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 Studies (CLAS) 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
28 Aug, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
The ghost in the machine is me.
with Jen Liu, Artist
Moderated by Xiaowei R. Wang
Accompanied by Mia J. Chong, Dancer
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the Department of Art Practice 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
20 Mar, 2023
Special Events
The Parables Experience at MozFest Virtual
with curators ill Weaver (a Detroit-based artist and organizer. They co-founded Emergence Media and Complex Movements)
and Valencia James (a performer, maker, and researcher from Barbados, interested in the intersection between dance, theater, technology, and activism, currently pursuing an MFA in Art Practice at the University of California Berkeley)
This event is hosted by MozFest, which is part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. Read more
08 Mar, 2023
Special Events
Ferguson Rises: Black Grief, Insurgent Memory, and the Politics of Transformation
with Rashad Arman Timmons, Abolition Democracy Dissertation Fellow, Black Studies Collaboratory and PhD Candidate African American Studies, UC Berkeley; Michael Brown Sr, Father of Michael Brown Jr. and Founder, The Michael Brown Organization/Chosen For Change; Cal Brown, Stepmother of Michael Brown Jr. and Co-Founder, The Michael Brown Organization/Chosen For Change. 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
14 Feb, 2022
Commons Conversations
with Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Canada 150 Research Chair and Professor in New Media; Director of The Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University Read more
04 Oct, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
Colonial Practices and Cultural Repression by the Municipality against the Community Museum of the Valle de Xico but “It is our 25th anniversary and we are still here.”
with Maria Thereza Alves
Artist
Moderated by Edgar Fabián Frias
Presented in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies. Co-sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, the Center for Race and Gender, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program.
Read more
30 Sep, 2021
Special Events
Event with Edgar Fabián Frías and short film screenings Read more
28 Sep, 2021
Special Events
The New Media Working Group presents a week-long show of artworks that speculate on practices and technologies that interrupt the habituation compelled by COVID-era domestic data extraction and quotidian mediations. Read more
05 Apr, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
with Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Artist, Dubai
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Arts Research Center, and the Department of Art Practice Read more
16 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations
Blockchain Chicken Farm and Grass Mud Horses
with Xiaowei Wang
Writer and artist; author of Blockchain Chicken Farm
& An Xiao Mina
Writer and artist; author of From Memes to Movements Read more
11 Nov, 2020
Clancy Wilmott: Green Parks, Red Dust: Maps, Visual Imperialism and the Cartographic imagination
Read more
03 Nov, 2020
Special Events
Visual Activism: Erin McElroy
With Erin McElroy
Postdoctoral Researcher, New York University
Presented by the Arts Research Center and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
25 Oct, 2020
Special Events
Crisis and Creativity: Virtual Artists in Residence at UC Berkeley South Asia Art Initiative
With Mithu Sen
Performs conceptual and interactive multi-format byproducts which include drawing, poetry, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound
And Brendan Fernandes
Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual arts 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
24 Feb, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
In Search for My Robot: Emergent Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity
with Margaret Rhee
Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo; Visiting Scholar, NYU
Co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature 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
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Read more
06 Mar, 2019
Special Events
with Gina Marchetti
University of Hong Kong
Hosted by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media, the Department of Film Studies, and the Center for Chinese Studies. 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
18 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Civic Data Solidarity Panel
with Burak Arikan, artist, founder of Graph Commons
Sinduja Rangarajan, data reporter, Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting
Jin Zhu, artist, member of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Read more
04 Oct, 2018
History & Theory
Learning To Interact: Cybernetics and Play
with Timothy Stott
Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture
Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology Read more
24 Apr, 2018
Special Events
with Trevor Paglen
Artist, CA
in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art, UC Berkeley
hosted by the Arts Research Center
co-sponsored by BCNM, BAMPFA and the Department of Geography Read more
12 Apr, 2018
Special Events
EV’RY BODY, THIS TIME: A Sexuality Studies Conference
A conference free and open to the public hosted by the Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, and co-sponsored by BCNM. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Special Events
14 Feb, 2018
Commons Conversations
Commons Conversations: Adolf Loos After the Death of Adolf Loos
This talk revisits the life and work of Adolf Loos during the architect’s lifetime, but also beyond his death in 1933. Read more
06 Nov, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
We Must Conjure Our Gods Before We Obey Them
With Michael Rock
Designer, 2x4, NY.
