Hi299n: Gutenberg to The Internet: Modern

**Date**:May 17, 2023

**Location**: Waterloo, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Arts

**Department**: History

**Campus**: Waterloo

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:5738

**Position Title**:HI299N**:Gutenberg to the Internet: Modern Information Revolutions**:
**Term**: Fall 2023: (Sept 1 - Dec 31)

**Days/Times**: Tues/Thurs 5:30-6:50 pm
**Location**: Waterloo

**Hours per week/Hours Total**: 3 per week/36 total
**Type of Course**: In-class

**Anticipated Class Size**: 60

**Additional Course Requirements**: None

**Posted on**: May 18, 2023

**Posting ends**: June 1, 2023

**Position Summary**: The internet's transformation of global society is another chapter in the long technological story of the use of information. This course traces that history beginning with the print revolution in Europe sparked by Gutenberg and the emergence of a new information regime. Topics include the impact of the printing press, the history of the book and libraries, the spread of telecommunication technology, and the emergence of the internet. The cultural, social and economic effects as well as the technologies of this information revolution are explored from a historical perspective. Contemporary experiences of the internet are not investigated in this course.

**Qualifications - Required**: Master’s Degree

**Qualifications - Discipline**: History

**Application Deadline**: June 2, 2023

**Submit with Application**:
Required for All Applicants
- CV (required)

Required for External Applicants
- Names and Contact Information for Referees
- Evidence of Good Teaching

Optional
- Cover Letter
- Teaching Dossier
- Sample Course Outline (2-pages maximum)

**Applications may be addressed to**:
Dr. David Smith, Chair

Department of History
Wilfrid Laurier University

Waterloo, Ontario

**To Apply**:
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