Announcing the 2022-2023 History and Theory of New Media Season
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence. The series promotes new, interdisciplinary approaches to questions about the uses, meanings, causes, and effects of rapid or dramatic shifts in techno-infrastructure, information management, and forms of mediated expression. The series is free and open to the public.
2022
08/29 | 5:00 — 6:30 PM | Pua Case on Mauna Kea
Pua Case, Kumu Hula, teacher, and activist
Online Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the American Indian Graduate Program, the Arts Research Center, the Center for Race and Gender, the Department of Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, and Native American Studies.
Register here.
10/17 | 5:00 — 6:30 PM | A Minor Cybernetic Hypothesis
Kelli Moore, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU
Online event co-sponsored by Media Studies and the Department of Rhetoric.
Register here.
10/31 | 5:00 — 6:30 PM | Digital Platforms and Ancient African Knowledge Systems: Triumphs and Vulnerabilities
Gloria Emeagwali, Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University
Online Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by The American Indian Graduate Program, the Arts Research Center, The Center for Race and Gender, Media Studies, Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies, and The School of Information.
Register here.
11/17 | 5:00 — 6:30 PM | Animating Cities Digitally: Processing Urban Space and Time
Gillian Rose, Visiting Scholar in Department of Geography; Professor, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
In-person event co-sponsored by the Department of Geography and Media Studies.
Register here.
2023
1/23 | 5:00 — 6:30 PM | Generative Art and Deep Learning AI
Nettrice Gaskins, Digital artist, academic, and cultural critic
Online event co-sponsored by the Jacobs Institute for Design and Media Studies
Registration link will go live in Fall 2022.
Accessibility
BCNM events are free and open to the public. Our events with Pua Case, Kelli Moore, Gloria Emeagwali, and Nettrice Gaskins will be held online on Zoom, and our event with Gillian Rose will be held in person on the Berkeley campus. For our online events, we provide live-captioning in Zoom and offer a separate Streamtext window for live-captioning with options to customize text size and display. We strive to meet any additional access and accommodation needs. Please contact info.bcnm [at] berkeley.edu with requests or questions.