Presenting in partnership with the Department of Architecture & Urban Planning Read more
23 Oct, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Socially Engaged Internet-Art: Aesthetics of Information Ethics
with Paolo Cirio
Artist, NY
Presented in partnership with the Department of Art Practice 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 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
17 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Ashley Hunt
co-director of the California Institute of the Arts' Photography and Media Program Read more
13 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Technology and Forensic Evidence: Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina
Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing, Affiliated Associate Professor of Law, and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington Read more
01 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
with Adam Greenfield, information architect and designer Read more
17 Feb, 2017
Special Events
with Bonnie Ruberg and Greg Niemeyer 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
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
22 Sep, 2016
& Media Student Conference
with Kristopher Fallon (Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis) and Jenny Odell (Digital Media Artist) Read more
22 Feb, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
with Hito Steyerl, renowned German artist Read more
16 Nov, 2015
History & Theory
Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing
with Benjamin Bratton, UCSD Professor and Design Theorist Read more
12 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Non-existent at 82° 30′ N 108° 22′ W: Mirages, Digital Maps, and the Historical Problem of Location
In this time of hyper-locatability via digital maps, what kinds of places and things might still remain lost? Read more
21 Aug, 2015
Workshops
WOW! Editing Group Information Session
Empower Women on Wikipedia by becoming a mentor with the WOW! Editing Group Read more
01 Jul, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Call for Papers
The interdisciplinary conference is hosting a prize contest for best papers. Get writing! Read more
02 Apr, 2015
History & Theory
A lecture on "Technologies of Humanity in Contemporary R&B Music"
by Alexander G. Weheliye, Northwestern Professor Read more
26 Feb, 2015
History & Theory
by Chris Goto-Jones, Leiden University Read more
23 Feb, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
by Rirkrit Tiravanija, renowned Thai artist Read more
19 Feb, 2015
History & Theory
An HTNM lecture by Elizabeth Freeman, UCD Professor Read more
17 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Welcome to Braggsville: Author Talk
T. Geronimo Johnson in Conversation With April Sinclair Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Queering Agriculture: Food Security in the Nation's Capital and the Crises of Reproductive American Familism
by Bailey Kier, PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park Read more
17 Nov, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Social and Community Engaged Work: The Genuine and the Artificial
An ATC lecture by Rick Lowe Read more
13 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Inter/nationalism from the Holy Land to the New World
"Encountering Palestine in American Indian Studies," a lecture by Steven Salaita Read more
31 May, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
Lossy: On the Politics of Networked Flows and Degraded Systems
A part of our Arts and Technology Colloquium, Stephanie Syjuco - visual artist and educator - bestows a lecture 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
14 Oct, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Skin Play: Visual Ethics and ”Race” in Digital Art
with Jennifer Gonzalez, UCSC History of Art and Visual Culture instructor Read more
10 Dec, 2012
Special Events
We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video, Social Media, and Political Protest
A panel of leading video activists, filmmakers, + technology developers on the implications for human rights investigations, advocacy campaigns, and social justice Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Special Events
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
14 Nov, 2012
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
01 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Tweeting Your Way to the White House: Social Media and the 2012 Campaign
Do new technologies help us talk across party lines, or do they contribute to more polarization? A panel of a professor, company founder, and president of a social media company discuss. Read more
26 Apr, 2012
History & Theory
with Rita Raley, Associate Prof. of English, among other distinguished appointments Read more
03 Nov, 2011
History & Theory
A History and Theory of New Media lecture by Henry Jenkins (USC) Read more
22 Sep, 2011
Special Events
with Uday Danvadate, co-founder and CEO of SonicRim, a global design research consulting practice 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
09 Mar, 2011
Special Events
A lecture by Stuart Candy - aSenior Foresight and Innovation Specialist at Arup, Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts, and Research Fellow of The Long Now Foundation Read more
24 Feb, 2011
Special Events
World Craft, Business and Culture of Gaming in East Asia
11 Oct, 2010
Art, Tech & Culture
Art and the Utopian Imaginary
with Mark Tribe, artist and occasional curator whose interests include art, technology, and politics Read more
05 Nov, 2023
The Digital is a Ruin: Digital Space, Geography and the End of the World
