![CFP: Techno-Orientalism, Vol. II](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TO2-Promo-470x140.jpg)
Edited Collection: Techno-Orientalism, Vol. IIEditors: David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta Niu, and Christopher T. Fan Deadline: August 8, 2022 So much has happened since…
![Minor Transpacific](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sup-470x140.jpg)
I’m pleased to announce that my next book, Minor Transpacific, is under contract with Stanford University Press and slated to be published in their spring/summer…
![Thoughts on Pachinko](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pachinko_min-jin-lee-470x140.jpg)
Update: My book is under contract with Stanford University Press, and will be published in 2021, hopefully around the time the Pachinko TV series premieres….
![DHU2, Feb. 10-11, 2017](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/16700670_10211187982547789_8903812563472659915_o-470x140.jpg)
Many thanks to all those who attended the DHU2 Symposium at the University of Utah. Thanks to my co-director, Rebekah Cummings, as well as many…
![Illegal Literature has arrived (updated w/ reviews)!](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CWW-bfhUEAANwJL-470x140.jpg)
Update (04/15/2016): Another review, from PopMatters. Roh’s work offers a number of valuable insights. The ardent defense of copyright on a broad scale, he suggests,…
![On the perils of absolute ownership, tractors, and T.S. Eliot](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Eliot-Tractor-2-470x140.jpg)
Finally, an excuse to exercise my photoshop skills with my academic writing! I’ve posted a short piece on the commonalities between the Eliot Estate and…
![Back to the Future](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Check out this short-form essay by Wendy Lee on Avidly, a new forum from the LA Review of Books on popular culture and criticism. Our…
![Invited Talk: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rummelbig-470x140.jpg)
On January 30th, I give a talk on my forthcoming book at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor’s Digital Studies group. There are a lot of great…
![Coming in 2015: Illegal Literature](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2011_SpringTradeCatalog1-470x140.jpg)
Update: Pre-order on Amazon! After a lengthy revision and submission process, my monograph, Illegal Literature: Toward a Disruptive Creativity, is finally in production at University of…
![Techno-Orientalism: Coming in 2015](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Techno-Orientalism-Logo2-470x140.jpg)
Update 11/02/14: Pre-order on Amazon! Link to Rutgers University Press Catalog Update 9/20/14: The volume is slated for release in the spring 2015 catalog. We’ve…
![In Media Res](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/in-media-res-470x140.jpg)
I’m participating, along with Dylan Wittkower, in In Media Res‘s discussion on intellectual property rights in the digital age. Check it out!
![Defining Disruptive Textuality](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/disruptive-textuality2-470x140.jpg)
“Disruptive” is usually an adjective given to unwelcome interlocutors; they’re perceived as bothersome, distracting, and in the worst cases, pernicious. In the tech world, however, disruptive…
![MediaCommons & The Media Park](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Logo-2-Medium1-e1346209058813.jpg)
I’m happy to announce that the new Media Park website is finally up and running (http://mediapark.digital.odu) after several days of pulling my hair out, wrestling…
![Agrippa Hacking Challenge](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/directionsforagrippa-e1346209310357.jpg)
Agrippa back in the news–Quinn Dupont has thrown down the gunmetal gray gauntlet and challenged hackers to break the encryption to William Gibson’s poem, Agrippa….
![Community, the Game](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
As an admirer of the show Community, it’s seriously fun to watch when its rabid viewership picks up an idea and runs with it. After…
![CFP: Edited Collection: Techno-Orientalism in Science Fiction Film, Media and Literature](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bladerunner-470x140.jpg)
UPDATE II: Great news–the volume is under contract with Rutgers University Press as part of its new Asian American Studies Today series! Thanks to all…
![Invited Talk at Duke](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_4499-470x140.jpg)
I had the distinct pleasure of giving a talk at Duke University, where I presented on my initial foray into my third book project, an…
![Comiket 2010](http://davidsroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_4372-470x140.jpg)
Thanks to the generosity of the College Summer Research Fellowship Program, I was able to conduct field research in Tokyo for my book project. I…