| 23 Nov 2011 | 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St John's College | |
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Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2011
The Humanitas Chair in Media has been made possible by the generous support of the Blavatnik Family Foundation
Professor Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells (University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles) will give a series of public lectures and symposium on Power in the Network Society.
Confirmed speakers
Professor Ash Amin (Geography, University of Cambridge)
Professor Nick Couldry (Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Professor Natalie Fenton (Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Professor Scott Lash (Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Dr Damian Tambini (Media and Communications, LSE, London)
Further events in the series are:
The lectures are free and open to all, no registration required.
About Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells is University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Prior to his appointment at USC he was Professor of Sociology and Professor of City Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, for 24 years. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Spanish Royal Academy of Economics, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He has received 14 honorary doctorates from universities around the world. He has published 25 books including his trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture (Blackwell, 1996-2003) translated into 21 languages.