Friday, April 8, 11:00AM-12:15PM
\nMITH Conference Room, McKeldin Library B0135<\/p>\n
“The Future of 21st Century Studies” by RICHARD GRUSIN<\/p>\n
What is 21st century studies?\u00a0The practice of interdisciplinary\u00a0research as it is pursued in the 21st century? The study of issues of\u00a0pressing concern in the 21st century? The reconceptualization of\u00a0historical studies in light of these concerns? The deployment of 21st\u00a0century modes of research, analysis, and presentation?\u00a0Richard\u00a0Grusin,\u00a0the new director of the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) at\u00a0University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will argue that C21 is in a unique\u00a0position to define the future of 21st century studies. As the only\u00a0center of its kind, C21 should take as its mission the development of\u00a021st century studies as an interdisciplinary field. Doing so will\u00a0allow C21 to set the terms of the debate about the future of 21st\u00a0century studies for the decades ahead as well as to open the door for\u00a0collaborations with other individuals and institutions interested in\u00a0defining the future of 21st century studies.<\/p>\n
RICHARD GRUSIN is Professor of English and Director of the Center for\u00a021st Century Studies at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Previously\u00a0he was a professor at the College of William and Mary, Georgia\u00a0Institute of Technology, and Wayne State University. He served as\u00a0department chair from 1996-99 at Georgia Tech and from 2001-2008 at\u00a0Wayne State. Grusin\u00a0received his Ph.D. from the University of\u00a0California at Berkeley in 1983. He has published numerous chapters\u00a0and articles and written four books.\u00a0\u00a0He is best known for his\u00a0foundational work in new media studies. With Jay David Bolter he is\u00a0the author of Remediation: Understanding New Media (MIT, 1999), which\u00a0sketches out a genealogy of new media, beginning with the\u00a0contradictory visual logics underlying contemporary digital media. His\u00a0most recent book, Premediation: Affect and Mediality After 9\/11<\/em> (Palgrave, 2010), argues that in an era of heightened securitization,\u00a0socially networked US and global media work to pre-mediate collective\u00a0affects of anticipation and connectivity, while also perpetuating low\u00a0levels of apprehension or fear.<\/p>\n A continuously updated schedule of talks is also available on the\u00a0Digital Dialogues webpage<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Unable to attend the events in person? Archived podcasts can be found on the MITH website, and you can follow our Digital Dialogues Twitter account\u00a0@digdialog<\/strong><\/a> as well as the Twitter hashtag #mithdd to keep up with live tweets from our sessions.<\/p>\n All talks free and open to the public! Refreshments are often provided but attendees are welcome to bring their own lunches.<\/p>\n