East Asian Media Studies Conference
May 6-7, 2017, Harvard University
Keynote Speakers:
Rey Chow (Duke University)
Thomas Lamarre (McGill University)
http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/eams
How do media connect and form extensive ecosystems? What tensions emerge between newer media practices and older media infrastructure and content? How does the combination of “media studies” and “East Asia” change our approach to both of these formations?
We invite you to join us at the East Asian Media Studies conference on May 6 & 7 to discuss these and other issues. The conference aims to foster interdisciplinary, intermedial, transnational, and transhistorical conversations. We hope to address the potential of East Asian Media Studies through three broad questions:
- What kind of work is being done in what we might call East Asian media studies, using what types of theories, methods, sources, and frameworks?
- How do we understand the many challenges and potentials of such a field of inquiry?
- Can the coupling of “media studies” and “East Asia” generate new strategies to work against existing disciplinary frameworks, including those drawn along national boundaries, historical periodization, and medium-specific approach to aesthetic/cultural objects?
The conference is free and open to the public, pre-registration is only required to attend the keynote sessions and receive pre-circulated readings. Early registration is recommended for the keynote sessions, which can only accommodate a limited number of attendees.
For more details on the conference schedule, location, and the pre-registration process see the conference website at: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/eams
For inquiries, please write to: eamediastudiesconference@gmail.com
Posted by: Jie Li <jieli@fas.harvard.edu>