Media Studies is excited to host our third annual Media Studies Student Showcase celebration! Join us to … … learn from short presentations on student research … vote for this year’s “best video essay” as part of the Media Studies Video Awards … engage in an interactive presentation hosted by the Media Studies Student
Information Session Wednesday, August 14th, 12pm, Zoom Media Studies Major Declaration: What’s New and What You Need to Know is an online information session hosted by the Media Studies Academic Advisors designed to go into detail about the new major declaration requirements and to help students better understand what
Exploring Career Pathways for UGIS Majors March 1, 11am-12pm, Virtual https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/96714758973?pwd=MVRINHc2cld6dFB2Z1VDUXNhT2haUT09 Come talk to career educator, Jeremy Brooks, about how Berkeley Career Engagement can support you in navigating your career options. From narrowing down your preferences, to the job search, to grad school, have your questions answered on how each
Media Studies Alumni Career Panel Online on Thursday, November 16th 5 – 6pm The Media Studies program is hosting an Alumni Career Panel! We have asked some of our past students to come and speak about their current career fields and to offer advice for students who might be thinking
Thursday, February 23, from 12 – 1:30pm, via Zoom Organized and Moderated by Professor Minoo Moallem Why was Columbo such a good detective? Because he paid attention – to his work – 24/7. The real question, though, is why was Columbo – a show ostensibly about a shabby workaholic –
Visual Documentation and the State by Professor Feng-Mei Heberer Thursday, March 9th, 12 – 1:30pm via Zoom This talk revisits visual documentation and the documentary form in its intimate connection with state surveillance and the U.S. immigration and border police state specifically. Building on the work of self-ascribed “undocumented documentary
Digitizing Arabic: A Story of Script Technologies with Professor J.R. Osborn Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Center for New Media Thursday, April 13, 12 – 1:30pm, Via Zoom The Latin alphabet and Arabic script followed very different trajectories from the handwritten page to the digital screen.
From Baby Jane to Bush Mama? The Rebellious Programming of Albert Johnson by Professor Josslyn Luckett Thursday, April 20, 4pm PT/7 pm ET, Via Zoom While the legendary UC Berkeley professor and long-time SF International Film Festival programmer is remembered for breaking out into songs from Hollywood musicals, a deeper