisco Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Workshops
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
13 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media Information Session
Find out more about the Certificate in New Media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
03 Mar, 2016
Special Events
A conversation with Jeffrey MacKie-Mason & Brewster Kahle Read more
14 Sep, 2015
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media Information Session
Find out more about the Certificate in New Media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
03 Sep, 2015
Special Events
Welcome Back! BCNM's Fall Open House
Celebrate the new semester with us, here at BCNM Read more
17 Aug, 2015
Workshops
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Digital Humanities at Berkeley will be running a summer institute of intensive workshops led by DH experts Read more
05 Mar, 2015
History & Theory
Against the Cultural Singularity
A lecture by Alan Liu, UCSB Profesor Read more
20 Jan, 2015
Special Events
CITRIS Mobile App Challenge Info Session + Ideation Summit 2015
We're sponsoring a semester-long competition for the best mobile apps that address civic needs! Read more
20 Nov, 2014
Workshops
Rights and Readerships: A Workshop
A partnership between Authors Alliance and BCNM Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Special Events
A conference on music, technologies, and the digital media that shapes it all Read more
10 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Student Research Presentations and New DE Welcome
Cutting edge research happening here at BCNM! Join us in celebration of these amazing grad students. Read more
26 Aug, 2013
Special Events
This event is open to students currently enrolled in a degree program at UC Berkeley Read more
12 Apr, 2012
Workshops
Mutated Text: a Cross-Genre Creative Writing Workshop
In celebration of "Improper Informalities :: Strange Writing :: Eclectic Ties"
Read more
16 Mar, 2011
Special Events
Crossing Boundaries: News, Technology, & Audiences
Speakers from across UC Berkeley departments on social media and journalism. Read the distinguished roster in full here. Read more
21 Mar, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
29 Jan, 2024
This panel seeks to examine the role that institutional arrangements play in shaping science and technology by interrogating what happens when institutions are threatened or collapse. Read more
04 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2023 Faculty Seed Grants
This semester, the Berkeley Center for New Media was thrilled to support four faculty members in their scholarship through seed grants that will help catalyze their research in new media. We are excited to congratulate these amazing artists and scholars! Read more
28 Sep, 2023
Don't miss these great new media talks at 4S this year! Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Jarvis Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Scholarship was awarded to Kelsey Choe, Em Erce, and Anna Ma. Read more
11 Jul, 2023
Rita Lucarelli Publishes the Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead
Read more
27 Jun, 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
20 Jun, 2023
Welcoming Hannah Zeavin Back to BCNM!
Read more
08 Jun, 2023
Alex Saum-Pascual Co-Edits Special Issue of Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies
Read more
30 May, 2023
Conference Grants: Harry Burson at SCMS
Harry Burson presented his paper, "“Metaverse, Multiverse, Server-verse: Fantasies of Control and Connection”, at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) annual conference. Read more
26 May, 2023
Faculty Seed Grants: Asma Kazmi & After Jahangir
Read more
19 Apr, 2023
Faculty Seed Grant Report: Firetime
Read more
06 Apr, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Congratulations Alex Saum-Pascual, Asma Kazmi, and Jill Miller! Read more
17 Mar, 2023
Bo Ruberg Receives the Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award
SCMS recently announced the winners, including our own alum Bo Ruberg! Read more
06 Dec, 2022
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator & Office Manager in 2023
Join us at BCNM curating and offering an exciting array of programs, including our popular Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium and Indigenous Technologies program! Read more
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Announcing the 2023 Eugene Jarvis Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Victor Tze and Winnona Li! Read more
14 Nov, 2022
Check out BCNM at the 25th ACM Conference! Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Announcing the Fall 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Art by Clancy Wilmott. Read more
06 Oct, 2022
Are Spotify’s Vibes the End of Segregated Listening?
