As a new school year kicks into gear, NMCC wants to send a note of welcome (and welcome back) to NMCC students, new prospective students, and our faculty affiliates.
We are looking forward to a year of exciting and engaging events. We’re happy to be able to announce that this year’s visiting NMCC Lecture will be delivered by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young in April of 2021. Winthrop-Young has published numerous books and articles on media theory and is a leading translator of the work of Friedrich Kittler, Cornelia Vismann, Bernard Stiegler, and others. Also in Spring of 2021, NMCC is excited to cosponsor two visiting lecturers. In conjunction with the Comparative Literature Program, Weihong Bao will be visting UO – and in conjunction with the English Department, Richard So will also be visiting.
For prospective students, are you interested in digital technology, collaboration, or new approaches to scholarship? If so, consider adding the New Media and Culture certificate to your degree. The certificate can be pursued by any graduate student in any department. It is a flexible program that offers a way to diversify yourself within your field without adding additional time to your degree. For those interested in learning more about the certificate, please see our website for the director’s welcome and the answer to “Why NMCC?”. On our site, you can also find an FAQ, associated faculty, a list of new media courses , application materials should you wish to apply.
As you get ready for your classes, we also want to draw your attention again to the list of NMCC-eligible courses. We updated this list over summer, so check it out to see if there’s a course of interest to you that can count toward your NMCC certificate
Lastly, Colin and Patrick just wanted to again introduce ourselves as the NMCC leadership. Colin Koopman (Associate Professor of Philosophy) is the current Director of NMCC. He works on data politics and just this past summer celebrated the publication of his book on the history of data politics, titled How We Became Our Data. He is looking forward to teaching a class on media archaelogy and media genealogy in the Spring term (details forthcoming, but email him with any questions). Patrick Jones (an advanced Ph.D. candidate in Media Studies in SOJC) is our social media coordinator and administrative assistant — he works on political technology, global media, and social movement politics.
The two of us are excited to work toward further enriching the NMCC community here on campus. We will be organizing a few open houses over the course of the year as well as a few academic-plus-social events and invited guest lectures (see above). Lastly, stay tuned on the blog for details about the Fall open house coming up on Friday Oct 19th at 3:00pm in the Knight Library’s Dream Lab. In the interim, contact one or both of us with any NMCC questions you may have and we can set up a meeting or chat via email. We’re here for you.