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11 Oct, 2023 History & Theory

[* Postponed / New Date Forthcoming *] AI and the Humanities: Generative Creativity and Interpretation

with Timnit Gebru, Founder & Executive Director, The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR); Vikram Chandra, Writer and Co-Founder, Granthika Co.; Hannah Zeavin, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Berkeley Center for New Media, University of California, Berkeley  

Presented with the Townsend Center for Humanities  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

18 Mar, 2022 Special Events

Data & Life in the Metaverse

Join media innovators to explore the potentials of the metaverse, both exciting and terrifying. With Emma Fraser, Don Hanson, Wade Wallerstein, and Richmond Wong

Presented by Human Technology Futures Group and the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley. Read more

21 Sep, 2024

BCNM Around the Web Summer 2024

Check out our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer 2024! Read more

11 Sep, 2024

‘We Took Care of the Network’

Published in The New York Review, Hannah Zeavin's new article explores the work of Catalan psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles. Read more

14 Jun, 2024

China Miéville Writes a Secret Novel With the Internet’s Boyfriend

Hannah Zeavin's interview with the sci-fi author is published by WIRED. Read more

25 May, 2024

Alum Jessica Hankey Published Supervision

Featuring a range of essays, including from our own Hannah Zeavin! Read more

20 May, 2024

BCNM's Big Wins 2024

We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2023-2024!  Read more

25 Apr, 2024

Diagnosing Resistance Read more

05 Apr, 2024

Hannah Zeavin Talks to the Author of “The Riddles of the Sphinx”

Unsolvable Puzzles: Anna Shechtman on the Feminist Psychology Behind Crosswords Read more

30 Mar, 2024

Scholars Engaging with The Distance Cure on Book Forum

In this forum, five scholars from different but intersecting fields of historical research engage with Hannah Zeavin and Jeremy Greene’s recent books on telehealth and telemedicine. Read more

22 Mar, 2024

Hannah Zeavin Interviews Alice Notley

Alice Notley, The Art of Poetry No. 116 Interviewed by Hannah Zeavin Read more

11 Mar, 2024

BCNM at SCMS 2024

Check out the work of our students, faculty, and alumni at SCMS 2024! Read more

22 Feb, 2024

The Immediates

Hannah Zeavin has a new article on the telepath and psychoanalysis in Tank. Read more

07 Feb, 2024

Hannah Zeavin Interviews Adam Shatz Read more

29 Jan, 2024

Hannah Zeavin in Passerby with Monthly Recs

Each month, Passerby asks a writer to speak about what’s on their mind and share their tabs in our monthly recommendations. This month’s guest curator is our own Hannah Zeavin. Read more

22 Jan, 2024

Bad Moods

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WISH. Read more

28 Dec, 2023

Hannah Zeavin Talks Thinking with Freud

Indiana Public Media interviews Hannah Zeavin on psychoanalysis. Read more

07 Dec, 2023

BCNM Around the Web Fall 2023

Check out our faculty and alumni around the web this Fall 2023! Read more

25 Oct, 2023

What Should We Make of the Return of Sigmund Freud

A new article from Hannah Zeavin in The Chronicle of Higher Education Read more

15 Sep, 2023

A Memoir of Contested Illness That Takes On the Legacy of Hysteria

Emily Wells is interested in what her doctors see when they look at her: a depressed or anxious woman, perhaps even one who is faking sickness for attention. Read more

17 Aug, 2023

BCNM at SIGCIS 2023

BCNM is proud to highlight Hannah Zeavin and Nicholaus Gutierrez at The 14th annual conference of the Special Interest Group in Computing, Information, and Society [SIGCIS]. Read more

10 Aug, 2023

BCNM Around the Web Summer 2023

Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer! Read more

27 Jul, 2023

Fall 2023 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers this fall! Featuring multi-disciplinary visual artist Jen Liu, UC Irvine Professor of Electronic Art & Design Jesse Colin Jackson, Indigenous Technologies lectures by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon and Dartmouth Professor Martina Broner, an “AI & The Humanities” roundtable discussion with Black in AI co-founder Timnit Gebru, plus so much more! Read more