Our faculty member Tom McEnaney published this article with Kaitlyn Todd in Public Books, a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship . Read more
05 Oct, 2022
A great new course being offered by Emma Fraser this Spring 2023! Read more
15 Jul, 2022
Tory Jeffay Named Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth
Tory's dissertation was titled “The Forensic Imaginary: Visual Media and Evidentiary Culture.” Read more
07 Jul, 2022
Alumni Christo Sims and Jen Schradie presented at the International Communication Association's 2022 conference. Read more
16 Jun, 2022
Conference Report: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan at EDRA53 Health in Design
Haripriya shared her research at the Environmental Design Research Association Health in Design conference. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
16 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
Project by Jessie Mindel with Selin Longmire, Angelica Song, Bradley Russo. Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Seed Grant Report: Jill Miller and My Mother's Titanium Hip
Photo credit: Jill Miller. Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Art by Greg Niemeyer. Read more
11 Mar, 2022
Asian Americans in Hollywood Video Now Online
Read more
16 Feb, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 Class Fund Recipients
This semester, we were thrilled to support our students in digital storytelling. Read more
07 Feb, 2022
Andrea Horbinski Reviews Fandom: Now In Color
Read more
05 Feb, 2022
Bo Ruberg Publishes Trans Games Studies
Bo Ruberg's Trans Games Studies has been published in University of Michigan's Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Ashley Mackenzie Reed and Choyang Dhontso Ponsar! Read more
04 Jan, 2022
Andrea Horbinski Reviews Japan's Green Monsters
BCNM alumn Andrea Horbinksi reviews Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema in H-Net Reviews' December 2021 edition. 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
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
09 Dec, 2021
Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! Read more
08 Dec, 2021
BCNM Around the Web November 2021
Check out the work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web! Read more
07 Dec, 2021
Morgan Ames Wins the 2020 Sally Hacker Prize
The Sally Hacker Prize was established in 1999 to honor exceptional scholarship that reaches beyond the academy toward a broad audience. Read more
05 Nov, 2021
Announcing the Fall 2022 Faculty Seed Grants
BCNM is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2022 Faculty Seed Grants! Read more
14 Oct, 2021
BCNM Around the Web October 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
19 Aug, 2021
BCNM Students Win 2021 Cadogan Awards
Art from Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
18 Aug, 2021
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Class Fund Recipients
This semester, we're supporting the History and Theory of New Media, Locative Media, Adversarial Networks, and Against Innovation. Read more
16 Aug, 2021
Tiffany Ng Receives Henry Russell Award
Read more
28 Jul, 2021
De La Pauvreté, De L'Image Riche by Jacob Gaboury
Jacob published De La Pauvreté, De L'Image Riche in LA HAUTE ET LA BASSE DÉFINITION DES IMAGES: Photographie, cinéma, art contemporain, culture visuelle. Read more
07 Jun, 2021
Ra Malika Imhotep on The Reparations Show
Read more
04 May, 2021
Alenda Chang in Celebration of Media + Environment
BCNM alum Alenda Chang was featured in a rountable discussion in celebration of the online journal Media + Environment. Read more
08 Apr, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 Faculty Seed Grants
Photo credit: Jill Miller. Read more
04 Apr, 2021
Announcing the 2020 Eugene Jarvis Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Emily Xia Que. Read more
03 Mar, 2021
Abigail De Kosnik on Border Technologies and Racism
Abigail De Kosnik recently wrote a reflection for United Nations Special Rapporteur E. Tendayi Achiume on border technologies and racism. Check it out! Read more
19 Feb, 2021
Announcing the 2021 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
Read more
16 Feb, 2021
Tonya Nguyen on A World-Building Activity for Values Advocacy
Tonya Nguyen and Richmond Wong recently published a paper titled "Timelines: A World-Building Activity for Values Advocacy." Check it out! 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
25 Nov, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
19 Nov, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual in Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities
Alex Saum-Pascual's essay is featured in Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities: Contexts, Forms & Practices. Read more
18 Nov, 2020
Trevor Paglen Teaching at the Alternative Art School
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen has joined the Alternative Art School with Mel Chin, and Janine Antoni. Read more
04 Nov, 2020
Pablo Paredes Featured in El Mercurio
BCNM Alum Pablo Parades is featured in El Mercurio, where he speaks of his projects related to mental health. Read more
31 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Receives BCNM Faculty Seed Grant
Read more
30 Sep, 2020
John Scott on Coming Together when Learning at a Distance
John Scott wrote an article titled "Coming Together When Learning at a Distance" on the Blackboard Blog. Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Seed Grant: William White and the Archaeological Heritage of People's Park
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
01 Sep, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Chris Chan & International Art Collaborations
COVID-19 curtailed travel, but Chris Chan continued to develop relationships with artists in China and Taiwan. Read more
17 Jun, 2020
Farewelling Our Assistant Team
A huge congratulations to our incredible team of assistants who are graduating this year! They have been essential to BCNM life and we'll miss them greatly! Read more
14 May, 2020
BCNM Around the Web May 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in May 2020! Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Alum Brooke Belisle Edits Journal on Virtual Reality
Our BCNM alum Brooke Belisle co-edited the Journal of Visual Culture's issue on Virtual Reality: Immersion and Empathy. Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating Our 2020 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 cohort, who are graduating with the New Media Undergraduate Certificate!
Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Video Games Have Always Been Queer Reviewed in New Media & Society
BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg's Video Games Have Always Been Queer was reviewed by Christopher Persaud of New Media & Society. Read more
20 Feb, 2020
Malika Imhotep Wins Award for Critical Writing
Gulf Coast announced the winner of the 2019 Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing, Ra Malika Imhotep, for her essay "On Retrieval." 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
04 Feb, 2020
Conference Grants: Xiaowei Wang on Pearl Parties at SLSA
Xiaowei Wang, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented "Let's Have a Pearl Party: Style and Livestream in the Making of Subculture” at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts annual meeting. Read more
31 Jan, 2020
Review of The Revolution That Wasn't in Inside Higher Ed
Alum Jen Schradie's latest book receives an excellent review from Barbara Fister. Read more
17 Jan, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Oxford Bibliographies
Bo Ruberg contributed to an overview on the work in Feminist and Queer Game Studies for Oxford Bibliographies. Read more
27 Dec, 2019
Bo Ruberg Keynotes UCIESC 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg keynoted the UC Irvine Esports conference with a presentation on diversity and Esports. Read more
05 Nov, 2019
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator!
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence from diverse perspectives. Through critical thinking and making, we cultivate technological equity and fairness in our classrooms, in our communities, and on the internet. Read more
04 Sep, 2019
BCNM alumni, faculty, and students will present at the National Women's Studies Association 2019 conference in San Francsico. Read more
29 Aug, 2019
Zeynep Tufekci on Digital Infrastructures That Serve Humanity
(TED photo by Ryan Lash via Flickr) Read more
19 Aug, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: KC Forcier on the Computational Loop in Network Culture
KC examined how artworks engage with the looping logic of code, with its potential for ongoing and indefinite temporality, and how this relates to the perception of temporality in networked culture as similarly indeterminate. Read more
16 Aug, 2019
Rebecca Levitan Summer Dispatch: Polychromy in Athens
This summer, Rebecca traveled to Athens to study architectural sculpture and figural graffiti using cutting edge imaging. Read more
08 Aug, 2019
The American Sociological Association's 2019 theme is "Engaging Social Justice for a Better World" Read more
15 Jul, 2019
Christo Sims on How Idealistic High-Tech Schools Often Fail to Help Poor Kids Get Ahead
Alum Christo Sims published his essay in Zócalo Public Square. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Commons Conversations 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights for this responsive series that delves into the impact of new media on our current political and public climate. Read more
19 Jun, 2019
Alum Alenda Chang Co-Editor of Media + Environment
Alenda serves as one of the founding co-editors of a new journal, Media + Environment. Read more
06 Jun, 2019
William White on the Digital Heritage of People's Park
William White received a 2019 Faculty Seed Grant for "The People's Park Digital Heritage Project." Read more
29 May, 2019
Celeste Kidd and the Role of Reasoning and Metacognition in the Internet Era
Celeste Kidd received a 2019 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for "The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition During Belief Formation in the Internet Era." Read more
24 May, 2019
Renée Pastel on Viral Videos at the PCA
Renée presented "Viral Videos as Metonymic Homespace in the “War on Terror”: Globalizing American Popular Culture." Read more
18 May, 2019
Check out the great panels our alumni are part of at the International Communications Association 2019 Conference! Read more
12 May, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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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
01 May, 2019
Harry Burson on Stereo in the 19th Century at SCMS
Harry presented "Stereo in the 19th Century: Space, Audition, and the Théâtrophone" at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference in Seattle, Washington. Read more
15 Apr, 2019
HTNM Revisited: Safiya Noble
Photo by Adriel Olmos. Read more
11 Apr, 2019
Announcing our Summer 2019 Research Award Recipients
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are completing, and are pleased to be able to provide summer funding to support their research initiatives. Read more
02 Apr, 2019
Jacob Gaboury at Incomputable Futures
Gaboury was a featured speaker at A Symposium on Representation, Computation, and Experimental Scholarship this past March. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. Read more
15 Mar, 2019
Gail De Kosnik Co-Edits Special Issue of Transformative Works and Cultures Published
Co-edited with andré carrington, the issue's theme is "Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color." Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Announcing the Spring 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
