Conference on New Media and Global Transformation

An International Conference at Columbia University, October 9, 2009

JG104 Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia University, NY

Schedule

Opening Remarks

10:00-10:10am Nicholas B. Dirks
Vice President for Arts and Sciences, Franz Boas Professor
of Anthropology and History at Columbia University

Mr. Minghua Yin
President of Jiefang Daily Group

Panel 1. Theories of New Media 10:10am-12:30pm

Moderator: Professor Howard French (Columbia University)

Speakers:

Professor Mark Hansen (Duke University) Ubiquitous Sensation or the Autonomy of the Peripheral

Professor D. N. Rodowick (Harvard University) Thinking the History of the Virtual

Professor Lydia Liu (Columbia University) The Freudian Robot: The Figure of the Uncanny in New Media

Lunch Break

Panel 2. New Media and Social Practice 1:30-3:30pm

Moderator: Professor Weihong Bao (Columbia University)

Speakers:

Professor Thomas LaMarre (McGill University) Seizing Otaku Production: Japanese Media Policy, Fan Activities and Activism

Mr. Yin Minghua (President of Jiefang Daily Group) Traditional Newspapers Undergoing Changes

Professor Randy Kluver (Texas A&M University) The Logic of New Media in International Relations

Tea Break

Panel 3. New Media, Law, and Institutional Changes 4:00-6:00pm

Moderator:Professor John Rajchman (Columbia University)

Speakers:

Professor Benjamin Liebman (Columbia University) The Media and the Courts in China: Towards Competitive Supervision?

Professor Guobin Yang (Barnard College) The Curious Case of Jia Junpeng, or The Power of Symbolic Appropriation in Chinese Cyberspace

Professor Timothy Wu (Columbia University) Lawbreaking in China

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