Making Computing Strange: Cultural Analytics and Phantasmal Media
MIT Building 66, Room 110 25 Ames Street, Cambridge, MAWith Lev Manovich, author of the seminal The Language of New Media, and MIT's Fox Harrell and Nick Montfort.
MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
Studying Media and Making Media
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Women in Science
MIT Building 66, Room 110 25 Ames Street, Cambridge, MAComputational geneticist Pardis Sabeti and energy studies expert Jessika Trancik will discuss their careers and the outlook for women in science in the 21st century.
Coming of Age in Dystopia: The Darkness of Young Adult Fiction
MIT Building 66, Room 110 25 Ames Street, Cambridge, MAKristin Cashore and Kenneth Kidd on why dystopias, devastating apocalyptic visions, and tales of personal trauma are such a staple of young adult literature.
The Spooky Science of the Southern Reach: An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer
MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 123 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MAJeff VanderMeer will discuss his role as one of the leading practitioners of “weird fiction,” the environmental and ecological concerns that inform his work, and his massive crossover success.
Jim Crow and the Legacy of Segregation Outside of the South
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MAIs the de facto segregation that exists in many Northern cities a result of the lack of forced integration of the type that took place in the South?
From the Neolithic Era to the Apocalypse: How to Prepare for the Future by Studying the Past
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MAAuthors Charles C. Mann and Annalee Newitz will talk about how ancient civilizations shed light on current problems with urbanization, food security, and environmental change.
Women in Politics: Representation and Reality
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MAWomen are chronically underrepresented in U.S. politics. Yet TV shows, fictions, and films have leapt ahead of the electoral curve. Political consultant Mary Anne Marsh and children/teens book author Ellen Emerson White look at the connections (if any) we can draw between representation and reality.
Is There a Future for In-Depth Science Journalism?
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MAThe leadership and reporting team of STAT -- a new publication that focuses on health, medicine and scientific discovery -- will discuss the publication’s progress and how the field of science journalism is changing.
Excellence in Teaching
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MAWhat separates a good teacher from a great one? Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, Weisskopf Professor of Physics Alan Guth and MIT biology professor Hazel Sive--all honored teachers--will explore these issues with Literature professor and Communications Forum director emeritus David Thorburn.
Being Muslim in America (and MIT) in 2016
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MACambridge City Councilman Nadeem Mazen and Wise Systems co-founder Layla Shaikley--both MIT alumni--join engineering student Abubakar Abid to explore how hateful, discriminatory rhetoric influences public opinion, discuss its impact on the lives of Muslim-Americans, and examine strategies to combat it.
Time Traveling with James Gleick
MIT Building 2, Room 190 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MAInternational best-selling author and science historian James Gleick discusses his career, the state of science journalism, and his newest book Time Travel: A History, which delves into the evolution of time travel in literature and science and the thin line between pulp fiction and modern physics.
The Turn to “Tween”: An Age Category and its Cultural Consequences
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MAHow are “tweens” represented in popular culture, including music, television, and YA literature? And how does this relatively new age category intersect with--or elide--issues pertaining to race, class, and gender identity?
An Evening with John Hodgman
MIT Building 26, Room 100 Access Via 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MAJohn Hodgman brings his razor-sharp wit to MIT for a moderated discussion on his career and the state of comedy today.
Race and Racism in the 2016 Presidential Election
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MASlate's Jamelle Bouie on how race and ethnicity framed the election and how journalists and content creators can improve coverage of these issues moving forward.
Sexual Harassment and Gender Equity in Science
MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MAAzeen Ghorayshi, MIT astronomer Sarah Ballard, and Harvard history of science professor Evelynn M. Hammonds discuss barriers to gender equality in the sciences and steps to over come them.
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