We're to our extraordinary The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
03 Mar, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
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14 Feb, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Eugene Jarvis Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Fionce Siow. Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Alum Tiffany Ng Receives Shirley Verrett Award
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12 Feb, 2019
Commons Conversations Revisited: Lucia Allais
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03 Jan, 2019
The 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing featured presentations by BCNM faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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21 Nov, 2018
Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg on Queer Indie Video Games in American Quarterly
Volume 70 of American Quarterly features pieces on the Digital Humanities, one work of which is written by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg. Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Conference Grant Recipients
We’re thrilled to be supporting our graduates as they travel across the globe to share their scholarship. 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
26 Sep, 2018
Commons Conversations Revisited: Belinda Middleweek
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11 Aug, 2018
Grace Gipson Reviews Disability, Race, and Gender in Speculative Fiction
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18 Jun, 2018
Conference Grants: Malika Imhotep at AAG Annual Meeting
Malika Imhotep presented "Tracing Black Queer Spatialities" at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting with help from a BCNM Conference Grant. Read more
07 Jun, 2018
Our alumni present their exceptional scholarship at the International Communication Association 2018 Conference. Read more
06 Jun, 2018
Alum Andrea Horbinski Receives Honorable Mention for The Chute Award
We're thrilled to share that alum Andrea Horbinski received an honorable mention for The Chute Award in the inaugural Comics Studies Society Awards. Read more
30 May, 2018
We're Hiring! - Office Manager & Events Coordinator Wanted!
The Berkeley Center for New Media and Arts Research Center are hiring an Office Manager and Events Coordinator to maintain and develop their programs. Read more
28 May, 2018
Queer Game Studies Reviewed on Electronic Book Review
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg, was reviewed on Electronic Book Review. Read more
28 May, 2018
Jacob Gaboury Published in The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities
Jacob Gaboury's "Critical Unmaking, or Queer Computation as a Radical Practice" was published in The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities. Read more
26 May, 2018
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
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
18 May, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Published in Bodies of Information
Bodies of Information is a collection of feminist contributions to digital humanities, and one of the published authors to be featured in the book is alum Bonnie Ruberg. Read more
02 May, 2018
Will Payne at the American Association of Geographers 2018 Meeting
Will Payne was able to attend and present his paper at the American Association of Geographers Conference as one of the recipients of the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Through funding from the 2018 BCNM Conference Grant, Harry Burson attended and shared his research at SCMS 2018. Read more
23 Apr, 2018
Announcing our 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Symposium
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19 Mar, 2018
Announcing the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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19 Mar, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Computational Ethnography at University of Copenhagen
Stuart Geiger gave a public talk at the IT University of Copenhagen about the ethnography of computation. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Alum Schradie Published in Social Media & Society
Alum Jen Schradie published an article on the North Carolina Moral Monday protests in Social Media & Society Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Bonnie Ruberg Receives Inclusiveness Excellence Spirit Award at UCI
BCNM Alum Bonnie Ruberg received the Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award at UCI for work diversifying esports. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Announcing the 2018 Eugene Jarvis Innovation Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to two of New Media's most outstanding students. Read more
17 Jan, 2018
Kris Paulsen Receives Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship
Alum Kris Paulsen has received the prestigious Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Read more
05 Dec, 2017
Alum Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence
"A ‘Sanctuary City’ but who gets to live here?"
with Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence and BCNM Alum Read more
17 Nov, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Games Studies Reviewed in First Person Scholar
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg (with Adrienne Shaw), has been reviewed in First Person Scholar. Read more
13 Nov, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Games Studies Reviewed in Creative Applications
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg (with Adrienne Shaw), has been reviewed in Creative Applications. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Conference Grants: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado in Davis
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado reflects on her experience at the Imagining America conference, which was funded by a BCNM Fall Student Grant. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Review of Alum Edited Queer Games Studies in CSMC
BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg's book, Queer Game Studies, was reviewed in the Critical Studies in Media Communication journal. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Sonia Katyal Published in the California Law Review on Technoheritage
BCNM ExComm member Sonia Katyal discusses the dynamic between technology and culture in her article, "Technoheritage," which was published in the California Law Review. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at Gaming Representation Symposium at Smith College
Bonnie Ruberg, BCNM alum, was a panelist at the Gaming Representation Symposium at Smith College to talk about her contributions to a new book. Read more
24 Oct, 2017
Announcing the Fall 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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17 Oct, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at IndieCade
At the beginning of October, alum Bonnie Ruberg attended IndieCade in Downtown Los Angeles to speak about the relationship between games and politics. Read more
29 Aug, 2017
Greg Niemeyer & Ron Rael at Focus on the Visual Conference
This year's UC Berkeley Librarian Association conference turns its eyes to the digital humanities field 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
25 Jul, 2017
Transformative Works and Cultures, a journal of fan scholarship, wants your submissions on fan communities of color! Read more
25 Jul, 2017
Alex Saum-Pascual and aluma Lydia Tuan at ELO 2017
Last week, Assistant Professor Saum-Pascual and BCNM alum Lydia Tuan shared their scholarship with the Electronic Literature Organization conference in Portugal. Read more
25 May, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Canyon Perry
Canyon Perry was selected to work with Yaira Roman Madonado on her project Literary and Digital Avant-Gardes in Post-National Puerto Rico. Read more
16 May, 2017
Andrew Atwood Receives Seed Grant for New Apps for New Audiences
Andrew Atwood received a $5000 junior faculty seed grant to create interactive app designs as a way to engage and attract new audiences to architecture Read more
15 May, 2017
Asma Kazmi Receives Seed Grant for Cranes and Cube
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13 May, 2017
Neyran Turan Receives Seed Grant for Cadavre Exquis
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12 May, 2017
Damon Young Receives Seed Grant for After the Private Self
Damon Young received a $5000 junior faculty seed grant to produce a book commissioned by MIT Press on identity in the age of #selfies Read more
01 May, 2017
Revisited: "Many to Many"
Juliana Friend & Seth Lu launched the interactive ethnographic archive, Many to Many Read more
13 Apr, 2017
Announcing our 2017-2018 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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11 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations: Color of New Media Working Group Transcription
The “Color of New Media Working Group” met as a part of Commons Conversations to discuss the vertiginous political climate. Read more
21 Mar, 2017
Announcing the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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02 Mar, 2017
Bonnie Ruberg Speaks at Game Developers Conference
BCNM alum Ruberg presented her talk, "Teaching Students How to Make Games under Fascism" at this game industry event. Read more
28 Feb, 2017
Announcing the 2017 Eugene Jarvis Innovation Scholarship Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Media Innovation Scholarship was awarded to this forward-thinking student. Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Introducing Our Undergraduate Research Fellows
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06 Dec, 2016
Revisited: "Reading Robot Poetry!"
We revisit alum Margaret Rhee's reading from her new published collection Read more
22 Nov, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Undergraduate Cohort
These students highlight the interdisciplinary nature of new media through the range of disciplines they represent and the exciting collaborative projects in which they are engage Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes”
Miyoko Conley, BCNM DE candidate, recaps Virginia Kuhn's HTNM lecture, "Video Analytics From Keywords to Keyframes." Read more
06 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Books in Browsers VII - Telling Small Stories"
We revisit the incredible conference held in San Francisco Read more
31 Oct, 2016
Getting a Game Studies PhD: A Guide for Aspiring Video Game Scholars
A guide written by Bonnie Ruberg, a Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar at USC 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
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
17 Oct, 2016
Announcing the BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
Each of the following students have received funding to help defray the costs of presenting their research at the premiere conferences in their fields! Read more
26 Sep, 2016
Alumna Margaret Rhee featured in S&F Online!
