Description
This collection includes the print and
electronic teaching and research papers of Mark Poster, Professor of History and Film &
Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
Background
Mark Poster was Professor of History and Film & Media Studies at the University of
California, Irvine, and also taught in the Critical Theory Emphasis. Additionally, he had
appointments in the Department of Information and Computer Science and the Department of
Comparative Literature. He authored or edited more than 17 books and 90 articles on European
intellectual history, the social and cultural theory of electronically mediated information,
postmodernism, and critical theory, among other subjects.
Extent
3.6 Linear Feet
(5 boxes) and 1.03 GB of electronic records
Restrictions
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the
creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Availability
The collection is open for research. Access to files covered by California personnel
records legislation is restricted for 50 years from the latest date of the materials in
those files. Access to student records is restricted for 75 years from the latest date of
the materials in those files. Special Collections and Archives policy places access
restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from its date of
creation. Restrictions are noted at the file level.