Emma Fraser speaks on November 8th at the Geography colloquium. Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Alexis Wood on Erosion as Method(ology) at NACIS 23
Alexis Wood (Department of Geography & BCNM DE) presented her paper, “Erosion As Method(ology): Theorizing and Mapping Structures of Feeling” at the at the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) Annual Conference. Read more
28 Sep, 2023
Don't miss these great new media talks at 4S this year! Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 Class Grants
We are pleased to Support Alex Saum-Pascual, Lisa Wymore, and Jacob Gaboury's courses. Read more
16 Aug, 2023
Jacob Gaboury Reviews Uncomputable
Jacob Gaboury has published a review of Uncomputable: Play and Politics in the Long Digital Age by Alexander R. Galloway 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
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Indigenous Technologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our Indigenous Technologies lecture series, featuring Raven Chacon, Christina Leza, Trevor Reed, and more! Read more
05 Jul, 2023
Fall 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications are due November 1, 2023. Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of Asian studies, education, computer science, geography, film & media, rhetoric, EECS, architecture, and more! Read more
03 Feb, 2023
Jen Schradie on a Bottom Up Approach to Disinformation Research
Digital disinformation is changing society, but the societal 3 C's (class, community, and context) are changing disinformation, too. Read more
31 Jan, 2023
Xiaowei Wang Receives Science & Literature National Book Award
Blockchain Chicken Farm has been selected as one of the three winners of the 2023 $10,000 science and literature awards! Read more
05 Jan, 2023
Spring 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications for Spring 2023 admittance are due March 1, 2023. Read more
29 Dec, 2022
Conference Grants: Eric Rawn at SHOT 2022
Eric presented on his work "Making Sense, Crystallizing Reason: Towards An Intellectual History of Pervasive Computing at Xerox PARC" at the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Annual Meeting 2022. Read more
19 Dec, 2022
Kelli Moore Transcript and Video Now Online
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15 Dec, 2022
Summer 2023 Courses: NWMEDIA 90
Examining Sociocultural Issues through TikTok with Meg Everett Read more
28 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our 2022 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2022 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more
16 Nov, 2022
Grace Gipson on the Importance of Black Panther
The smartest person in the Marvel universe, how ‘Black Panther’ – and its sequel – changed Hollywood, and why representation in pop culture matters Read more
09 Nov, 2022
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
26 Oct, 2022
Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2023. 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
19 Oct, 2022
Clancy Wilmott Awarded Hellman Fellowship
The Hellman Fellows Fund supports promising assistant professors who show capacity for great distinction in their research. Read more
13 Oct, 2022
The Digital Production Gap in the Algorithmic Era
Our alum Jen Schradie published this as chapter 28 in Part V Social Inequalities in the Digital Landscape of The Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology. Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Image caption: Video still of Bruno Latour lecturing at UC Berkeley, Oct. 17, 2005 Read more
06 Oct, 2022
Announcing the Fall 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of geography, Indigenous languages, technology, computer history, archaeology and more! Read more
27 Aug, 2022
Fall 2022 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media! Applications due November 1, 2022. Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Lyman Report: Julia Irwin
Julia's dissertation is titled "Patterning Recognition: A History of Automated Visual Perception." Read more
16 Aug, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 Class Grants
We're pleased to support Tom McEnaney's course on Sounding American. Read more
05 Aug, 2022
Data & Truth with danah boyd
Hear alum danah boyd speak about data and truth on Gnovis with Huseyn Panahov. 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
23 Jun, 2022
Fall 2021-Spring 2022 BCNM Events in Review
Check out our roundup of the last year of BCNM events, featuring event details, video recordings, and transcripts! Read more
20 Jun, 2022
Morgan Ames on the Received Wisdom Podcast
Where did the One Laptop Per Child project go wrong? Morgan Ames gives some answers. Read more
15 Jun, 2022
Grace Gipson on Respectability Politics
Twitter was on fire after #theslap incident and alum Grace Gipson analyzes some of what's going on. Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
11 May, 2022
Sonia Katyal on LGBTQ+ Rights
As every day we hear new reports of laws limiting LGBTQ+ rights, UC Berkeley professors weigh in on the current experience of our LGBTQ+ community. Read more
10 May, 2022
Conference Reports: Vincente Perez at Silly Media
Vincente presented "life is like a party shawty: Teezo Touchdown on Respectability, Quality, and Representation" at the Silly Media conference at the University of Chicago. Read more
21 Apr, 2022
Bo Ruberg on Hot Tub Streaming
Bo Ruberg discusses Hot Tub streaming and what it brings to erotic lesiure culture. Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Jen Schradie on the French Presidential Election
Interview with researcher Jen Schradie. 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!
