Lev Manovich

Dr. Lev Manovich is a Presidential Professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). He is widely recognized as a pioneering thinker whose influential work in media theory, digital art, and digital humanities continues to influence new generations of researchers. He has played a key role in creating a number of new research fields: new media and digital culture (1991-), software studies (2001-), cultural analytics (2005–), and AI aesthetics (2017-). Manovich's pubications include 225 articles that are widely cited across multiple disciplines, reprinted over 460 times in 40 languages. Among his 17 books are Artificial Aesthetics, Cultural Analytics, Instagram and Contemporary Image, Software Takes Command, and The Language of New Media, which has been called "the most provocative and comprehensive media history since Marshall McLuhan."