ARTHUR KROKER

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Keynotes & Lectures

• "Trajectories of the Posthuman," Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, September, 2012.
• "Technologies of Accelerate, Drift, Violence," End of the World Symposium, Nuit Blanche, Toronto City Hall, September, 2012.
• "After the Drones," Drones at Home Symposium, Calit2, UCSD, April, 2012.
• "The Digital Diaspora," Gallery at Calit2, UCSD, November, 2012.
• "Exits to the Posthuman Future," Artists Place, NYC, March, 2012.
• "Archives of the Imaginary," Research Workshop on the Future of the Archive in the Age of Digitality, Universite de Montreal, March, 2012.
• "Thinking the Future with Marshall McLuhan," Then, Now, Next: International Conference on Marshall McLuhan, University of Toronto, (Keynote Address) November, 2011.
• "Nietzsche in Drag in the Theater of Judith Butler," University of Western Ontario, October, 2011 (Keynote Address).
• "Hauntologies of the Future," Research Workshop on the End of History, Concordia University, October, 2011.
• "The Sustainable City," Vancouver Art Gallery, September, 2011 (Keynote Address).
• "Exits to the Posthuman Future, "Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Society," Concordia University, October 2010.
• "Body Drift," Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, October 2010.
• "Focus on Federalism: Social Media and Federalism" Invited lecture/seminar conducted for the Privy Council of Canada. Teleconferenced with Ottawa, May, 2010
• "The Real World of Technological Devices," Digital Assembly, University of Florida, March 2010.
• "The Legacy of Paul Virilio," An opening/introductory lecture at the Trajectories of the Catastrophic symposium, San Francisco Art Institute & City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, October, 2008.
• "The Individual and the Mass," Keynote Address, The Individual and the Mass, The Artistotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, May, 2008.
• "Born Again Ideology," A public lecture and reading at City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, October, 2007.
• "After Einstein: Biotechnology and New Media as Weapons in the War on Terror," Keynote Address, Infowarroom: At the End of the Era of Mass Media, De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June, 2007.
• "The Terrorism of Ideology," Keynote Address, Empire: The Human Condition Series, Laurentian University at Georgian College, Barrie, ON., May, 2007.
• Roundtable discussion with M. Hardt and M. Parenti, Empire: The Human Condition Series, Laurentian University at Georgian College, Barrie, ON., May, 2007.
• "Born Again Ideology," Keynote Address, Transmediale 07, Research Centre in Interactivity, Personalization and Experience, Berlin, Germany, February, 2007.
• "The Aesthetic Legacy of Marshall McLuahn," Inaugural lecture for the opening of the Marshall McLuhan Electronic Salon, Embassy of Canada at Berlin, Germany, February, 2007.
• "The Fate of the Body," Dean's Lecture Series, University of Victoria, Continuing Education (downtown centre), February, 2006.
• "Bodies, Codes and Power," Literature, Culture and the Digital Artifact, New Media and Culture Network, University of British Columbia, January, 2006.
• "Religion, Politics and Ideology," Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, November, 2005.
• "Twisted Strands," Keynote Address, Collisions Symposium, University of Victoria, September, 2005.
• "The Digital Imagination," ISIA di Firenze, Department of Design and Communication, Florence, Italy. June, 2005.
• "Born Again Ideology," Politics in the Age of Empire Symposium, Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, University of Victoria, January, 2005.
• "When Technology Crashed to Earth," Textologies: An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Multimedia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON., October, 2004.
• "Biotechnology: The Future(s) of Technoculture," Conscience and Science Forum, sponsored by Simon Fraser University / Innovation and Science Council of British Columbia / University of Victoria, at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, BC. April, 2004.
• "The Digital Eye," with M. Kroker, San Francisco Art Institute, March, 2004.
• "Wired Futures," with M. Kroker, University of California Davis, March, 2004.
• "The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism," print and multimedia book launch and lecture, Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, University of Victoria, March, 2004.
• "The Future of Electronic Publishing," with M. Kroker, Interactive Futures Conference, Pacific Independent Film and Video Festival, Victoria, BC, February, 2004.
• "The Rise and Decline of the Social," a series of three plenary lectures on technology, politics, and culture delivered at the invitation of the Graduate Program in Sociology and the Graduate Program in Communication and Culture, York University, June 2002.
• "Body and Codes," International Conference on New Media Futures and Interactive Technologies, University of Victoria, February 2002.
• "Wired Ruins," with M. Kroker, Cornell University International Conference on "DigitalTerrorism and Ethnic Scapegoating," October, 2002.
• "Technology and Design," X-Media, Florence, Italy, April 2002.
• "The Genetic Matrix," Harvard Humanities Center, November, 2000.
• "Why a National Electronic University," TED CITY, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Toronto, June 2000.
• "The Paradoxical Community," Law Commission of Canada, May 2000.