Read more
05 Apr, 2022
Digital Intimacy in Real Time
Bo Ruberg published on Live Streaming Gender and Sexuality in Television & New Media.
Read more
31 Mar, 2022
Bo Ruberg on Queer Gaming Practices on Arebyte
Bo Ruberg talks about how LGBTQI+ game makers are reimagining the medium of video games. Read more
29 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Research Award Recipients
28 Mar, 2022
Ukrainians are rallying global support via social media. But don’t call it a TikTok war, writes alum Jen Schradie for the Washington Post. Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of architecture, technology, cognitive science, and more! Read more
11 Mar, 2022
Sonya Katyal, Trevor Paglen, and Ken Goldberg in conversation with Kate Crawford
Sonya Katyal, Trevor Paglen, and Ken Goldberg discuss epistemology and politics in artificial intelligence with Tanner lecture recipient Kate Crawford. Read more
24 Feb, 2022
Commons Conversation Video Now Online: Wendy Chun
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24 Feb, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Lyman Recipient
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07 Feb, 2022
Andrea Horbinski Reviews Fandom: Now In Color
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20 Jan, 2022
Spring 2022 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
The Berkeley Center for New Media is now accepting applications for admission to the Designated Emphasis (DE) in New Media and the Graduate Certificate in New Media programs. All applications for Spring 2022 admittance are due March 1, 2022. Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
28 Dec, 2021
Tiffany Ng on Diversifying Carillon Repertoire
Modern-day carillonists are now facing the challenge of reclaiming the instrument to better represent and speak to our diverse community. Read more
12 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate cohort! Read more
09 Dec, 2021
Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! Read more
06 Dec, 2021
ATC Video Now Online: Maria Thereza Alves
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20 Oct, 2021
Bo Ruberg speaks at AoIR 2021 on the relationship between video games and political participation. 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
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
06 Aug, 2021
Sivan Eldar Receives Fedora Opera Prize
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27 Jul, 2021
It was a whirlwind year for BCNM and we're so proud to share some of our greatest hits from 2021. 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
06 Jul, 2021
Fall 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
Read more
05 Jul, 2021
Juliana Friend at the LavLang Conference
Juliana Friend receieved a BCNM Conference Grant to help her attend the 27th Annual Lavendar Languages and Linguistics Conference. Read more
04 Jul, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Making Players Care
Bo Ruberg & Rainforest Scully-Blaker publish Making players care: The ambivalent cultural politics of care and video games in the International Journal of Cultural Studies! Read more
10 Jun, 2021
danah boyd on Knitting a Healthy Social Fabric
danah boyd recently published an article discussing creating or knitting a healthy social fabric that relies on real connections. Read more
25 May, 2021
BCNM Around the Web May 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web in May! Read more
21 May, 2021
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
Artwork by Tina Piracci Read more
21 May, 2021
Congratulating Our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate graduates! We are proud of their accomplishments and high level of scholarship here at Cal, and we wish them the best in their future endeavors. Read more
30 Apr, 2021
BCNM at the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference
BCNM alumni and faculty present at the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference! Read more
17 Apr, 2021
BCNM Around the Web April 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this April! Read more
11 Apr, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Summer Research Fellows
Image by Edgar Fabián Frias. Read more
03 Apr, 2021
danah boyd on Democracy's Data Infrastructure
BCNM alum and media academic danah boyd co-authored an essay with Dan Bouk for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University titled, "Democracy's Data Infrastructure." Read more
15 Mar, 2021
BCNM Around the Web March 2021
Check out the amazing work of our alumni around the web this March! Read more
18 Feb, 2021
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by 13 BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Critical Perspectives in Technology
Bo Ruberg is a guest on the sixth episode of public lecture series "Critical Perspectives on Technology." Read more
14 Feb, 2021
The Queer Games Avant-Garde Reviewed in Information, Communications, and Society
BCNM alum Bo Ruberg's book The Queer Games Avant-Garde is reviewed in the Information Communication & Society Journal. Read more
13 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg Wins Stonewall Book Award
Congratulations to BCNM alum Bo Ruberg for receieving a Stonewall Book Award! Read more
08 Feb, 2021
BCNM Around the Web February 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this February! Read more
22 Dec, 2020
Xiaowei Wang Published in Guernica
Xiaowei features in Guernica magazine with their piece "Future Fashions: The Pår". Read more
30 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this December! Read more
21 Nov, 2020
Bo Ruberg on How LGBTQ Experiences Challenge Dominant Narratives of Independent Games
Bo Ruberg contributes to the first edition of Game Studies textbook Independent Videogames. Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students!
Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
09 Nov, 2020
Miyoko Conley Awarded Tailspinners Fellowship
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08 Nov, 2020
Ra Malika Imhotep on Crafting Freedom
Ra Malika Imhotep writes on 19th Century slavery abolitionists and modern day activists, and the suprising (literal) link of thread that connects them. Read more
06 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web November 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this November! Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Xiaowei Wang & An Xiao Mina on WeChat
Xiaowei Wang and An Xiao Mina publish "WeChat Has Both Connected Families and Torn Them Apart" in Slate. Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Trevor Paglen Interviewed in Document Journal
Trevor Paglen was recently interviewed by Document Journal on "CIA-funded facial recognition technology, images in the post-truth era, and why AI is its own form of politics." Read more
18 Sep, 2020
Neyran Turan Promoted to Associate Professor
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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
26 Jul, 2020
The Revolution that Wasn't Reviewed in the International Journal of Press/Politics
Alum Jen Schradie's book receives a stunning review from David Karpf. Read more
10 Jun, 2020
Jen Schradie on How Twitter favors the Right
BCNM alum Jen Schradie claims Twitter favors the right, contradicting President Trump's statement that it favors the left. Read more
30 May, 2020
Bo Ruberg Publishes on Biased Definitions Of Sexual Content in Video Game Live Streaming
Bo Ruberg, BCNM alum, publishes article "'Obscene, pornographic, or otherwise, objectionable'; Biased definitions of sexual content in videogame live streaming." Read more
19 May, 2020
Abigail De Kosnik on ABC’s The Story of Soaps
BCNM's own expert, BCNM Director Gail De Kosnik, weighed in on the history of the soap opera for ABC! Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
Photo: Bowen Wei. Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Trevor Paglen Talks to Kate Crawford at Pace
Trevor Paglen spoke to Kate Crawford at the Pace Gallery about "Art, Politics, and AI in the Time of COVID-19". Read more
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
14 Apr, 2020
Alum Katherine Chandler Publishes Unmanning
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30 Mar, 2020
Announcing Our Spring 2020 Graduate Cohort
Image: Jingran Chu. Read more
29 Mar, 2020
Alum Bo Ruberg Publishes The Queer Games Avant-Garde
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10 Mar, 2020
Alum Trevor Paglen Now Showing at PACE
BCNM Alum Trevor Paglen recently joined PACE Gallery. Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Jen Schradie Interviewed for "The Data Driving Democracy"
Jen Schradie was recently interviewed in "The Data Driving Democracy," a research paper by Christina Couch. Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Announcing the Spring 2020 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on digital tools, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
04 Mar, 2020
Jen Schradie was the latest guest on the Inkwell: Authors and Artists online discussion board. Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Trevor Paglen & Kate Crawford’s Making Faces
“Making Faces,” an installation conceived by AI researcher Kate Crawford and artist Trevor Paglen for Prada Mode, a two-day cultural event held in Paris on Jan. 19 and 20, tells us how exactly facial recognition works and who it benefits. Read more
20 Feb, 2020
BCNM Around the Web February 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty and alumni in February 2020! Read more
10 Feb, 2020
Tom McEnaney in the NYT on Women's Voices & Politics
BCNM professor Tom McEnaney was quoted in a New York Times article on the difficulties for female politicians that arise from their speech. Read more
01 Jan, 2020
Trevor Paglen & Kate Crawford On Excavating AI
Alum Trevor Paglen along with Kate Crawford penned an important essay on the politics of images in machine learning training sets Read more
30 Dec, 2019
Trevor Paglen Interview in the Quietus
Alum Trevor Paglen discusses art and AI, machine vision, and shutting down the internet with Robert Barry. Read more
08 Dec, 2019
Trevor Paglen at Nam June Paik Art Center
Trevor Paglen's first solo exhibition in Korea is held at the Nam June Paik Art Center until February 2, 2020. Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
22 Oct, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Video on The Big Think
If you've been wondering "Have conservative groups mastered the art of internet activism?", Jen Schradie has the answer! Read more
17 Oct, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Rhonda Holberton
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16 Oct, 2019
BCNM around the Web October 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg and Koci Hernandez; and alumni Trevor Paglen, danah boyd, Jen Schradie, Tiffany Ng, Ritwik Banerji, Bo Ruberg, and Jane McGonigal. Read more
06 Sep, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Brian Bartz in Trevor Paglen's Studio
Artist Brian Bartz worked on custom computer-vision algorithms in alum Trevor Paglen's art studio in Berlin. Read more
12 Aug, 2019
BCNM Faculty, Students, Staff Advise on and Support Proposed Legislation on Digital Media Literacy
Senator Klobuchar has introduced Digital Media Literacy legislation at the 116th Congress, with support from several BCNM faculty, students, and staff.
