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Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London

Anatomy Lecture Theatre (King's Building K6.29)

On October 29, 1969 the first packets of the Internet were sent.To commemorate the Internet&#x27;s 50th birthday, the Department of Digital Humanities at King&#x27;s College London presents a series of reflections on the occasion, held in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PechaKucha" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PechaKucha</a> style, followed by a drinks reception - please join us!18:00-19:30: TalksDr Mercedes Bunz, &#x27;Thank you internet, or how I got away from Kittler&#x27;Dr Stuart Dunn, &#x27;Growing up tall and proud: Arpanet and the Cold War&#x27;Dr Kate DevlinDr Ashwin Mathew, &#x27;Whose internet?&#x27;Dr Conor McKeown, &#x27;Logic; Cryptography; The Internet: How Cracking Codes Led to Shaking Hands&#x27;Dr Daniel Nemenyi, &#x27;Cybernetic Guerrilla Warfare&#x27;Dr Claire Reddleman, &#x27;The Power of Abstraction: mapping the internet&#x27;Dr Kristen Schuster, &#x27;The Internet Was Invented for Sharing Cat Photos...&#x27;Dr Phottini Vrikki, &#x27;At the Internet’s Margins? After the Mainstreaming of Online Practices&#x27;Films edited by Dr Marta Musso.19:30-21:00: Reception*Organising committee: Ashwin Mathew, Marta Musso and Daniel Nemenyi

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