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fall 2016 |
Monday, Oct. 17
6-8 pm
2-190 |
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Forum: Time Traveling with James Gleick
James Gleick, author of seven books, including Chaos, Genius, and Isaac Newton
Moderator: Alan Lightman, MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 20
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: The Turn to “Tween”: An Age Category and its Cultural Consequences
Tyler Bickford, assistant professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and author of two upcoming books on music and childhood
Meryl Alper, assistant professor of communication at Northeastern University and author of Digital Youth with Disabilities
Moderator: Marah Gubar, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 10
6-8 pm
26-100 |
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Forum: An Evening with John Hodgman
John Hodgman, host of the Judge John Hodgman podcast and former resident expert for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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spring 2016 |
Thurs., Feb. 11
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: Is There a Future for In-Depth Science Journalism?
Rick Berke, executive editor, STAT
Carl Zimmer, national correspondent, STAT
Rebecca Robbins, reporter, STAT
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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Thurs., March 3
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: Excellence in Teaching
David Thorburn, MIT Literature professor and Communications Forum director emeritus
Robert Pinsky, former US Poet Laureate
Alan Guth, MIT Weisskopf Professor of Physics
Hazel Sive, MIT Biology professor
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Thurs., April 7
6-8 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: Being Muslim in America (and MIT) in 2016
Nadeem Mazen Cambridge's first Muslim city councilman and CEO of the Cambridge makerspace danger!awesome.
Layle Shaikley co-founder of Wise Systems and co-founder of TEDxBaghdad.
Abubakar Abid MIT engineering masters student.
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT.
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fall 2015 |
Thurs., Sept. 24
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: Jim Crow and the Legacy of Segregation Outside of the South
Melissa Nobles, Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, MIT
Tracey Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 8
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: From the Neolithic Era to the Apocalypse: How to Prepare for the Future by Studying the Past
Charles C. Mann, author, most recently, of the New York Times bestseller, 1493
Annalee Newitz, editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and founding editor of io9.com
Moderator: Tom Levenson, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 12
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: Women in Politics: Representation and Reality
Mary Anne Marsh, political consultant, Dewey Square Group
Ellen Emerson White, author of The President's Daughter series
Moderator: Marah Gubar, MIT |
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spring 2015 |
Thurs., Feb. 26
5-7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: Women in Science: A Panel Discussion
Jessika Trancik, Assistant Professor of Energy Studies, MIT
Pardis Sabeti, Associate Professor, Center for Systems Biology, Harvard
Moderator: Rosalind Williams, MIT |
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Thurs., Mar. 19
5-7 pm
66-110
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Forum: Coming of Age in Dystopia: The Darkness of Young Adult Fiction
Kristin Cashore, author, Graceling
Kenneth Kidd, Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin
Moderator: Marah Gubar, MIT |
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Thurs., Apr. 16
5-7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: The Spooky Science of the Southern Reach - An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer, author, City of Saints and Madmen
G. Eric Schaller, Professor of Biology, Dartmouth
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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fall 2014 |
Thurs., Oct. 9
5-7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: Documentaries, Journalism, and the Future of Reality-Based Storytelling
Raney Aronson, deputy executive producer, FRONTLINE
Katerina Cizek, documentary director
Jason Spingarn-Koff, Op-Docs editor, The New York Times
Francesca Panetta, multimedia editor, The Guardian
Moderator: William Uricchio, MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 30
7-9 pm
32-123 |
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Forum: Ultimate Truths: Comparing Science and the Humanities
James Carroll, author, Constantine's Sword and Warburg in Rome
Rebecca Goldstein, author, Plato at the Googleplex
Alan Lightman, MIT; author, Einstein's Dreams
Robert Weinberg, MIT; founding member of Whitehead Institute
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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Thurs., Dec. 4
5-7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: Making Computing Strange: Cultural Analytics and Phantasmal Media
Fox Harrell, MIT; author, Phantasmal Media
Lev Manovich, author, The Language of New Media
Moderator: Nick Montfort, MIT |
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spring 2014 |
Thurs., Mar. 6
5:15 - 7:15 pm
4-370 |
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Forum: Jenkins Returns
Henry Jenkins, Provost Professor, USC
In conversation with: David Thorburn, MIT |
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Thurs., Apr. 3
5:15 - 7:15 pm
32-155 |
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Forum: Science In Fiction
Hanya Yanagihara, author, The People in the Trees
Alan Lightman, MIT; author, Einstein's Dreams
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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Thurs., Apr. 24
5-7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: Online Annotation and the Future of Reading
Wyn Kelley, Literature, MIT
Kurt Fendt, Hyperstudio, MIT
