Communications Colloquium

The doctoral program in communications hosts sessions on both novel and vintage communications scholarship. The colloquium is open to all interested. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, contact the student organizer, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, at rkn2103@columbia.edu. All events below are free and open to the public. They take place on Fridays at the Graduate School of Journalism.

Spring 2008

February 22, Room 107B
Ben Peters (Columbia)
"Why the Cold War Matters in the Critical Study of Information"

March 7, 12-2p.m., Room 107B
Paul Starr "Democratic Theory and the History of Communications"

March 28, 12-2 p.m., Room 107B
Dalton Conley (Sociology, NYU)
"Everywhere"

Past Events
Sept. 25, 2007
Olivier Sylvain (Communications, Columbia), ‘Towards a Revisionist Reading of the 1927 Radio Act’

October 9, 2007
Ulises Mejias (SUNY Oswego) & Warren Sack (UC Santa Cruz), moderated by Frank Moretti (Columbia), ‘Network Critique’

October 16, 2007
Keller Easterling (Architecture, Yale), ‘Enduring Innocence’

November 6, 2007
John B. Thompson (Cambridge), ‘Books in the Digital Age’

November 20, 2007
Mattias Hesserus (History, Uppsala)