• "Digital Futures: The Legacy of Marshall McLuhan," Conference on the Humanities and Technology, Carleton University, May 2000.
• "E-Learning," Conference on Education and Technology, University of Windsor, April 2000
• "Cyberspace and Utopia," Cyberart, University of Alicante, Spain
• "New Media Futures," Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario, Sept. 1999, co-sponsored by CBC and Galafilms.
• "The Digital Eye," Cornell University, International Conference on Artistic Discourses of Digitality, March 1999.
• "The Digital Nerve," & "Net Culture," Paris, France. Toward a Media Ecology: The Third Rencontres Internationales Art/Cinema/Video. April, 23-28, 1998.
• "McLuhan's Legacy Codes," Many Dimensions: The Extensions of Marshall McLuhan, McLuhan Programme in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto, October, 1998.
• New Media Theory," Netlab, Steirischer-Hebst, Graz, Austria, October 1997.
• "The Digital Galaxy," Literaturhaus Muenchen, Munich, Germany, October, 1997.
• "The Triumph of the Virtual Class?" Institut fuer Neue Medien, Frankfurt, Germany, October, 1997.
• "Slow Suicide in the Wires," Art Futura, Madrid, October 1997.
• Oslo, Norway. 6Cyberconf: The 6th International Conference of Cyberspace. Keynote speaker, June, 1997.
• "Digital McLuhan," Symposium on the McLuhan Legacy, York University, Toronto, March, 1997.
• "Digital Delirium," Goëthe Institute, Toronto, March 1997.
• Venice, Italy. Opera Totale. Keynote speaker, November 1996.
• Buffalo, NY. State University of New York. Conference (Border Disputes: Communications, Commerces, Cultures) presentation, "Alien Theory." October, 1996
• Vienna, Austria. Mak-Galerie Museum, lecture on the work of Konrad Becker's e-scape museum. June 13, 1996.
• Zurich, Switzerland. Symposium New Codes, Keynote speaker. March 10, 1996.
• Vienna, Austria. The Depot, an Artists cooperative. Public Lecture on Hacking the Future. March 6, 1996.
• Linz, Austria. Time After Media Conference, Keynote speaker. March 2, 1996.
• "Stories for the Flesh-Eating 90s," Virtual Futures, University of Warwick, Coventry, England. May, 1995.
• "Digital Flesh," Kunstsmuseum, Bern, Switzerland. May, 1995.
• "Becoming Human or Becoming Digital?", Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, England. April, 1995.
• "Hacking the Future," Philosophy and Literature International Conference, Villanova University, Pennsylvania. April, 1995.
• "The Triumph of the Virtual Class," San Francisco Art Institute. February, 1995.
• "The Third Right: Hacking the American Way," San Francisco Art Institute, panel on "The Media and the Postmodern Right" with Kathy Acker and Greil Marcus. February, 1995.
• "Wired Culture," Institute for the Study of Media and Arts, University of Cologne, October, 1994.
• "Spasm," Berlin Academy of the Arts, Berlin, Germany. July,1994.
• "Virtual Bodies," Austrian State Radio Conference, Innsbruck, Austria. June 3-5, 1994.
• "Wired Culture," Transit, (Innsbruck, Austria), Conference sponsored by Austrian Radio. May, 1994.
• "The Virtual Class," Technoscience and Cyberculture, CUNY Graduate Center, Cultural Studies Programme. May, 1994.
• Media Archive Talk, Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany. October 1993.
• "The Recombinant Body". V2 Symposium, The Body in Ruins, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. October 1993.
• Inaugural Talk, "The Last Sex". Eldorado Film Institute, Antwerp, Belgium. April 1, 1993.
• "The Last Sex," University of California at Santa Cruz, Video and Cultural Studies. March, 1993.
• Speaker, "Spasm/Virtual Reality." University of California at Berkeley, Pacific Film Archive/Northern Exposure, Berkeley, California. March 1993.
• Speaker, "Excremental TV". The Next Five Minutes, Video/TV Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. February 1993.
• Distinguished Visitor: McGill University, Graduate Programme in Architecture. Topic: "Speed and Architecture." November, 1992.
• Guest Lecturer, "Pure Tech," Graduate Programme in Communication, McGill University. November, 1992.
• Lecture/ performance with the Critical Art Ensemble. Centre for Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida. September 1992.
• Graduate Faculty Lecturer, "Desire, Power, Technology: The Technological Body," San Francisco Art Institute. August, 1992.
• Guest Faculty, Summer Conference, "Desire, Power, Technology: The Technologized Body". San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. August l7-21, l992.
• Keynote Speaker, "Night of Electricity," Rotterdam, Holland. June, 1992.
• Guest Lecturer, "Body Afterimages," McGill University: Graduate Program in Communication and Comparative Literature. November 14, 1991.
• Keynote Speaker, "Towards the Aesthetics of the Future," Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, England. April 7, 1991.