Jeremy Dean, Education Czar, Rap Genius
Moderator: Noel Jackson, MIT |
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fall 2013 |
Thurs., Sept. 12
5-7 pm
E14-633 |
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Forum: The Phoenix Burns Out: Remembering a Boston Institution
Carly Carioli, Boston.com
Anita Diamant, author (The Red House, Day After Night)
Lloyd Schwartz, UMass-Boston, NPR
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 10
5-7 pm
E14-633 |
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Forum: Born Digital
John Palfrey, Phillips Academy
In conversation with: Ethan Zuckerman, MIT |
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Thurs., Dec. 5
5-7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: Long-Form Journalism: Behind the Scenes at The Atlantic
James Fallows, The Atlantic national correspondent
Corby Kummer, the Atlantic senior editor, food critic
Moderator: Tom Levenson, MIT |
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spring 2013 |
Tues., Feb. 19
5-7 pm
E14-633 |
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Forum: Convergence Journalism? Emerging Documentary and Multimedia Forms of News
Alexandra Garcia, Washington Post
Jason Spingarn-Koff, New York Times
Moderator: Sarah Wolozin, MIT |
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Thurs., Feb. 28
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater
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Forum: A Conversation with Nate Silver
Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
In conversation with: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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Thurs., March 21
5-7 pm
E14-633
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Forum: MOOCs and the Emerging Digital Classroom
Anant Agarwal, MIT
Alison Byerly, Middlebury College (at MIT 2012-13)
Daphne Koller, Stanford University
Moderator: David Thorburn, MIT |
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Thurs., April 11
5-7 pm
E14-633 |
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Forum: News or Entertainment? The Press in Modern Political Campaigns
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Mark McKinnon, political advisor
Moderator: Seth Mnookin, MIT |
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Fri.-Sun.
May 3-5
TBA |
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Conference: Media in Transition 8: public media, private media
call for papers |
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fall 2012 |
Thurs., Oct. 25
5-7 pm
37-252
Marlar Lounge |
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Forum: Linda Gregerson: Why I Write Poems
Linda Gregerson, poet
In conversation with: David Thorburn, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 1
5-7 pm
E14-633 |
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Forum: Digitizing the Culture of Print: The Digital Public Library of American and Other Urgent Projects
Robert Darnton, Harvard University Libraries
Susan Flannery, Cambridge Public Library
Moderator: Ann Wolpert, MIT Libraries |
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Thurs., Nov. 8
7-9 pm [Note Time]
E51-115 (Wong Aud.) |
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Forum: New Media in West Africa
Derrick Ashong, musician, band leader (Soulfège)
Colin Maclay, Berkman Center
Fadzi Makanda, iROKO Partners
Moderator: Ralph Simon, media executive
Launches Futures of Entertainment 6 conference. |
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spring 2012 |
Thurs., March 15
5-7 pm
E14-633
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Forum: The Future of the Post Office
Richard John, Columbia University
Kent Smith, U.S. Postal Service
David C. Williams, USPS Inspector General
Moderator: V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, MIT |
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Tues., March 20
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Documentary Film and New Technologies
Gerry Flahive, National Film Board of Canada
Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival
Ingrid Kopp, Tribeca Film Institute
Patricia R. Zimmermann, Ithaca College
Moderator: William Uricchio, MIT |
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Thurs., April 5
5-7 pm
E14-633 |
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Forum: Adapting Journalism to the Web
Jay Rosen, New York University
In conversation with: Ethan Zuckerman, MIT
A Knight Science Journalism event. |
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Friday, May 4
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Electronic Literature and the Future of Books
Kate Hayles, Duke University
Nick Montfort, MIT
Rita Raley, UC Santa Barbara
Moderator: David Thorburn, MIT
This forum concludes a day-long symposium on the future of the book. Register for free at futurebook.mit.edu. |
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fall 2011
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Thurs., Sept. 22
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Local News in the Digital Age
Callie Crossley, WGBH
David Dahl, Boston Globe
Adam Gaffin, Universal Hub
Moderator: Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University |
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Thurs., Oct. 27
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Surveillance and Citizenship
Sandra Braman, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Susan Landau, Harvard University
Marcos Novak, University of California, Santa Barbara
Moderator: Ethan Zuckerman, MIT
Co-sponsor: The Technology & Culture Forum at MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 10
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Cities and the Future of Entertainment
Eduardo Paes, Mayor, Rio de Janeiro
Parmesh Shahani, Godrej India Culture Club
Ernest James Wilson III, University of Southern California
Moderator: Mauricio Mota, The Alchemists Transmedia Storytelling Co. |
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spring 2011
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Thurs., Feb. 24
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: Online News: Public Sphere or Echo Chamber?
Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab, Harvard
Pablo Boczkowski, Northwestern University
Moderator: Jason Spingarn-Koff, journalist and documentarian |
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NOTE DAY AND TIME:
Tues., April 12
Begins 7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: A Conversation with Sherry Turkle
Sherry Turkle, MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Moderator: David Thorburn, MIT Literature |
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May 13-15
Tang Center |
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Conference: Media in Transition 7 unstable platforms:
the promise and peril of transition |
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fall 2010
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Thurs., Oct. 7
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: The Online Migration of Newspapers
David Carr, New York Times
Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University
Moderator: David Thorburn, MIT |
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Wed. (note day), Oct. 20, 5-7 pm
32-141 |
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Forum: Humanities in the Digital Age
Alison Byerly, Middlebury College
Steven Pinker, Harvard University
Moderator: David Thorburn, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 4
5-7 pm
E14-633 |
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Forum: Civic Media and the Law
David Ardia, Citizen Media Law Project
Daniel Schuman, Sunlight Foundation
Moderator:
Micah Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum |
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Thurs., Nov. 18
5-7 pm
4-231 |
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Forum: Communications in Slow-Moving Crises
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
Andrea Pitzer, Nieman Storyboard
Rosalind Williams, MIT Science, Technology, and Society
Moderator: Thomas Levenson, MIT
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spring 2010
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Mon., March 1
(note day)
4-6:30 pm
E51-115 |
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Special Event: The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband-Enabled World
Eugene Huang, Federal Communications Commission
Followed by two panel discussions:
The Future of Government-Citizen Engagement; and
The Future of Digital Public Media
Co-sponsor: Center for Future Civic Media |
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Thurs., March 18
5-7 pm
32-155 |
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Forum: Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism
Linda Fantin, Minnesota Public Radio
Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation
Moderator: Chris Csikszentmihalyi, MIT
Co-sponsor: Center for Future Civic Media |
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Thurs., April 1
5-7 pm
3-270 |
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Forum: The Gutenberg Parenthesis: Oral Tradition and Digital Technologies
Thomas Pettitt, University of Southern Denmark
Respondent: Peter Donaldson, MIT Literature
Moderator: James Paradis, MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies
Co-sponsor: Writing and Humanistic Studies |
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Thurs., April 15
5-7 pm
32-155 |
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Forum: Civics in Difficult Places
Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Center, Harvard
additional speakers tba
Co-sponsor: Center for Future Civic Media |
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Thurs., April 22
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Jenkins's Farewell
Henry Jenkins, USC
Moderator: William Uricchio, MIT |
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Thurs., May 20
3-4:30 pm
(note time)
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Graphical Expressions of Humanistic Interpretation in Digital Environments
Johanna Drucker, UCLA
Respondents: Nick Montfort, MIT
David Small, illustrator
Moderator: Kurt Fendt, MIT
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fall 2009
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Thurs., Oct. 8
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Race, Politics and American Media
Juan Williams, NPR, Fox News
 In conversation with
Phillip Thompson, MIT
David Thorburn, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 5
5-7 pm
32-155 |
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Forum: What's New at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media?
The latest projects from the Center.
various speakers
Moderator: Chris Csikszentmihalyi, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 12
5-7 pm
66-110 |
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Forum: The Culture Beat and New Media: Arts Journalism in the Internet Era
William Marx, Theartsfuse.com, BU
Doug McLennan, Artsjournal.com
Moderator: David Thorburn, MIT |
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spring 2009
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Thurs., Feb. 26
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Politics and Popular Culture
Johanna Blakley, Norman Lear Center (USC)
David Carr, New York Times
Stephen Duncombe, NYU
Moderator: Henry Jenkins, MIT |
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Thurs., April 2
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater |
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Forum: Film Music and Digital Media
Dan Carlin, Berklee School of Music
Paul Chihara, UCLA
Moderator: Marty Marks, MIT |
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Thurs., April 23
5-7 pm
E25-111 |
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Forum: Global Media
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Univ. of Georgia
Jonathan Gray, Fordham Univ.