26 Jul, 2023

Announcing the 2023-2024 History and Theory of New Media Season

We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Paloma Duong, Erik Davis, Lauren Klein, and more! Read more

17 Jul, 2023

Hannah Zeavin Talks #OverwhelmedMom

Hannah Zeavin joins Kathryn Jezer-Morton, Sophie Hamacher and Rea McNamara to discuss the intersection of parenting and technology. Read more

27 Jun, 2023

BCNM's Big Wins 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

13 Jun, 2023

Hannah Zeavin on Thinking with Freud

Indiana Public Media published a podcast with Hannah Zeavin, one of the founders of Parapraxis, on psychoanalysis. Read more

26 May, 2023

How Parenting Tech Opens the Door to State Surveillance by Hannah Zeavin

Published in Wired, the article explores the history and implications of parental surveillance technologies, focusing on baby monitors. Read more

21 Apr, 2023

Hannah Zeavin on Ordinary Unhappiness

Hannah Zeavin and collaborator Alex Colston talk Freud on the podcast Ordinary Unhappiness! 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

31 Mar, 2023

BCNM Around the Web March 2023

Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this March! Read more

27 Feb, 2023

Hannah Zeavin on the Triumph of the Therapeutic

Hannah Zeavin talks with Alex Colston about navigating Rieff, Freud, and the conservative underbelly of psychoanalysis. . Read more

30 Jan, 2023

Hannah Zeavin's Parapraxis in Vulture

In Parapraxis, Author Hannah Zeavin explores the question "What is psychoanalysis but the recuperation of history through its traumas and limits toward a curative and emancipatory end?” Read more

23 Dec, 2022

Hannah Zeavin on Bernadette Mayer

For Hannah Zeavin, Bernadette Mayer was the greatest minor American poet of the 20th century, and the 21st too, in which she has become less minor. 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

29 Nov, 2022

Hannah Zeavin on the Composite Case

Hannah writes about the fate of the children of psychoanalysis for Parapraxis. Read more

18 Nov, 2022

BCNM at 4S 2022

BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more

16 Nov, 2022

Hannah Zeavin Launches Parapraxis

A print magazine devoted to psychoanalysis called Parapraxis. Parapraxis aims to provide a home for psychoanalytic writing and creativity, addressed to the public. Read more

15 Nov, 2022

BCNM Around the Web November

Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this November! Read more

09 Nov, 2022

BCNM at SHOT

The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) encourages the study of the development of technology and its relations with society and culture. Read more

02 Nov, 2022

BCNM at American Studies Association 2022

Ethnic Studies Associate professor Keith Feldman, History professor Hannah Zeavin, and writer and scholar Ra Malika Imhotep featured at American Studies Association 2022.  Read more

24 Oct, 2022

BCNM Around the Web October

Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this October! Read more

21 Oct, 2022

Melancholic Media by Hannah Zeavin

Zeavin publishes on virtual reality, traumatic loss, and magic in Media, Culture, & Society. Read more

13 Oct, 2022

Psychoanalysis and the Future of the Clinic

Hannah Zeavin was featured in the event on September 29, 2022. Read more

02 Oct, 2022

Hannah Zeavin in Committable

Hannah features as a guest on Committable discussing crisis hotlines and the evolution of mental health services. Read more

16 Sep, 2022

Hot and Cool Mother Receives Disability History Association Outstanding Article Award

Congratulations to Hannah Zeavin, winner of the 2022 DHA Outstanding Article or Book Chapter Award for “Hot and Cool Mothers”!  Read more

10 Sep, 2022

Hannah Zeavin Reviews Lauren Berlant's New Book

Berlant’s new book, On the Inconvenience of Other People, serves as a sequel of sorts to Cruel Optimism, the work that guaranteed Berlant’s fame beyond the academy. Read more

09 Aug, 2022

Hannah Zeavin Receives Silvers Award

The Silvers Grants for Work in Progress are given annually to support writers working on long-form essays or full-length book projects in the fields of literary and arts criticism, political analysis, and social reportage. Read more

08 Aug, 2022

In the Flickering Light

Hannah reviews the history and evolution of the digital in her article for The New York Review, In the Flickering Light. Read more

