Dr. Caroline Bassett

Professor

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Biography

Caroline Bassett's research explores questions surrounding digital technologies and knowledge production and epistemology. She investigates how digital realms change scholarship, transform understanding, and produce new scales of perspectives. As the Professor of Digital Humanities and Director of Cambridge Digital Humanities, Bassett's work delves into cultural forms and practices, examining the stakes of informational capitalism and its implications on temporalities and forms of life. Her extensive experience includes co-founding the Sussex Humanities Lab at the University of Sussex and holding visiting fellowships at prestigious institutions such as McGill University and the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. Her research interests focus on Digital Media, computational humanities, the transformation of knowledge cultures through AI, science fiction, and feminist theories of technology. She engages in theorizing media histories and addressing automation anxieties while welcoming doctoral applications in areas like digital media studies and feminist technology studies.

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Experience

Professor of Digital Humanities

2019-09-01 — Present

University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England

Director of Cambridge Digital Humanities, researching digital technologies and epistemology.

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.