Aswin Punathambekar, Univ. of Michigan
Abderrahmane Sissako, African filmmaker
Moderator: Henry Jenkins, MIT |
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Fri.-Sun.
April 24-26
E51 |
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Conference: MiT6: stone and papyrus, storage and transmission |
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Thurs., Sept. 25
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: The Campaign & the Media, 1
John Carroll, Boston University
Ellen Goodman, The Boston Globe
Tom Rosenstiel, Project for Excellence in Journalism
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Tues., Oct. 14 (note day)
5-7 pm
4-237 |
| Forum: Literature/ History/ Biography
Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University
respondent: Diana Henderson, MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 16
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Books and Libraries in the Digital Age
Robert Darnton, Harvard University Library |
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Thurs., Nov. 13
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: The Campaign & the Media, 2
Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
Cyrus Krohn, Republic National Committee eCampaign
Ian Rowe, MTV
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Thurs., March 6
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Prime Time in Transition
John Romano, Third Watch, Party of Five, Hill Street Blues |
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Thurs., March 13
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Global Television
Eggo Muller, Utrech University
Roberta Pearson, University of Nottingham
William Uricchio, MIT |
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Thurs., April 10
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Our World Digitized: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law School
Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago Law School |
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Thurs., April 24
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Youth and Civic Engagement
Lance Bennett, University of Washington
Ingebord Endter, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Alan Khazei, City Year |
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Thurs., Sept. 20
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: What Is Civic Media?
Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Media Lab
Henry Jenkins, Comparative Media Studies (CMS)
Beth Noveck, New York Law School
Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Center for Internet and Society |
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Thurs., Oct. 4
5-7 p.m.
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Collective Intelligence
Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School
Thomas Malone, MIT Sloan School of Management
Alex (Sandy) Pentland, MIT Media Lab |
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Thurs., Nov. 8
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Games and Civic Engagement
Mario Armstrong, NPR technology reporter
Ian Bogost, Persuasive Games: The Expressive power of Videogames
Moderator: Eric Klopfer, MIT Teacher Education Program |
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Thurs., Nov. 15
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: NBC's Heroes: From "Appointment TV " to "Engagement TV "?
Heroes producers Jesse Alexander and Mark Warshaw
Moderator: Henry Jenkins, MIT Comparative Media Studies |
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Thurs., Feb. 15
5-7 pm
3-270 | | Forum: Remixing Shakespeare
Peter Donaldson, MIT
Diana Henderson, MIT
Moderator: Mary Fuller, MIT |
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Thurs., March 1
5-7 pm
3-270 | | Forum: What's New at the Media Lab?
Frank Moss, MIT Media Lab
Henry Jenkins, MIT CMS |
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Thurs., April 5
5-7 pm
3-270 | | Forum: Evangelicals and the Media
Rev. Amy McCreath, MIT
Gary Schneeberger, Focus on the Family
Jon Walker, Purpose Driven Life
Diane Winston, USC |
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| April 27-29 | | Conference: MiT5: creativity, ownership and collaboration in the digital age |
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Tues., Sept 19
[note day]
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: The Emergence of Citizens' Media
Alex Beam, Boston Globe
Ellen Foley, Wisconson State Journal
Dan Gillmor, Center for Citizen Media |
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Thurs., Sept. 21
5-7 pm
3-270 | | Forum: News, Information and the Wealth of Networks
Yochai Benkler, Yale Law School
Henry Jenkins, MIT
William Uricchio, MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 5
tba
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Why Newspapers Matter
Jerome Armstrong, Crashing the Gate
Pablo Boczkowski, Northwestern Univ.
