04 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “Studies in Unauthorized Reproduction”
with Kavita Philip
The President's Excellence Chair in Network Cultures at the University of British Columbia and a Professor of English with the UBC Department of English Language and Literatures 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
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
02 Mar, 2017
History & Theory
with Kavita Philip, Associate Professor of History Read more
29 Sep, 2016
History & Theory
A Workshop on Network Analysis for Film & Media
with Miriam Posner Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
in partnership with SPUR San Francisco 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
17 Mar, 2016
History & Theory
Mary Flanagan will explore this rich history and point to the theoretical concerns that arise when playing critically. Read more
28 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Conference
An exciting, interdisciplinary symposium on secrecy, publicity, and authenticity 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
12 Apr, 2012
Workshops
Mutated Text: a Cross-Genre Creative Writing Workshop
In celebration of "Improper Informalities :: Strange Writing :: Eclectic Ties"
Read more
16 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Christopher M. Kelty, UCLA Associate Professor Read more
13 Oct, 2011
History & Theory
How to Knit a Popular History of Media
with Kristen Haring (Auburn University) 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
3 days ago
Jacob Gaboury 2023 HCI History Award Winner
Read more
19 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. 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
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. 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
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
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
29 Apr, 2022
Epistemic Disconnects Surrounding the US Census Bureau’s Use of Differential Privacy
Our alum danah boyd published an article in the Harvard Data Science Review with Jayshree Sarathy.
Read more
08 Mar, 2022
To Practice an Understanding that the World is Made with Alenda Chang
Natalia Zuluaga in conversation with Alenda Y. Chang and Jason Edward Lewis on Shift Space 2.0. Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Welcoming Liu Ruoxin: Visiting Scholar from China
Ruoxin Liu is an associate professor at the New Media Research Institute of Communication University of China. 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
21 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Wins Computer History Museum Prize
Read more
09 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Joins BCNM Executive Committee
Read more
21 Apr, 2021
Jacob Gaboury Promoted to Associate Professor
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
30 Jan, 2021
Alenda Chang on Gamers with Glasses
Alum Alenda Chang features on Gamers with Glasses podcast to discuss Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games. Read more
29 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web October 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
30 Apr, 2020
Ken Goldberg on Combating COVID-19 in Science Magazine
Ken Goldberg recently wrote about combating COVID-19 with robotics in Science Magazine. Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Francis McKay Receives Research Position at Oxford
Read more
03 Feb, 2020
Camille Crittenden in Issues in Science and Technology
Crittenden explores the relationship between broadband access and the growth of adolescent youth. Read more
26 Dec, 2019
Four BCNM alumni participated at 4S 2019 in September, the annual meeting for the Society for Social Studies of Science. Read more
20 Dec, 2019
BCNM Around the Web December 2019
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. 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
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
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
12 Jul, 2018
Eric Paulos Keynotes ASLLA 2018 Symposium
This invitation-only, small, roundtable discussion that lasts several days to encourage in-depth discussions of frontier research of leading scientists around the globe. Read more
27 Jun, 2018
Eric Paulos at ID KAIST Seminar
Eric Paulos discusses "Cosmetic Computing: Towards Personal, Performative, Provocative, and Poetic Wearables." Read more
16 Mar, 2018
HTNM Revisited: "Software Arts" with Warren Sacks
Recap of the Software Arts, the last HTNM lecture of the year! Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen on "Into the Impossible" Podcast
Paglen discusses his Orbital Reflector during "Speculative CubeSats" on the Center for Human Imagination's podcast.
Read more
18 Oct, 2017
Grace Gipson on Afrofuturism and Comic Books in Black Perspectives
Grace Gipson writes about the role of Black Women in the superhero comic book universe in works such as Misty Knight and Moon Girl. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Christo Sims on Disruptive Fixation on KPFA and Databite
Christo Sims, author of Disruptive Fixation and a Berkeley alum, presents on school reform and techno-fetishism. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
Ken Goldberg & Automation Lab on RTVE
Ken Goldberg and the Automation Lab make an appearance on RTVE's "El cazador de crebros," or "The Brain Hunter," to talk about artificial intelligence. Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Revisited: Technology and Forensic Evidence in Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina, Prof. of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University 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
21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
08 Oct, 2015
Manufacturing Transparency Submissions a Hit!
Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Call for Art: Manufacturing Transparency
Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 HTNM Series!
Read more
13 Jul, 2015
Best Video Prize at Hamlyn Surgical Robot Challenge
25 Jun, 2015
Greg Niemeyer on Data Privacy at NOST
29 Apr, 2015
Announcing our Spring 2015 Graduating Class
We'll miss their energy and their intellectual curiosity around BCNM, but wish them all the best in their new endeavors and look forward to the amazing intellectual, artistic, and technological contributions we know they will produce 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
15 Apr, 2014
Robots and New Media: A Contested Concept
A packed house greeted the first panelists for the Berkeley Center for New Media’s Robots and New Media Symposium on April 4, 2014 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 May, 2012
Mutated Text, a cross-genre creative writing workshop co-organized by Margaret Rhee with support from BCNM, was held this past April 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
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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.
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