Upcoming events
Most of our events are free and open to the public.
Sep 16, 2025 | Cornell University
Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (Talk by Ben Collier, STS Edinburgh)
A talk by Ben Collier about the evolution of Tor, “one of the most important and misunderstood technologies of the digital age.”
Past events
April 24, 2025 | 4:30–6:30pm | Cornell Cinema
Machines in Flames: Movie Screening and Discussion
Join us for a screening of Machines in Flames (2022), a secret history of destruction following the footsteps of a clandestine group of French workers that started bombing computer firms in 1980 Toulouse. Followed by a discussion with director Andrew Culp and Princeton sociologist Janet Vertesi.
Workshop “Shady Subjects: Everyday Contestation in Automated Systems”
A two-day academic workshop about everyday practices contestation in automated systems.
March 11, 2021 | Virtual event
Coded Bias: Movie Screening and Discussion
Join us for a screening and discussion of Shalini Kantayya’s Coded Bias (2020), a documentary film that explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately.
January 19–21, 2021 | Virtual event
Oral History Training Institute
In collaboration with the Science History Institute’s Center for Oral History, we are offering a four-day online workshop that will introduce attendees to all aspects of the interview process, including general oral history theory and methodology, in-person and remote interviewing techniques, legal and ethical issues, transcription practices, archiving, recording equipment and its use, data management, and other relevant topics. Attendees are encouraged to bring their research ideas for discussion/feedback.
By application only.
