11 Apr, 2024 Special Events 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 Center and the Dean of Arts and Humanities Read 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 Read more
14 Oct, 2016 History & Theory 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
23 Feb, 2018 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
19 May, 2016 Announcing Our 2016 Undergraduate Certificate Grads We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
16 Nov, 2015 Revisited: "Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing" with Benjamin Bratton a Revisited post written by Kate Mattingly (TDPS) Read more
28 Oct, 2015 HTNM 5th Anniversary and Revisited: "Technologies of Simulation" with Claus Pias Leuphana University of Lüneberg Read more
26 Jun, 2015 Gail De Kosnik Awarded Tenure Congratulations, Gail De Kosnik for being awarded tenure in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and New Media! Read more
01 Apr, 2015 David Bates At Google A day-long seminar on "Philosophy of the Web," hosted by Google on their campus Read more
29 Sep, 2014 David Bates at CSTMS 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