Op dinsdag 20 en woensdag 21 januari vindt in het Auditorium het NWO-congres
Politics of Convergence plaats, georganiseerd door Ginette Verstraete.
Programme:
TUESDAY 20-01-09
For NWO participants only
09:30-10:00 reception, coffee and tea
10:00-12:30 parallel sessions on ongoing research within the NWO program Transformations, part 1
Open to the public
14:00-15:00 Ginette Verstraete, Professor of Comparative Arts and Media, VU University Amsterdam
The Politics of Convergence: Introduction to the Conference
15:00-15:30 coffee and tea
15:30-16:30 Nick Couldry, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London
“The Media”: A Crisis of Appearances
16:30-17:00 drinks
17:00-18:30 Ursula Biemann, artist, curator and theorist, the Institute for Theory of Art and Design at HGK, Zürich
X-Mission: Articulating the Exception
followed by screening
WEDNESDAY 21-01-09
For NWO participants only
10:00-12:30 parallel sessions Transformations, part 2
Open to the public
13:30-14:30 Kevin Robins, Visiting Fellow, Goldsmiths, University of London
Transnational Communications and Transcultural Studies
14:30-15:00 coffee and tea
15:00-16:00 Aniko Imre, Assistant Professor of Critical Studies, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, L.A.
The Neoliberal Ambivalences of Media Convergence in the New Europe
16:00-17:00 closing panel with invited experts, among others:
Chris Goto-Jones, Professor of Modern Japan Studies, Leiden university; Ben Peperkamp, Professor of Dutch Literature, VU University Amsterdam; Irene Costera Meijer, Professor of Journalism, VU University Amsterdam; Kitty Zijlmans, Professor of Contemporary Art History, Leiden University
Closing Drinks
LOCATION
VU University Amsterdam
Auditorium, Main Building (1st Floor)
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
FURTHER INFORMATION
Bart Heerdink
Wb.heerdink@let.vu.nl