Claus Pias is Professor of History and Theory of Media at the Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (ICAM) at the Leuphana-University Lüneburg. He held professorships in Bochum, Essen and Vienna and was fellow at the IFK Vienna, the IKKM Weimar, and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Berlin. Publications include: Escape. Computerspiele als Kulturtechnik (ed. with C. Holtorf) 2007. Abwehr: Modelle – Strategien – Medien (ed.) 2009; PowerPoint. Macht und Einfluß eines Präsentationsprogramms (ed. with W. Coy) 2009; Motive, special issue Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft (ed. with U. