The Certificate

The Graduate Program in Media and Modernity offers students from a wide range of fields — architecture to computer science, visual arts to anthropology, literature to political theory — the opportunity to enrich and broaden their study through participation in the interdisciplinary activities of the program.

 

The Graduate Certificate in Media+Modernity is conferred each year to Princeton University graduate students that fulfill the requirements listed below.

 

Ph.D. students may obtain the M+M certificate by fulfilling the following requirements:

  1. enrollment in at least three seminars cross-listed with MOD (Media and Modernity).
  2. regular attendance at M+M events held during the semester.
  3. participation in a dissertation colloquium led by the program's directors.

Masters students may obtain the M+M certificate by fulfilling the following requirements:

  1. enrollment in at least three seminars cross-listed with MOD (Media and Modernity).
  2. regular attendance at M+M events held during the semester.

Students qualifying for the certificate should send the following information (in a single document) to [email protected] no later than May 1 for awarding of the certificate in that academic year:

a) Full name, department, program, year, expected date of graduation, contact email;

b) Name and contact email of primary advisor;

c) A list of courses fulfilling the qualifications for the Certificate, as listed above. Each of these should include all course numbers under which the class was listed, course titles, instructor names, descriptions (as listed on the Course Offerings website of the University) and the grade option for which each class was taken;

d) Any further information that might be useful and is not covered by the points above.

Graduate School Princeton – Program in Media and Modernity [information for students interested in pursuing the graduate certificate in Media and Modernity]

Please note: Students may not gain admission to the University through the Program in Media and Modernity.  They may affiliate with the program and earn a certificate from it after having been admitted through a degree-granting department.  The certificate does not appear on the official transcript.

 

Spring 2025 Dissertation Colloquium

The Program in Media + Modernity is pleased to announce its Spring 2025 Doctoral Colloquium, an interdisciplinary forum for Princeton doctoral students pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Media+Modernity. This event provides an opportunity to share dissertation work-in-progress and receive feedback from faculty and peers.

Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Eligibility: Open to Princeton Ph.D. candidates who have passed their generals and defended their dissertation proposals.
Presentation: 15-20 minutes, focusing on topics aligned with M+M’s core research agenda.
Prior to the colloquium, participants will be expected to submit their papers to the program's co-directors. 

Proposal Submission Guidelines:
Submit proposals as a single PDF to [email protected] with the subject line: “M+M Colloquium 2025 Proposal.” Include:

  1. Name, department, and primary contact email
  2. Presentation title
  3. 2-3 paragraph description of the topic
  4. 1-3 reference images
  5. Short bio (G-year, department, advisor)

Deadline: February 2, 2025 (EoD)

Advisor Endorsement: Dissertation advisors must send a brief endorsement directly to [email protected] and [email protected]

Participants must confirm advisor availability for the event.

Questions? Contact us at [email protected].