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05 Aug, 2019
Camille Crittenden in Brahms in Context
Camille Crittenden contributed the chapter on "Vienna" to the book Brahms in Context. Read more
03 Aug, 2019
Training Humans at Fondazione Prada
Alum Trevor Paglen joins Kate Crawford for the Fondazione Prada exhibition, running from 12 Sep 2019 – 24 Feb 2020. Read more
16 Jul, 2019
Jen Schradie on The Debate
Alum Jen Schradie spoke on France 24 on whether Democrats can mobilize their base for 2020. 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
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
09 Jul, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Interviewed in Vox
Vox talks to Jen about "Why conservatives are winning the internet." The Revolution That Wasn't explains why digital activism helps conservatives more than liberals. Read more
09 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
25 Jun, 2019
Malika Imhotep at Cosmic Mumbo Jumbo
Cosmic Mumbo Jumbo, a screening program curated by Erin Christovale, followed by a conversation between the curator and Ra Malika Imhotep. Read more
20 Jun, 2019
Damon Young Promoted to Associate Professor!
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19 Jun, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie at OECD 2019 Forum
Jen's panel focused on People-Power vs. Populism. Read more
18 May, 2019
Check out the great panels our alumni are part of at the International Communications Association 2019 Conference! Read more
07 May, 2019
Alum Naomi Bragin Receives NEH Summer Stipend
Naomi will work on "An Ethnographic Cultural History of Streetdance since 1970." Read more
19 Apr, 2019
Grace Gipson at MSU Comics Forum
Talking Comics and (Dis)ability in the Midwest at the 2019 Michigan State University Comics Forum. Read more
16 Apr, 2019
Miyoko Conley on K-Pop at SCMS
Miyoko Conley presented "Designing a K-pop Audience: Asian American Performance in KPOP the Musical" at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference. 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
08 Apr, 2019
ATC Revisited: Morehshin Allahyari
Photo by Malachi Tran. 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
19 Mar, 2019
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Published in How to Play Video Games
Matthew Payne's and Nina B. Huntemann's anthology "How to Play Video Games" features work by Ruberg. Read more
28 Feb, 2019
New Reviews of Queer Games Studies
Two more publications have reviewed alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Game Studies. Read more
21 Feb, 2019
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by thirteen BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
25 Jan, 2019
Jen Schradie on Digital Activism on LSE US Centre
Jen Schradie published her findings on the class and race gap in the digital democracy for the LSE US Centre. Read more
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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05 Nov, 2018
Tom McEnaney on Berkeley News Podcast
Tom McEnaney discusses the role of gender and race in sound in two episodes for the Berkeley News Podcast. Read more
29 Oct, 2018
UPDATED: Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector in the News
The Orbital Reflector, a project of BCNM alum Trevor Paglen, has been covered in the news Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Ken Goldberg and AI Study by Tata Communications in the Press
Study from consulting firm Tata Communications on AI, co-authored by Ken Goldberg, covered in the press. Read more
21 Aug, 2018
Tom McEnaney Launches GloUH Colloquium
Join Tom McEnaney on August 28th as he discusses Wireless Commons and Counterpublics: New Digital Infrastructures in Cuba! Read more
12 Aug, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Exhibited at the Halsey McKay Gallery
The East Hampton Gallery features work by Nina Beier, Judith Hopf, John Miller, and Trevor Paglen, until August 26th. Read more
04 Aug, 2018
Jacob Gaboury Published in Women & Performance
Read "Becoming NULL: Queer relations in the excluded middle." 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
09 Jul, 2018
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado at the LASA 2018 Conference
Yaira presented "Portable memory, on/offline cultures and transgressions to the nation in Jorge E. Lage’s Archivo." Read more
04 Jul, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Featured on Artnet News
Trevor discussed his long-standing interests in AI, invisible networks, and government surveillance with Artnet News. 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
09 Apr, 2018
The BCNM Guide to CHI 2018
Overwhelmed by the amazing panels at CHI 2018? Make your CHI experience a BCNM one with our guide to where our students, faculty, and alumni will be presenting! Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Revisited: Work in the Intersections: A Black Feminist Disability Framework
Dr. Moya Bailey, known for her coining of the term "misogynoir", visited Wheeler Hall at UC Berkeley on Monday, Mar 5 to dicuss her article that was co-authored with Izetta Mobley. Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Announcing the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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19 Mar, 2018
Juliana Friend at the 2018 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Cultural Anthropology
