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Great conference at Pomona College on Saturday

By Siva Vaidhyanathan

Intercollegiate Media Studies:

Page, Screen, Pixel: Media in Transition Conference

Saturday, March 1
Rose Hills Theater, Smith Campus Center
Pomona College
170 E. 6 th Street , Claremont
9:30am-5:00pm

To commemorate the legacy of Brian Stonehill (1953-1997), founder of the Media Studies program at Pomona College, and to celebrate the program's development and future, we invite you to join us for a symposium exploring the effects of the digital on all aspects of mediated communication today.
Schedule of Events

* 9:30am - Welcome and Opening Remarks

Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Coordinator of Media Studies, Pomona College; Gary Kates, Dean, Pomona College; Paul Eckstein, Trustee, Pomona College

* 10:00am - "The Discrete Charms of Database Narratives: Designing the Digital Humanities" - Marsha Kinder, Professor of Cinema, Comparative Literature, and Spanish, University of Southern California

* 11:30am - "The Evolution of Reading and Writing in the Networked Era" - Bob Stein, Director, Institute for the Future of the Book

* 1:00pm - Lunch, Edmunds Ballroom, Smith Campus Center

* 2:00pm - "Media Studies as a Liberal Art: The Case of Television Storytelling in the Digital Age" - Jason Mittell, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Film & Media Culture, Middlebury College

* 3:30pm - "The Googlization of Everything: How One Company is Transforming Culture, Commerce, and Community - and Why We Should Worry" - Siva Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Law, University of Virginia

* 5:15pm - Closing Reception - Turrell Skyspace - Draper Courtyard, 5470 North College Way

This event is free and open to the public.

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