11th ANNUAL
CRITICAL THEMES IN MEDIA STUDIES CONFERENCE AT THE NEW SCHOOL
Innovative Scholarly Research at
the Intersection of Media and Society
Hosted by The New School Department of Media Studies
and Film
and the Art, Media & Technology Department at Parsons the New School for
Design
April 15 & 16, 2011, New
York NY. The 11th Annual Critical Themes Conference at the New
School will bring together students from across the globe to present
interdisciplinary, theoretical, and critical approaches to a broad range of
media studies. This year’s theme, Multimodal Scholarship, explores how
we in Media Studies might transform the media technologies that have
traditionally been our research subjects, into research tools, and thereby
“open up fresh avenues” of creative scholarship.
The two-day conference will
kick off with a panel discussion entitled “The Multimodal Dissertation” in
which PhD students Jennifer Heuson, Veronica Paredes, and Carlin Wing will
present their experiences with multimodal research work.  Following this will be an opening
keynote address from Professor Clay Shirky of the Interactive
Telecommunications Program at New York University. Saturday will continue with
a full day of student presentations, and will conclude with a closing keynote address
by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown
University. Since the initial conference in 2000, Critical Themes has grown
into a leading forum for showcasing research papers from graduate students
pushing the boundaries of academic research. This year the conference continues
this trend as it welcomes student scholars from eighteen universities spanning
six countries.
 
For a full schedule of
panels and event locations, visit http://criticalthemes.net/2011/schedule/
 
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