06 Aug, 2022

I'm Baby: Digital Reproduction in the Metavese

Hannah Zeavin has a new article out in The Baffler. Read more

01 Aug, 2022

This is Womenspace: USENET and the Fight for a Digital Backroom

Hannah Zeavin's latest publication appears in Technology and Culture. Read more

22 Jul, 2022

Fall 2022 BCNM Events

Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Featuring BCNM poet alums Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb Luna, UCB Professor of Music Ken Ueno, Indigenous Technologies, and more!  Read more

22 Jul, 2022

Hannah Zeavin on the Power of Teletherapy

R.H. Cohen interviews Hannah Zeavin on her book The Distance Cure for Public Books.  Read more

17 Jul, 2022

The Distance Cure Reviewed in The Nation

Danielle Carr review's Hannah Zeavin's "The Distance Cure" in The Nation.  Read more

12 Jul, 2022

Hannah Zeavin on the Victim Cloud

Hannah writes for Harpers about gullibility in the golden age of scams. Read more

01 Jul, 2022

BCNM Around the Web June 2022

Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this June! Read more

10 Jun, 2022

BCNM's Big Wins 2022

We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022!  Read more

21 May, 2022

BCNM Around the Web May

Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this May! Read more

17 May, 2022

Affect & Algorithm with Hannah Zeavin

Hannah discussed Mental Health & the Risks of Emotion AI with the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. Read more

12 May, 2022

The Distance Cure Wins Courage to Dream Book Prize

Congratulations to Hannah Zeavin for receiving the Courage to Dream Book Prize for her book The Distance Cure! Read more

20 Apr, 2022

The Distance Cure Reviewed in The Jacobin

Hannah Zeavin's new book focusing on psychoanalysis and mediation is featured in the Jacobin. Read more

19 Apr, 2022

BCNM at Data and the Metaverse

BCNM shares their expertise at "Critical Data Futures: Art, Life, and Data in the Metaverse."  Read more

13 Apr, 2022

BCNM Around the Web April 2022

Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this April 2022!

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05 Apr, 2022

Who's Listening When You Call a Crisis Hotline

Hannah Zeavin and Yana Calou published the article in State of Mind. Read more

01 Apr, 2022

Therapy With a Human Face by Hannah Zeavin

The feminization of therapy is crucial to understanding how it became both devalued and out of reach. Read more

01 Apr, 2022

Hannah Zeavin in N+1 Mag

Hannah Zeavin is featured in N+1 Mag for publishing the article "Unfree Associations". Read more

30 Mar, 2022

Hannah Zeavin Awarded Inaugural Timothy Shary Prize

The Timothy Shary prize for Best Essay published in Children’s and Youth Media is awarded by The Children and Youth Media Special Interest Group at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Read more

30 Mar, 2022

BCNM at SCMS 2022

Amazing BCNM representation from students, faculty, and alumni at SCMS 2022! Read more

02 Mar, 2022

BCNM Around the Web March 2022

Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this March! Read more

28 Feb, 2022

Hannah Zeavin at Town Hall Seattle

Hannah Zeavin discusses her book The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy with Town Hall Seattle. 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

11 Feb, 2022

BCNM Around the Web February 2022

Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this February! Read more

11 Feb, 2022

Hannah Zeavin in Continuum Innovation

Hannah's book 'The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy' is featured in Continuum Innovation. Read more

27 Jan, 2022

Hot and Cool Mothers by Hannah Zeavin

Hannah's latest article appears in Differences, a journal of feminist cultural studies. Read more

22 Jan, 2022

BCNM Around the Web January 2022

Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this January! Read more

04 Jan, 2022

Hannah Zeavin Reviews Diminished Faculties Read more

01 Jan, 2022

Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft Reviews the Distance Cure

Hannah Zeavin's new book The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy is reviewed in Book Forum. Read more

27 Dec, 2021

BCNM Around the Web December 2021

Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this past December 2021! Read more

14 Dec, 2021

Andrew Key Reviews The Distance Cure

Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy is reviewed in The Point Magazine. Read more

13 Dec, 2021

Laura Cushing-Harries Reviews The Distance Cure

Hannah Zeavin's book is reviewed in The Polyphony: Conversations Across the Medical Humanities. Read more