• Guest Lecturer, "To Tell the Truth," Program in the Visual Arts, Brown University: Symposium on Art Forgery/Art Authenticity. March 15-16, 1991.
• Guest Lecturer, "The New World Disorder," Symposium on the Social Imaginary. University of Puerto Rico. March 15-16, 1991.
• Guest Lecturer, University of Puerto Rico Comparative Literature Department. February 19, 1991.
• Guest Lecturer, "Virtual Art," New York City: DIA Center for the Arts. November 11, 1990.
• Guest Lecturer, "Crash Music," Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York City. March 31, 1990.
• Guest Lecturer, "Possessed Individualism," Catholic University of America, Department of Architecture. March 28, 1990.
• Guest Lecturer, "New Music Theory," SUNY Department of Music, Buffalo, New York. March 6, 1990.
• Guest Lecturer, "1992 and Columbus Returns to Europe," University of Florida, Department of English. February 8, 1990.
• Guest Lecturer, "The Hysterical Male," University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Centre for Twentieth Century Studies. December, 1989.
• Guest lecturer, "The Rhetoric of Film," The 18th Ann Arbor Film and Video Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. July, 1989.
• Plenary Address, "Panic USA," University of Montana: Modern Communication and the Disappearance of Art and Politics Conference, May, 1989.
• Keynote Speaker, "Machines, Space, and the Body," University of Florida, Department of Architecture. March 1989.
• Keynote Speaker, "Viral Art," Banff Centre of the Performing Arts, February, 1989, (2 lectures, 1 seminar).
• Guest Lecturer, "Technology and Postmodern Culture," Université de Paris V, February, 1989.
• Guest lecturer, "Panic Art," Montréal Museum of Fine Art, January 1989.
• Keynote Speaker, "Sacrificial Sex," Toronto: Public Access Symposium, November 1988.
• Keynote Speaker, "Nietzsche's Cat," Dalhousie University: Atlantic Conference of University Teachers, November, 1988.
• Guest Lecturer, "Body Invaders," London, England: Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), October, 1988.
• Guest Lecturer, "Ideology and Enterprise Culture," England: University of Manchester, October, 1988.
• Plenary Address, "Liberal Burnout," University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Gramsci Conference on Contemporary Cultural Studies. March 1987.
• Plenary Address, "Panic Jameson," University of Kansas: Philosophy and Literature Association. April, 1987.
• Plenary Address, "Ideology and Eroticism," Victoria College, University of Toronto: International Semiology Association. June, 1987.
• Plenary Address, "Panic Sex in America," CUNY Graduate Centre: Postmodernism and Cultural Studies, New York. May, 1987.
• Guest Lecturer, "Fin-de-Millenium Culture," Teeside Polytechnic, England: Sponsored by Theory, Culture and Society. February 1987.
• Guest Lecturer, "Body Digest," McGill University Department of Communication. January, 1987.
• Guest Lecturer, "Ultramodernism: Francesca Woodman/Eric Fischl," Trent University. December, 1986.
• Guest Lecturer, "Are We Having Fun Yet?" Carleton University Department of Film and Sociology. November, 1986.
• Guest Lecturer, "The Postmodern Scene," Université d'Ottawa Department of Fine Arts. October, 1986.
• Guest Lecturer, "Beyond Postmodernism: 5 Theses," York Programme in Social and Political Thought. October, 1986
• Guest Lecturer, "Postmodernism and Aesthetics: Tony Brown's Spinning Bodies," Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg. September, 1986.
• Guest Lecturer, "Postmodern America in Ruins: Edward Hopper/Eric Fischl," City University of New York Department of Sociology and Cultural Studies. March, 1986.
• Special Keynote Address, "Understanding Technology," National Film Board, Winnipeg. March, 1986.
• Martin Walsh Memorial Lecturer, "Mediascape," University of Toronto Canadian Film Studies Association. June, 1985.
• Guest Lecturer, "Technology: Ecstasy or Deprival," McMaster University Department of Sociology. March, 1985.
• Guest Lecturer, "The Toronto School of Communication," Special Conference on Innis/McLuhan Legacy, Innis College, University of Toronto. March, 1985.
• Guest Lecturer, "Technology and Canadian Culture," Canadian Academic Centre, Rome, Italy. February, 1985.
• Guest Lecturer, "TV and the Triumph of Culture," Trent University, Cultural Studies. January, 1985.
• Guest Lecturer, "Habermas' Compromise," Trent University. January, 1985.
• Guest Lecturer, "Technologie et culture," Université de Montréal. April, 1984.
• Guest Lecturer, "Baudrillard's Marx," York University Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought. February, 1984.
• Guest Lecturer, "Technology and Canadian Thought," York University: Canadian Studies Programme. October, 1983.
• Guest Lecturer, "The Canadian Discourse," Trent University. October, 1982.