Tom Rosenstiel, Project for Excellence in Journalism
David Thorburn, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 16
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: The Craft of Science Fiction
Joe Haldeman, The Forever War |
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| | | spring 2006
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Thurs., Feb. 23
2-2:30 pm
Bartos Theater | | Screening: Death and the Powers
Tod Machover, MIT Media Lab, presents a 15-minute fragment of his opera-in-progress on which he is collaborating with former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. Brief discussion follows the screening. |
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Thurs., Feb. 23
3-3:30 pm
Bartos Theater | | Screening: Death and the Powers
Tod Machover, MIT Media Lab, presents a 15-minute fragment of his opera-in-progress on which he is collaborating with former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. Brief discussion follows the screening. |
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Thurs., Feb. 23
5:30-7:30 pm
Bartos Theater
| | Forum: A Conversation with Robert Pinsky
The former poet laureate discusses his new book The Life of David and reads his poetry. [Pinsky's BU Web page] |
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Wed., March 8
[note day]
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: TV's New Economics
David Poltrack, CBS Television
Jorge Schement, Penn. State |
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Thurs., April 6
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: TV News in Transition
Juju Chang, ABC News
Neal Shapiro, former president, NBC News |
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Thurs., April 20
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: TV's Great Writer
David Milch, Deadwood, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues |
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Thurs., Sept. 22
5-7 pm
32-155 | | Forum: The Future of the Digital Commons
Nancy Kranich, former president, American Library Association
Steven Pinker, Harvard University
Ann Wolpert, director, MIT Libraries |
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Thurs. Oct. 6
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Is Popular Culture Good for You?
Steven Johnson, author Everything Bad Is Good For You
Jason Mittell, Middlebury College |
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Thurs., Oct. 20
5-7 pm
3-270 | | Forum: Spinners and Bloggers: Political Communications in the Digital Age
Deborah Hayes, PEW Charitable Trusts
Rebecca MacKinnon, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Brian Reich, Campaign Web Review |
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Thurs., Nov. 17
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | | Forum: Cell Phone Culture
James Katz, Rutgers Univ.
Jing Wang, MIT
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spring 2005
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Thurs., Feb. 17
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Election 2004 and Beyond: Did the Media Fail?
Terence Smith, PBS NewsHour
Cathy Young, Boston Globe, Reason magazine |
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5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: What's New at the MIT Media Lab?: Technologies for the Young and the Restless
Chris Csikszentmihályi
Mitchel Resnick |
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Thurs., April 21
5-7 pm
6-120 | |
Forum: Branding and the Urban Landscape
Jon Cropper, Young & Rubicam
Thomas Ryan, EMI Music North America
Jesse Shapins, Yellow Arrow , Counts Media |
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Conference: MiT4: the work of stories
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fall 2004
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Thurs., Sept. 23
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: MIT OpenCourseWare: a Status Report
Steven Lerman, Center for Educational Computing Initiatives
Anne Margulies, OCW Executive Director |
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Thurs., Oct. 14
5-6:45 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: New Media, Old Politics?
Henry Jenkins, MIT Comparative Media Studies
Garret Loporto, TrueMajority.org
Joe Trippi, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
co-sponsor: The Technology & Culture Forum at MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 21
5-7 pm
E25-111 | |
Forum: Media Literacy: Learning and Understanding in the Digital Age
Roberto Aparici, MIT Comparative Media Studies
Robyn Quin, Edith Cowan University (Australia)
Alycia Scott-Hiser, TechBoston Academy
Kim Slack, HOME Inc.
Moderator: Alan Michel, HOME Inc. |
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Thurs., Oct. 28
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: New Roles for Established Media?
Alex Jones, Shorentstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe
Amy Mitchell, Project for Excellence in Journalism
Moderator: Stephen Van Evera, MIT Political Science
co-sponsor: The Technology & Culture Forum at MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 18
5-7 pm
E25-111 | |
Forum: Copyright Wars
Donna Ferullo, Purdue University Copyright Office
Michael Meurer, BU School of Law |
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spring 2004
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Thurs., Feb. 19
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Writing and Producing in Prime Time
Writer and producer John Romano, Hill Street Blues, Third Watch, American Dreams |
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Thurs., March 11
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Interactive Television
Josh Bernoff, Forrester Research
Dale Herigstad, Schematic TV |
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Thurs., March 18
5-7 pm
4-237 | |
Forum: The Emerging Mediascape
Jeffrey Dvorkin, National Public Radio
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe |
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Thurs., April 1
5-7 p.m.
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Changing Media, Changing Audiences
Betsy Frank (interview), MTV
Moderator: Henry Jenkins, MIT |
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Thurs., April 8
5-7 p.m.
