[csaa-forum] Internet Class 04: Few places left (Modified by Melissa Gregg)

[Andrea Mitchell]

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Internet Class 04: Mon 6 - Wed 8 December 2004 Update - Earlybird rate 
now closed as allocated numbers reached.

Other registration categories still available but numbers are capped on 
those, so please register early to avoid disappointment. More details 
below.

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A Masterclass on Contemporary Research in Critical Internet Studies

http://cccs.uq.edu.au/events/internetclass/

Convened by the Centre for Critical & Cultural Studies University of 
Queensland - St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia. CRICOS Provider 
number: 00025B

Internet studies is a dynamic and innovative interdisciplinary field of 
research, which engages in new ways with cultural technologies, 
literacies, histories, and identities. Aimed at doctoral students and 
early career researchers from a wide range of disciplines, Internet 
Class 04 will be a unique masterclass event featuring leading 
international scholars in critical Internet studies. With a strictly 
limited enrolment, Internet Class 04 offers the opportunity for 
participants to: . hear first-hand about the best, new practices in 
contemporary Internet research; . extend their knowledge of concepts, 
methods, and theories relevant to Internet studies; . identify and 
discuss challenges, trends, and opportunities in Internet studies.

Confirmed presenters include:

Lisa Nakamura, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of Cybertypes: 
Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet (2002) and Visual 
Cultures of the Internet (2005)

Geert Lovink, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Polytechnic, and CCCS, 
UQ, author of Dark Fiber (2002) and My First Recession (2003)

Roger Clarke, consultant in strategic and policy aspects of electronic 
business, information infrastructure, and dataveillance and privacy, 
and Visiting Professor in eCommerce at the University of Hong Kong, 
Visiting Professor in the Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre at UNSW, and 
Visiting Fellow in Computer Science at ANU.

Mark McLelland, CCCS, UQ, co-editor of Japanese Cybercultures (2003) 
and author of  Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age  
(2005)

Sue Morris, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, UQ, 
expert on online computer gaming culture

Gerard Goggin, CCCS, UQ, editor of Virtual Nation: The Internet in 
Australia (2004), and co-author of Digital Disability: The Social 
Construction of Disability in New Media (2003).

Registration costs (GST Inclusive) - includes lunch and other 
refreshments and evening lecture/ book lauch by Kim Anderson.

Registration Rates:

UQ Post graduate student only $330.00

Non UQ-PG/Unwaged $363.00

Waged/Staff $429.00

For more information and registration, please visit the website,

http://cccs.uq.edu.au/events/internetclass/

Or contact Andrea Mitchell (a.mitchell at uq.edu.au ) or Gerard Goggin 
(g.goggin at uq.edu.au).