Anna Greenspan

Anna Greenspan
Assistant Professor of Contemporary Global Media, NYU Shanghai; Global Network Assistant Professor, NYU
Email
ag158@nyu.edu
Room
938
Office Phone
+86 (21) 20595072

Anna Greenspan is an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Global Media, NYU Shanghai; Global Network Assistant Professor, NYU. She 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).  Her research focuses on urban China and emerging media. Anna was the co-founder of the Shanghai Studies Society as well as the research hub Hacked Matter. She also runs a digital humanities project, Moveable Feasts, that maps Shanghai’s street food. Her latest book Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Anna is currently working on a book on China and the Wireless Wave. She maintains a personal website at www.annagreenspan.com.
 

Education

  • PhD, Philosophy
    University of Warwick
  • MA, Continental Philosophy
    University of Warwick

Research Interests

  • Continental philosophy
  • Urban Asia
  • Cyberculture

Courses Taught

  • Capstone Studio - Interactive Media Arts
  • Chinese Cyberculture
  • Global Connections
  • Internship Seminar and Fieldwork
  • Philosophy of Technology: Thinking Machines
  • Seminar Topics
  • Special Topics in Digital Humanities: Street Food & Urban Farming
  • Street Life & Street Food in the 21st Century City
  • The Cultivated City
  • Topics in Digital Humanities