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Movies and Digital Piracy
Jack Valenti, (interview), Motion Picture Association of America
Moderator: Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University |
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fall 2003
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Thurs., Sept. 25
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater
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Forum: Pinker's Farewell
Steven Pinker, Harvard Univ.
Moderator: S. J. Keyser, MIT |
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Thurs., Oct. 30
5-7 pm
4-237
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Forum: Are National Television Systems Obsolete?
James Carey, Columbia Univ.
Elihu Katz, Hebrew Univ. and Univ. of Pennsylvania
William Uricchio, MIT |
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Thurs., Nov. 13
5-7 pm
Wong Aud., E51 | |
Forum: Covering Iraq: American Media vs. the World?
Alex Jones, Shorentstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy
Danny Schechter, Journalist and Media Critic |
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Fri., Nov. 21
4-6 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Special Forum: E-topia/ Designing Cambridge: 21st Century Communications for our Community
William Mitchell, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences |
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Sat., Nov. 22
10-11 am
6-120 | |
Special Forum: E-topia/ Designing Cambridge: How Can Information Technologies Serve Cambridge? |
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Sat., Nov. 22
11:15am-12:15pm
6-120 | |
Special Forum: E-topia/ Designing Cambridge: How Well Does Media Serve Cambridge Citizens? |
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spring 2003
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Thurs. Feb. 27
5-7 pm
3-133 | |
Forum: Is TV Drama Obsolete?
Jimmie L. Reeves, Texas Tech Univ.
Robert J. Thompson, Syracuse Univ. |
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| Thurs., April 3
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Writing and Producing in Prime Time
John Romano, writer and producer, American Dreams |
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Thurs., April 17
5-7 pm
3-270 | |
Forum: Demographic Vistas
Thomas Streeter, Univ. of Vermont
Susan Whiting, CEO, Nielsen Media Research |
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Fri.-Sun.
May 2-4
Bartos Theater
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Conference: Media in Transition 3: television
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fall 2002
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Thurs., Sept 19
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Who Owns Research and Teaching?
Hal Abelson, MIT EECS, co-founder Creative Commons
Ann Wolpert, Director of MIT Libraries |
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Thurs., Oct 3
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Creativity/Markets/Copyright
Rosemary Coombe, author The Cultural Life of Intellectual Properties
Mark Lloyd, Civil Rights Forum on Communication Policy
Respondent:
W. Curtiss Priest, Center for Information, Technology & Society |
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| Tues., Oct 22
5-7 pm
26-100 | |
Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
Howard Rheingold
co-sponsor: authors@mit |
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| Mon., Nov 4
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater
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America at War? A Conversation With Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas
Respondents:
Henry Jenkins, CMS
Charles Stewart, MIT Political Science |
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| Wed., Nov 6
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Copyright and Culture
Siva Vaidhyanathan, NYU, author Copyrights and Copywrongs
Jonathan Zittrain, Berkman Center for Internet & Society |
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| Thurs., Nov 14
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Culture Talk on Public Radio
Ellen Kushner, WGBH |
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spring 2002
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| Thurs., Feb 21
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Children's Culture and New Media
Special, two-part forum
Howard Blumenthal, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Gerard Jones, author of Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Superheroes and Make Believe Violence
Craig Walker, The Magic School Bus
Alan Kay, Squeak.org
Mitchel Resnick, Lifelong Kindergarten |
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| Thurs., March 7
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Transformations of the Book
Jason Epstein, author of Book Business: Publishing: Past, Present, and Future
Steven Pinker, MIT |
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| Thurs., April 4
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Humor on the Web
John Aboud, Modern Humorist
Michael Colton, Modern Humorist
Tim Harrod, The Onion |
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| Thurs., April 18
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Religion and the Internet
Charles Henderson, The First Church of Cyberspace
Elena Larson, PEW Internet & American Life Project
Scott Thumma, Hartford Institute for Religious Studies |
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Thurs., April 25
5-7 pm
Bartos Theater | |
Forum: Alternative Media
David Goodman, Boston Community Reporters Project
Marc Stern, Bentley College |
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| Thurs., May 9
5-7 pm
E51-145 | |
Forum: World Media and Monopoly
John Hartley, Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
Danny Schechter, MediaChannel.org
Respondent: Ingrid Volkmer, Kennedy School of Government |
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May 10-12
Bldg. E51
Tang Ctr. | |
Conference: Media in Transition 2: globalization and convergence
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