10 Dec, 2021

Is the Future of Mental Health Care Digital? With Hannah Zeavin

Hannah Zeavin talks about her book The Distance Cure on Al Jazeera's The Stream. Read more

09 Dec, 2021

BCNM at 4S 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

06 Dec, 2021

Hannah Zeavin Wins the 2021 Brooke Hindle Award

The Society for the History of Technology awards $10,000 for the Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology. Read more

21 Nov, 2021

Wendy Lotterman Reviews the Distance Cure in Critical Inquiry

BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy was reviewed by Wendy Lotterman in Critical Inquiry. Read more

11 Nov, 2021

Hannah Zeavins Has Some Deep Thoughts on Teletherapy

BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavins was featured on Thoughts on Record, the podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Read more

27 Oct, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on New Books Network

Hannah Zeavin was interviewed by J.J. Mull about her book The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy (MIT Press, 2021). Read more

20 Oct, 2021

The Immune Sequence by Hannah Zeavin Read more

20 Oct, 2021

BCNM at SLSA 2021

BCNM's Kris Paulen, Jacob Gaboury, and Hannah Zeavin presented at SLSA2021 "ENERGY": 34TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. 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

02 Oct, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on Empathy

BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin discusses empathy as a computational model in a guest post for AI Now Institute. Read more

25 Sep, 2021

The Therapist Will See You Now. But Where? By Hannah Zeavin

Hannah Zeavin discusses INSERT in Future's Gaming, Social, Virtual Worlds Newsletter. 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

23 Sep, 2021

BCNM at SIGCIS 2021

Jacob Gaboury and Hannah Zeavin presented at the Special Interest Group for Computing, Information, and Society 2021 conference! Read more

18 Sep, 2021

The Distance Cure: Hannah Zeavin & Fred Turner at Gray Area

BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin chats about her new book, The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy in a conversation with Professor Fred Turner and Gray Area. Read more

11 Sep, 2021

The Distance Cure Reviewed in The Baffler

The Baffler reviews BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy. Read more

02 Sep, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on Couple's Therapy in the LA Review of Books Read more

01 Sep, 2021

E&T Reviews Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure Read more

30 Aug, 2021

Hannah Zeavin in Conversation with Grace Lavery at The Strand Read more

29 Aug, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on How Therapy Isn't Available to All - Even with Zoom

Hannah speaks on the acessibility of mental healthcare in the face of teletherapy with The Guardian. Read more

27 Aug, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on LitHub's Seven Questions

5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers, featuring Alexandra Kleeman, JoAnna Novak, Andrew Palmer, Rafia Zakaria, and our own Hannah Zeavin. Read more

21 Aug, 2021

BCNM Around the Web August 2021

Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni around the web this August! Read more

21 Aug, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on The Distance Cure with Adam Savage

Hannah Zeavin features on KQED Broadcast to speak with Adam Savage about The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy. Read more

20 Aug, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on Mental Healthcare in the Washington Post

The U.S. has never tried a comprehensive approach to mental health care, writes Hannah Zeavin the Washington Post. Read more

07 Aug, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on Teletherapy at the Psychotherapy Action Network

Hannah Zeavin recently joined two other panelists to discuss the promise and peril of teletherapy in PsiAN Forum Live: "Teletherapy -- Where do we go from here?". Read more

25 Jul, 2021

Hannah Zeavin Publishes The Distance Cure Read more

23 Jul, 2021

BCNM Around the Web July 2021

Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this July! Read more

02 Jun, 2021

Hannah Zeavin Interview in Mad in America

BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin speaks on teletherapy and other communicative technologies in her interview with Mad in America. Read more

18 Apr, 2021

Hannah Zeavin Joins BCNM

Hannah Zeavin, a lecturer in the English and History departments, has joined the BCNM Executive Committee.  Read more

14 Apr, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on Therapy Apps in KQED

Hannah Zeavin was invited as a guest in KQED's forum on the prevalence of therapy apps. Read more

13 Apr, 2021

Hannah Zeavin on Therapy Apps in the Cut

Molly Fischer discusses therapy apps and talks to Hannah Zeavin, author of "The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy," for The Cut. Read more

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