Thinking Through New Media :: Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

Start: Jun 7 2006 - 12:00am

End: Jun 9 2006 - 4:00pm

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Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

June 7-8, 2006 :: Duke University

Sponsored by the Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC); Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS); and the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI).

Duke University is pleased to announce that it will be hosting an international graduate student conference dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of new media technologies and their impact on art, culture, science, commerce, society, and the environment. The purpose of the Thinking Through New Media workshop is to build a graduate student community around new media scholarship and to introduce participants to HASTAC (pronounced “haystack”), ISIS, and RENCI. Conference organizers have encouraged students from all academic disciplines to submit 20-minute papers exploring their own research into the study and/or creation of new media technologies. Students need not submit papers to attend the conference.

Graduate students wishing to submit papers must email paper titles, 1-page abstracts, and 2-page applicant CVs by Monday, May 1, to isis-info@duke.edu. Acceptance decisions will be returned to applicants by Monday, May 8. Final paper drafts are due to isis-info@duke.edu by Wednesday, May 31.

All participants traveling from beyond the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) area may apply for scholarships to subsidize their travel and lodging expenses when they register for the conference. All scholarship applications must be received by Sunday, May 7. All participants are encouraged to submit biographical statements and portraits to isis-info@duke.edu by Sunday, May 21.

Online registration, conference schedules, travel information, and other details are available at the conference website at http://isis.duke.edu/events/TTNM. For any additional information, please send inquiries to isis-info@duke.edu.

URL:
isis.duke.edu/events/TTNM

Event Information:

Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference June 7-8, 2006 :: Duke University Sponsored by the Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC); Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS); and the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI). Duke University is pleased to announce that it will be hosting an international graduate student conference dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of new media technologies and their impact on art, culture, science, commerce, society, and the environment. The purpose of the Thinking Through New Media workshop is to build a graduate student community around new media scholarship and to introduce participants to HASTAC (pronounced “haystack”), ISIS, and RENCI. Conference organizers have encouraged students from all academic disciplines to submit 20-minute papers exploring their own research into the study and/or creation of new media technologies. Students need not submit papers to attend the conference. Graduate students wishing to submit papers must email paper titles, 1-page abstracts, and 2-page applicant CVs by Monday, May 1, to isis-info@duke.edu. Acceptance decisions will be returned to applicants by Monday, May 8. Final paper drafts are due to isis-info@duke.edu by Wednesday, May 31. All participants traveling from beyond the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) area may apply for scholarships to subsidize their travel and lodging expenses when they register for the conference. All scholarship applications must be received by Sunday, May 7. All participants are encouraged to submit biographical statements and portraits to isis-info@duke.edu by Sunday, May 21. Online registration, conference schedules, travel information, and other details are available at the conference website at http://isis.duke.edu/events/TTNM. For any additional information, please send inquiries to isis-info@duke.edu.