Anna Greenspan

Anna Greenspan is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Global Media at NYU Shanghai and a Global Network Associate Professor at NYU. Her research focuses on urban futures and emerging media. Anna was the co-founder of the Shanghai Studies Society as well as the research hub Hacked Matter. She also ran a digital humanities project, Moveable Feasts, that maps Shanghai’s street food. Her latest book is China and the Wireless Undertow: Media as Wave Philosophy, University of Edinburgh Press, 2023. Anna holds a PhD in Continental Philosophy from Warwick University, UK. While at Warwick, Anna was a founding member of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU). She maintains a personal website at www.annagreenspan.com.
Education
- PhD, Philosophy
University of Warwick - MA, Continental Philosophy
University of Warwick
Research Interests
- Philosophy
- Urban Futures
- Emerging Media
Courses Taught
- What is New Media
- The Cultivated City
- Philosophy of Technology
- Capstone Studio - Interactive Media Arts
- Street Life & Street Food in the 21st Century City
- Chinese Cyberculture
- Shanghai: Global Connections
- Internship Seminar and Fieldwork