Juliana Friend, BCNM graduate student, attended the 2018 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Cultural Anthropology. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at the Cleveland Museum
Alum Trevor Paglen to speak at Cleveland Museum of Art Read more
02 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at mono.klub
Alum Trevor Paglen spoke KW Institute for Contemporary Art, in conversation with Krist Gruijthuijsen, for mono.klub, the analog to mono.kultur magazine. Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger at All Things in Moderation Conference
Stuart Geiger presented on Wikipedia algorithms at UCLA's All Things in Moderation Conference 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
28 Nov, 2017
Welcome to our 2017 Undergraduate Cohort
From sports and cultural data analytics to art and technology performances, from design to the philosophies around technology, these students are excited to dive into New Media on campus. Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
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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
13 Nov, 2017
Alum Jen Schradie on Hashtag Solidarity and the Paris Attacks
BCNM alum Jen Schradie reflects upon the lack of a unifying hashtag for the Paris Attacks on November 13, 2015 and its ramifications. Read more
13 Nov, 2017
ATC Revisited: Michael Rock
We revisit Michael Rock's talk as part of the Art, Technology, and Culture speaker series. Read more
11 Nov, 2017
Abigail De Kosnik and alum Reginold Royston presented at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting 2017. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Bonnie Ruberg Published in Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
Alum Bonnie Ruberg has been published in the June 2017 issue of Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen Visiting Faculty at The New Normal
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen is named visiting faculty at The New Normal, a post-graduate program in Moscow, Russia. Read more
02 Nov, 2017
Alum Jen Schradie Published in Media and Class, Edited by June Deery
Jen Schradie received her PhD from Berkeley and recently published Media and Class: TV, Film, and Digital Culture, which can be bought on Amazon. Read more
26 Oct, 2017
CFP Games Studies Guest Edited by Alum Bonnie Ruberg & Amanda Philips
Alum Bonnie Ruberg and Amanda Philips are guest editors for a special issue in Game Studies, the international journal of computer game research. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Please welcome our new Executive Committee member Tom McEnaney! McEnaney works at the intersections of the history of media and technology, Argentine, Cuban, and U.S. literature, sound studies, and computational (digital) humanities. Read more
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
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
07 Jun, 2017
Justin Berner at the NYU-Columbia Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Conference
Justin Berner presented paper "Waking up to a World in Color" for Happiness Conference at NYU. Read more
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
16 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: "Radical Technologies" with Adam Greenfield
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07 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Ripped Off? Pirate Technologies, Jugaad Politics, and Postcolonial Modernities"
An amazing talk by Kavita Philip Read more
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
10 Feb, 2017
with Bonnie Ruberg and Greg Niemeyer Read more
25 Jan, 2017
Conference Grants: Juliana Friend in DC
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
24 Oct, 2016
GloUH: Gaming Virtual Bodies: Video Games in South Asian Cities
The series hosts Irene Chien, BCNM alumna, to speak on moving through South Asian cities both within video games Read more
20 Oct, 2016
Henry Jenkins Interviews Gail de Kosnik on Rogue Archives
The third and final installment of Henry Jenkins' interview series with BCNM professor Gail de Kosnik has now been published Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Naomi Bragin and Ashley Ferro-Murray Teaming Up at EMPAC
Former BCNM Designated Emphasis student Naomi Bragin recently offered a workshop at EMPAC, an event curated by yet another former DE Ashley Ferro-Murray Read more
04 Oct, 2016
Summer Teaching Dispatch: Lark Buckingham and Advanced Digital Animation
Here, Buckingham describes teaching Advanced Digital Animation” as a NWMEDIA 90 this past summer Read more
08 Sep, 2016
Revisited: Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital City
We recap a masterclass around how technology functions in relation to Jane Jacobs' notion of community in cities 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
26 Aug, 2016
Announcing the 2016-2017 History and Theory of New Media Season
his year, we are pleased to include hands-on workshops in our program, as well as a partnership with the Rhetoric Department to offer a mini-symposium on the Anthropocene Read more
01 Aug, 2016
Bonnie Ruberg and 'Doing it for free'
Alumna Bonnie Ruberg had her article 'Doing it for free: digital labour and the fantasy of amateur online pornography' published in a special issue Read more
05 Jul, 2016
Cultural Committee of the Danish Parliament Visits BCNM
The Berkeley Center for New Media was delighted to host the Cultural Committee from the Danish Parliament on June 28, 2016 Read more
