Events
The Department of Communication Studies is excited to present the following events:
Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. - The Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Lecturer - Michael Billig
“Why Social Scientists Love to Write Badly”
Faculty profile: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/staff/billig.html
Place: Shambaugh Auditorium
Michael Billig, Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University will deliver the 2009 Samuel L. Becker distinguished lecture in Communication Studies at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, in Shambaugh auditorium. He will speak on “Why Social Scientists Love to Write Badly.”
The Becker Lectureship was established in 2001 in honor of Emeritus Professor Sam Becker and is awarded annually to a nationally and internationally renowned individual who has made important contributions to the advancement of communication research, broadly defined.
Billig’s work investigating the influence of ideology on everyday patterns of thinking in such diverse areas of inquiry as nationalism, prejudice and humor has been key to the discursive turn in the social sciences and made an impact on several fields, including Communication Studies, Psychology, Sociology and Political Science.
Oct. 20, 12 noon - Molly Kleinman
Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan
"Open Access Scholarly Publishing"
Bio: Molly Kleinman is Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan. She works with Dean of Libraries Paul Courant on a broad spectrum of administrative projects and activities, including daily operations, research and writing, financial and personnel management, and maintaining connections to the academic and information communities beyond the University. She also serves as communications coordinator and liaison for Library administration, and serves in an ex-officio capacity to the Library Dean's Group. Kleinman served previously as Copyright Specialist for the University of Michigan Library, where she organized copyright education and outreach for faculty, staff, and students, worked on author advocacy initiatives, and provided copyright support for the Library's digital publishing initiatives. She is a member of the 2007-2009 team of Copyright Scholars for ALA's Copyright Advisory Network, and coordinated the University of Michigan's first Open Access Week in March.
Photo link: http://mollykleinman.com/hi-there/
Place: Bijou Theater
Oct. 22, 4 p.m. - Ted Striphas
Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Indiana University Title of the talk: "The Abuses of Literacy: Amazon Kindle and the Right to Read"
Faculty profile: http://www.indiana.edu/~bookworm/
Abstract: Since its release in November 2007, the Amazon Kindle has emerged as a-and perhaps the-leading portable electronic reading device. Widely touted for its unique screen, capacious storage, and wireless content delivery, Kindle has prompted both enthusiasts and critics to wonder if it will eventually "outbook the book" (to quote Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos). This presentation will not settle the matter, nor will it attempt to. Instead, it will focus on Kindle's two-way communications capabilities on the one hand, and on Amazon's recent foray into data services on the other. My argument is that however convenient a means Kindle may be for acquiring e-books and other types of digital content, the device nevertheless disposes reading to serve a host of inconvenient-indeed, illiberal-ends. Consequently, it underscores the growing importance of a new and fundamental right to counterbalance the illiberal tendencies that it embodies-what Richard Stallman and others have called a "right to read," which would complement the existing right of free expression.
Bio: Ted Striphas is Assistant Professor and Director of Film & Media Studies in the Department of Communication & Culture, Indiana University. His book, The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control, was published in 2009 by Columbia University Press. He is the coeditor of the book Communication as.: Perspectives on Theory and of a special issue on intellectual property published by the journal Cultural Studies. His website is www.thelateageofprint.org.
Place: E105 AJB
Oct. 27, 4 p.m.- Eva Hemmungs Wirtén
Uppsala University's Department of Archival Science, Library and Information Science, Museology will present "A Diplomatic Salto Mortale: Translation Trouble in Berne, 1884-86" as part of the "Taping the World" lecture series.
Faculty profile: http://www.abm.uu.se/evahw/
Place: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building