S&F Online is a triannual, multimedia, peer-reviewed, online-only journal of feminist theories and women’s movements Read more
22 Sep, 2016
Eric Paulos at Living Room Light Exchange
Genevieve Quick, Eric Paolos, and Alex Cruse shared recent projects and works in progress at the Bay Area Living Room Light Exchange 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
23 Aug, 2016
Revisited: Digital Humanities at Berkeley Summer Institute 2016
Check out the photos from the event as well as the highlights of the various courses and lectures on offer Read more
12 May, 2016
Sivan Eldar Receives Postdoc at IRCAM
BCNM's Sivan Eldar will be heading off to Paris for an 8 month postdoc at the Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM Read more
19 Apr, 2016
BCNM Ed Campion Receives a Guggenheim
Congratulations are in order for Mr. Campion Read more
06 Apr, 2016
Alumna Bonnie Ruberg to Join Informatics at UC Irvine
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21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
17 Feb, 2016
BCNM was pleased to host an open house for the Berkeley Engineering Annual Research Symposium of 2016 Read more
23 Nov, 2015
Announcing our Newest Cohort of Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate Students
We know these students will contribute to the vibrant interdisciplinary life of the Center Read more
17 Nov, 2015
From a young age, Andrea was drawn to fantasy and science fiction Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Ashley Ferro-Murray was three when she took her first ballet lesson — she hasn’t stopped dancing since, no matter the obstacle she’s faced. Read more
01 Oct, 2015
Video Now Online: Vito Acconci
Didn't snag a seat at Vito Acconci's ATC lecture? We saved one for you here. Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 HTNM Series!
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20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Alexander Weheliye
from his HTNM lecture, "System Addicts," earlier this April Read more
06 Apr, 2015
Summer 2015 Research Awards
BCNM is proud to announce the recipients of its Summer 2015 Research Awards! Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Gail is currently focused on the following projects Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for Innovation in New Media
Sponsored by the game designer, Eugene Jarvis Read more
12 May, 2014
BCNM was excited to offer NWMEDIA 198 this semester, a decal associated with the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society's (CITRIS) Mobile Apps Challenge Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Announcing our Spring 2014 Graduating Class
We are proud to announce our latest cohort of graduating BCNM Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate students Read more
18 Apr, 2014
Student Research Presentations
BCNM was excited to celebrate the research of its graduating Ph.D. candidates on Thursday, April 10th, at its Student Research Presentations Reception. Read more
03 Mar, 2014
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Tiffany Ng explores urban spaces through the architecture of music. Read more
21 Jan, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Naomi Bragin and Street Dance
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Naomi Bragin explores power structures through street dance. Read more
20 Nov, 2013
Announcing the 2013 BCNM Susan Miller Fellow
The Berkeley Center for New Media is pleased to announce that the inaugural 2013 Susan Miller Fellowship has been awarded to Sarah Stierch, museumist, community organizer, and open culture advocate Read more
28 Aug, 2013
The Color of New Media Working Group
Supported by UC Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender. Organized by Professor Abigail De Kosnik (BCNM, TDPS) Read more
20 May, 2013
New Media 2013 Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM Designated Emphasis Students
Berkeley Center for New Media is pleased to award fellowships for research on new media scholarship in Summer 2013 to five Designated Emphasis students Read more
07 May, 2013
BCNM's Recent Graduates from the Designated Emphasis in New Media
Congratulations to all! Read more
16 Apr, 2013
Margaret Rhee receives 2013 Yamashita Prize Honorable Mention
Rhee is the recipient of an honorable mention for the 2013 Thomas I. Yamashita Prize which honors young social activists Read more
08 Aug, 2012
New Media Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM DE's
Congratulations to the following students! Read more
07 May, 2012
Welcoming BCNM's New DE and Certificate Students
We are delighted to announce the following newly students to the BCNM Designated Emphasis and Master's Certificate Program in New Media Read more
Next deadline – 1 November 2023
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media
Undergraduate Opportunities
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation