CMS 10th Anniversary

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n the lie o every great university there are dening moments, when the very best ideas are made tangibleand, then, come alive. Tough ew and ar between, thesemoments both reect and crystallize what is, and provide avision or

what can be

. Te creation o Comparative MediaStudies in 1999 was one such moment.Under the extraordinary leadership o Henry Jenkins and William Uricchio, CMS has grown rom a cool idea into a powerul and transormative organization. Drawing rom MI’s long traditions o experimentation and exploration,CMS has moved the humanities into a digital uture, artullycombining the analytical and creative rigors o humanisticscholarship with emergent technologies and cultures. Te result has been dazzling, challenging, always moving orward.It is with deep admiration or Henry and William, and proound gratitude or their vision, that we celebrate this an-niversary. MI is so ortunate to include CMS in its roster o “great ideas made real”—we trust that the next ten years will be as inspiring as the rst.

Deborah Fitzgerald

K S D   S  H, Ar, d S SPrr   Hr  T   Prr S, T, d S massachusetts institute of technology

Dean Deborah Fitzgerald

10 YEARS

Comparative Media StudiesMassachusetts Institute o echnology 77 Massachusetts Ave., E15-331Cambridge, MA 02139617.253.3599 / cms@mit.edu / cms.mit.eduPlease send comments to

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Research Directors

Chris Csikszentmihályi

, C4FCM

Kurt Fendt

, HyperStudio

Daniel Pereira

, C3

Scot Osterweil

, EA

Philip Tan