21 Jun, 2016
Lark Buckingham and Everything After
Lark Buckingham’s art centers around the forces that shape human identities, particularly those of the queer community Read more
26 May, 2016
Through Practice: Ashley Ferro-Murray and Mark Lam
“Through Practice” by Ashley Ferro-Murray is a somatic exploration of the contemporary relationship between biomedicine and new media, or genetics (DNA code) Read more
23 May, 2016
BCNM Alumna Margaret Rhee in Debates in the Digital Humanities 2016
Debates in the Digital Humanities 2016 pairs full-length scholarly essays with shorter pieces from scholarly blogs and conference presentations 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
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
04 May, 2016
BCNM Explores, a series of site tours to investigate collaborations across disciplines Read more
07 Apr, 2016
Announcing 2016 Summer Research Awards
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are all completing Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at De Young Museum
On Ken Goldberg's exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco 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
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
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
24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 HTNM Series!
Read more
12 Aug, 2015
Nicholas De Monchaux and the History of Space Exploration
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27 Jul, 2015
Tech Award Dispatches: Naomi Bragin
This year, the BCNM awarded five new media graduate students with technology services and training awards to help them fund the support they need to further their research agendas Read more
20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Alexander Weheliye
from his HTNM lecture, "System Addicts," earlier this April Read more
17 Jun, 2015
Fall 2015 Events Sneak Preview
Mark your calendars — BCNM is hard at work bringing together a brilliant Fall 2015 program! Check out some of these great events! 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
11 Mar, 2015
Tiffany Ng to be University of Michigan Carilloneur
She is Visiting Instructor of Music History at St. Olaf College and a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology with a Designated Emphasis in New Media at UC Berkeley Read more
03 Mar, 2015
HTNM Revisited: Chris Goto-Jones
from his lecture, "Gamic Orientalism" Read more
17 Feb, 2015
The 2015 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium hosted a BCNM open house last Thursday on February 12. 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
03 Dec, 2014
Welcoming New Undergraduate Certificate Students
Hailing from a range of disciplines, the undergraduates who applied exemplified the interdisciplinary community the Center serves Read more
03 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence Read more
04 Jun, 2014
Naomi Bragin Published in Women & Performance
BCNM DE Naomi Bragin published "Techniques of Black Male Redress: corporeal drag and kinesthetic politics in the rebirth of Waacking/Punking" in the Women & Performance special issue Read more
01 May, 2014
Jen Schradie has never been afraid to confront the societal inequality she witnesses 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
15 Apr, 2014
ATC Revisited: Stephanie Syjuco
The semester's final ATC talk was a success as new Art Practice faculty member Stephanie Syjuco presented “Lossy: On the Politics of Networked Flows and Degraded Systems” Read more
07 Apr, 2014
Playing Race with Bonnie Ruberg
This summer, BCNM DE Bonnie Ruberg will be teaching New Media 150 AC – “Playing Race: Investigating American Racial Identities through Video Games,” which will fulfill the American Cultures requirement Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Technology Services and Training Fellowship
This year, thanks to the craigslist Chair endowment, we were able to support five graduates with awards of $1,000 to help defray technology and training costs. 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
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
16 Oct, 2013
ATC Revisited: Jennifer González
For those unable to attend the ATC lecture on Monday, October 14th, we've brought you a brief recap of the highlights! Read more
05 Sep, 2013
Announcing the Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Visit the ATC Colloquium’s home page at atc.berkeley.edu for directions, a list of speakers, and to join the mailing list 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
03 Apr, 2013
Summer 2013 Course Offerings in New Media - Digital Activism, NWMEDIA 150AC
Session A, May 28 - July 3, 2013 Read more
10 Dec, 2012
BCNM New Media Graduate Students Present Their Research
Their presentations spanned a wide range of study including street dance, machine learning and cyber-communication 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
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.
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.
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New Media Research Fellowship
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Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
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New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – October 1, 2023
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
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