Denison Seminar Presents Lecture on Google
Posted: October 15, 2010
Sangeet Kumar
Sangeet Kumar, assistant professor of communication at Denison University, will present a lecture, “Google and the Sovereign: New Media’s Challenge to the Nation State,” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 25, in the Shephardson Room of Slayter Hall (200 Ridge Road). The lecture, sponsored by the Global Studies Seminar series, is free and open to the public.
The lecture will discuss recent episodes of conflict between the software Google Earth and nations across the world. The conflicts have evolved into diplomatic episodes in which governments perceive an intrusion into their territorial space.
Calendar Listing:
CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville — Lecture: “Google and the Sovereign: New Media’s Challenge to the Nation State,” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 25, in the Shephardson Room of Slayter Hall (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Fadhel Kaboub at 740-587-6315 or visit www.denison.edu.
About Denison:
Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.
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