Presentations

• "Hollywood Goes Digital," at the Friday Afternoon Seminar on Information Access, University of California, Berkeley, September 20, 2024. 
• "The History and Politics of the Internet: Policy Implications," at the Friday Afternoon Seminar on Information Access, University of California, Berkeley, November 17, 2023.
• "Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe and the United States ,"at Mini University, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 13, 2017.
• "International Politics in the Age of the Internet," at Mini University, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 11, 2014.
• The Politics of International Competitiveness” at Emeriti House, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, October 13, 2013.
• "Revising Theories of International Politics in the Information Age," at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association in San Diego, California, April 1-4, 2012.
• "The Politics of File Sharing in the United States: The Rise and Fall of SOPA and PIPA," at the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, March 23, 2012.

• “Explaining Variance in US and European Responses to the Financial Crisis of 2007-8” at a conference on European Responses to the Economic Crisis: Lessons for the United States, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, April 8, 2011.

• "Geopolitical Factors in International Competitivenes," at a conference on Competing in the New Innovation-Driven Global Economy: Interdisciplinary Research, Experimentation, and Breakthrough Knowledge, Oak Brook, Illinois, April 1-2, 2011.

• “The Global Flat Panel Display Industry" at a symposium on “US-China Business Cooperation in the 21^st  Century: US-China Economic and Trade Relations during the Period of the Post-Global Economic Crisis” at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, March 14-15, 2011.

• "The Net Neutrality Debate in the United States," at the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, October 29, 2010.

• "Information and Communications Technologies and Power," at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 20, 2010.

• “The Transition to Digital Television in the United States: The Endgame,” at a conference on Digital TV Transitions: DTV Switchover, Mobile TV, IPTV – Lessons and Projections at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University, New York, October 2, 2009.

• “Theories of International Relations” Indiana University Student Foreign Policy Initiative, Bloomington, Indiana, September 22, 2009.

• “Video on the Internet: The Content Question,” at the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, November 14, 2008.

• “HDTV and DTV Standards” at a conference on Information and the Information Economy, Fordham University, New York, May 2-3, 2008.

• "Democracy in the Age of the Internet: An Analysis of the Net Neutrality Debate of 2006," Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, November 16, 2007.

• "International Regimes for Information and Communications Technologies: Towards a New Research Agenda," Institute for Globalization and International Studies, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2007.

• "Video on the Internet: The Content Question," Center for International Tele-Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, November 2, 2007.

• "Economic Interests and U.S. Foreign Policy," at the U.S. Studies Institute, Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., June 21, 2007.

• "Toward a Political Economy of Digital Culture." Colloquium Series of the Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, April 11, 2007.

• "Globalization's Impact on High Tech Industries in the United States" Conference on “Globalization Comes Home: How the United States is Being Transformed by Globalization” at the University of California, Berkeley, February 1-2, 2007.

• "International Regimes for Information and Communications Technologies: Towards a New Research Agenda," at the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, October 13, 2006.

• "Images of Power in Hollywood Films: The Example of Star Wars," at a conference on "The Images of Power in Literature, Media, and Society, sponsored by the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery and Colorado State University, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 9-11, 2006.

• "Flat Panel Displays" at a conference on the Globalization of Innovation at the National Academies, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2006.

• "The Politics of Biotechnology," at the Mini University, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 23, 2005.

• "The Politics of the Transition to Digital Television," at the Technology Conference, University of California, Berkeley, February 18-20, 2005.

• “The Transition to Digital TV: Historical Analysis and Current Policy Issues,” brown bag series, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, October 15, 2004.

• “The Digital Opportunities Task Force: The G8’s Effort to Bridge the Digital Divide,” at a conference on “Transformation in Global Governance: Implications for Multinationals” at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, October 8-9, 2004.

• “Global HDTV Policy” at the HDTV Forum 2004, DisplaySearch, Los Angeles, California, August 24, 2004.

• “The Politics of Global Standards,” Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Research, Bloomington, Indiana, April 12, 2004.

• “Technology, Television, and Competition,” at the Center for Global Change and Governance at Rutgers University in Newark, November 20, 2003.

• "Telecommunications: An International Perspective," at a meeting of the Global Business Network, Bloomington, Indiana, November 9, 1999.
• "Globalization in the Age of Wintelism" at the Mini University, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 22, 1999.
• "Globalization and Governance: Conceptual and Policy Challenges" talk delivered with Aseem Prakash at the 4^th Governance Seminar, United Nations Secretariat, New York, New York, June 18, 1999.
• "Redefining National Security in a Globalizing World Economy" at the UCLA Center for International Relations, Los Angeles, California, May 18, 1999.
• "Structural Adjustment and Volatility in the World Economy" at a conference on Neoliberalism and Structural Adjustment in Latin America and Africa at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, May 13, 1999.
• "The Cold War in Science Fiction Films" at a conference on Cold War Culture: Film, Fact, and Fiction at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, February 18-21, 1999.
• "Management Strategies and Government Policies in the Global FPD (Flat Panel Display) Industry," (with Stefanie Ann Lenway and Thomas Murtha) at Display Works '99, San Jose, California, February 4, 1999.
• "The Politics of Digital Television in the United States," at a seminar held by the Stanford Computer Industry Project, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, February 3, 1999.
• "How Firms Strategize for the Next Generation of Displays," keynote address, 15th Annual Flat Information Displays Conference, Monterey, California, December 2-3, 1998.
• "Flying Geese or Sitting Ducks?  Flat Panel Displays in Korea and Taiwan," East Asian Studies Center colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, October 2, 1998.
• "The Rise of Wintelism in the United States," paper delivered with Sangbae Kim at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 3-6, 1998.
• "The Global Political Economy of Wintelism," paper delivered  with Sangbae Kim at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 2, 1998.
• "Thirty Technologies," presentation prepared for Thomson Consumer Electronics, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 21, 1998. [part 2]
• "Advanced Displays in Korea and Taiwan," paper delivered with Greg Linden at the annual meeting of the ISA, West, Davis, California, November, 1997.

Updated on December 24, 2025. Send comments or questions to hartj@iu.edu.

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