[WhatsUpUoH] Distinguished Lecture on 16 July 2014 at 3:00pm -Reg

University of Hyderabad

Distinguished Lecture

“Networks of Outrage and Hope. Social Movements in the Internet Age”

by

Prof. Manuel Castells

Wallis Annenberg Chair in

Communication Technology and Society

University of Southern California

on

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 3.00 pm

Venue

DST Auditorium

About the Speaker

Manuel Castells is University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. He is Professor of communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and holds joint appointments in the Department of Sociology, in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, and in the School of International Relations. He is, as well, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, where he was Professor of City and Regional Planning and Professor of Sociology from 1979 to 2003 before joining USC.

 

Manuel Castells is especially associated with research on the information society, communication and globalization. He has authored 26 academic books, edited 22 additional books and published over 100 articles in academic journals. Among other distinctions, Castells has received the 2013 Balzan Prize from the International Balzan Prize Foundation, and the 2012 Holberg International Memorial Prize from the parliament of Norway. He has served on the boards or advisory boards of 20 academic journals.

 

He has been an advisor to UNESCO, International Labour Office, United Nations Development Program, US Agency for International Development, European Commission, Government of Chile (Allende administration), Government of Mexico, Government of France, Government of Ecuador, State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Government of the Russian Federation, Government of Brazil, Government of Portugal, and Government of Spain

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