CRITICAL THEMES IN MEDIA STUDIES CONFERENCE Saturday, October 11, 2003, 9AM-7PM New School University On October 11, 2003, the Media Studies Department of the New School University will be holding the 4th Annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference. Critical Themes in Media Studies is an annual event that presents interdisciplinary, theoretical, and critical approaches to a broad range of media studies. A series of panels will showcase academic presentations by graduate students of The New School�s Media Studies program and the Graduate Faculty. Topics include film theory, pop culture, media and social change, media policy, and gender and discrimination and others. We would like to invite you, your colleagues, your faculty, and students, to attend this enriching event. For additional information and to get a list of the panels and schedule, check our website at http://beard.dialnsa.edu/~treis The conference is a free event. Scholars, media studies students or anyone interested are welcome. It will be held at New School University�s Graduate Faculty building on 65 Fifth Avenue, on October 11, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. At 5 p.m., noted media and cultural studies scholar McKenzie Wark will provide the keynote address. Dr. Wark is the author of several books and essays on communication, culture, and cyberspace, including the award-winning Virtual Geography (Indiana University Press). The print version of his A Hacker Manifesto will be published by Harvard University Press in 2004. Other books of his include Celebrities, Culture, and Cyberspace, and Readme!. His daring and provocative articles have appeared in Cultural Studies, Art and Text, New Formations, World Art, and numerous other publications. An original voice and commentator on emerging media, media politics, globalization, and gender representation, he teaches media and cultural studies at Eugene Lang College, New School University. More than 400 students are enrolled in the M. A. Media Studies program at The New School, making it the largest program of its kind. It offers an extensive curriculum in theory (including media theory, media criticism, cinema studies, and media management), as well as a production curriculum in video, audio, film, and multimedia, much of it in state-of-the-art facilities at the University. Media Studies faculty are distinguished scholars, producers, artists, and entrepreneurs.