[Air-l] CRITICAL THEMES IN MEDIA STUDIES CONFERENCE

[tatiana reis]

CRITICAL THEMES IN MEDIA STUDIES CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 11, 2003, 9AM-7PM
New School University

On October 11, 2003, the Media Studies Department of
the New School University will be holding the 4th
Annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference.
Critical Themes in Media Studies is an annual event
that presents interdisciplinary, theoretical, and
critical approaches to a broad range of media studies.
A series of panels will showcase academic
presentations by graduate students of The New School’s
Media Studies program and the Graduate Faculty. Topics
include film theory, pop culture, media and social
change, media policy, and gender and discrimination
and others. 

We would like to invite you, your colleagues, your
faculty, and students, to attend this enriching event.
For additional information and to get a list of the
panels and schedule, check our website at
http://beard.dialnsa.edu/~treis

The conference is a free event. Scholars, media
studies students or anyone interested are welcome. It
will be held at New School University’s Graduate
Faculty building on 65 Fifth Avenue, on October 11,
2003, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

At 5 p.m., noted media and cultural studies scholar
McKenzie Wark will provide the keynote address. Dr.
Wark is the author of several books and essays on
communication, culture, and cyberspace, including the
award-winning Virtual Geography (Indiana University
Press). The print version of his A Hacker Manifesto
will be published by Harvard University Press in 2004.
Other books of his include Celebrities, Culture, and
Cyberspace, and Readme!. His daring and provocative
articles have appeared in Cultural Studies, Art and
Text, New Formations, World Art, and numerous other
publications. An original voice and commentator on
emerging media, media politics, globalization, and
gender representation, he teaches media and cultural
studies at Eugene Lang College, New School University.

More than 400 students are enrolled in the M. A. Media
Studies program at The New School, making it the
largest program of its kind. It offers an extensive
curriculum in theory (including media theory, media
criticism, cinema studies, and media management), as
well as a production curriculum in video, audio, film,
and multimedia, much of it in state-of-the-art
facilities at the University. Media Studies faculty
are distinguished scholars, producers, artists, and
entrepreneurs.