Anna Greenspan

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