January 2021
MECS Colloquium by Simon Roloff and Hannes Bajohr (Basel) on the topics: "Iteration und Rekursion als Medienoperationen literarischer Poiesis" (Roloff) and "Algorithmic Empathy. On Two Paradigms of Digital Literature and the Need for a Critique of AI Works" (Bajohr) | Zoom, January 27, 08:00 Uhr.
Sebastian Vehlken: »Plastic Oceanography«, Lecture in the framework of the event "Medien und Nachhaltigkeit", Ruhr-University og Bochum, Januar 28, 2021
February 2021
Sebastian Vehlken: »Wellengeschehen. Ozeanische Störungspotenziale«, Conference on Noise Pollution, Universität Freiburg, February 04-05, 2021
April 2021
Conference with Florian Hoof as a speaker in panel 2 "Moving Images and the Military". Conference: "Film of State – A conference on the use and study of government films" – National Archives Washington & University of Maryland, College of Arts & Humanities. April 7th-9th, 2021
MECS Fellow Welcoming Reception, summer Term 2021 | Zoom, April 13th, 2021
June 2021
Martin Warnke: Keynote »Neuere Formen der Kunst rezente technologische Entwicklungen« as part of the online symposium »Grenzen der Künste im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung«, Juni 4–5, 2021 (June 4, 2021, 5pm)
Conference: Sozialkredit-System in China und Datenkapitalismus im Westen – Herrschaft durch Scoring und datengeschützte Simulation von Gesellschaft
June 18–19, 2021, online, offline or hybrid (tba)
Sebastian Vehlken: »Klimanotstand, Klimakrise, Klimakatastrophe: Eine medienwissenschatliche Betrachtung«, 1. Vestische Klimakonferenz, Gladbeck, June 15, 2021
Nathalie Bredella, MECS Alumni Daniel Cardoso Llach: Lecture »Gestalt vs. Cybernetics« as part of the series »Histories of Digitization«, June 16, 2021, 5pm, online