Culture And Media Event
NYU Culture & Media @ 25: Past, Present, Future
Friday, September 9th, 4-8 PM
Casa Italiana, 24 W. 12th St. bet 5th and 6th Aves.4:00–6:00 pm: Reception
6:00–6:30 pm: Welcome & Introduction
Richard Foley, Vice Chancellor, NYU
Rayna Rapp, Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology, NYU
Faye Ginsburg, Director, Graduate Program in Culture & Media, NYU
Faye Ginsburg, Director, Graduate Program in Culture & Media, NYU
6:30 - 8:00 pm: Alumni panel
From There to Here:
Culture & Media in the Academy, on Screen and in the Public Eye
Culture & Media in the Academy, on Screen and in the Public Eye
Elaine Charnov, Dir. for Education, Programs, & Exhibitions, NY Public Library
Alison Griffiths, Dept. of Communications, Baruch College & CUNY Grad Center
Alexandra Juhasz, Media Studies, Pitzer College
Brian Larkin, Anthropology, Barnard College/Columbia University
Meg McLagan, Documentary Filmmaker and Author
Jonathan Stack, Documentary Filmmaker and Director, Gabriel Films
Alison Griffiths, Dept. of Communications, Baruch College & CUNY Grad Center
Alexandra Juhasz, Media Studies, Pitzer College
Brian Larkin, Anthropology, Barnard College/Columbia University
Meg McLagan, Documentary Filmmaker and Author
Jonathan Stack, Documentary Filmmaker and Director, Gabriel Films
Saturday, September 10th, 9-6 PM
Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq South. All events are in Room 905.8:30-9:00 am: Registration / Coffee & Breakfast
9:00–10:00 am: Welcoming Remarks
Richard Allen, Chair, Cinema Studies, NYU
Jonathan Kahana, Co-Director, Culture & Media Program, Cinema Studies
George Stoney, Film & Television, NYU
Toby Miller, former Co-Director, Chair, Dept of Media Studies, UC Riverside
Fred Myers, Silver Professor, Department of Anthropology, NYU
Faye Ginsburg, Director, Program in Culture & Media, Kriser Professor, Anthropology, NYU
Jonathan Kahana, Co-Director, Culture & Media Program, Cinema Studies
George Stoney, Film & Television, NYU
Toby Miller, former Co-Director, Chair, Dept of Media Studies, UC Riverside
Fred Myers, Silver Professor, Department of Anthropology, NYU
Faye Ginsburg, Director, Program in Culture & Media, Kriser Professor, Anthropology, NYU
10:00–12:00 pm: Culture and Media Lightning Talks
Reports From the Field
Robert Chang, NYU. Damien Stankiewicz, Temple. Prerana Reddy, Queens
Museum of Art. Wazhmah Osman, NYU. April Strickland, NYU. Alice Apley,
RMC Research. Jamie Berthe, NYU. Ulla Berg, Rutgers. Stephanie Sadre-Orafai,
U of Cincinnati. Barbara Miller, Museum of the Moving Image. Amalia Cordova,
NYU/NMAI. Jill Dickerson, VP of Programming OWN. Keith Harris, UC Riverside.
Ricardo Montez, New School.
Museum of Art. Wazhmah Osman, NYU. April Strickland, NYU. Alice Apley,
RMC Research. Jamie Berthe, NYU. Ulla Berg, Rutgers. Stephanie Sadre-Orafai,
U of Cincinnati. Barbara Miller, Museum of the Moving Image. Amalia Cordova,
NYU/NMAI. Jill Dickerson, VP of Programming OWN. Keith Harris, UC Riverside.
Ricardo Montez, New School.
12:15-1:30 pm: Lunch
12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch Discussion
Teaching Media Anthropology
Teja Ganti, NYU (Moderator)
1:30-3:00 pm: Roundtable 1Studying Media Worlds: Research, Collaboration, Outreach
Amahl Bishara, Tufts. Aaron Glass, Bard Graduate Center. Mariana Johnson,
UNC. Deb Matzner, Wellesley. Naomi Schiller, Temple
3:00-3:15 pm: Coffee breakUNC. Deb Matzner, Wellesley. Naomi Schiller, Temple
3:30-5:00 pm: Roundtable 2
Producing Media Worlds: Production, Circulation, Pedagogy,
Collaboration
Collaboration
Anya Bernstein, U Michigan. Lucas Bessire, Okahoma. Rachel Lears, NYU. Robert
Moise, Rainforest Foundation. Ishita Srivastava, Breakthrough/Human Rights. Pegi
Vail, NYU. Chris Walley, MIT.
5:00-6:00 pm: Wrap up & Future DirectionsMoise, Rainforest Foundation. Ishita Srivastava, Breakthrough/Human Rights. Pegi
Vail, NYU. Chris Walley, MIT.
6:00-8:00 pm: Reception
Acknowledgments
Conference organized by: Robert Chang, Cheryl Furjanic, Faye Ginsburg, Damien Stankiewiecz, Pegi VailOrganizing Committee: Narges Bajoghli, Tejaswini Ganti, Aminata Maraesa, Pilar Rau, April Strickland
Additional Support: Desiree Barron, Alison Cool, Lee Douglas, Chris Fraga, Tate LeFevre, Rowena Potts
Special Thanks to: Jennie Tichenor
We are grateful for support for this event from:
Catherine Stimpson, Office of the NYU Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & SciencesTerry Harrison and the Department of Anthropology, NYU
Richard Allen and the Department of Cinema Studies, NYU
The Center for Media, Culture, and History, NYU
The Center for Religion and Media, NYU
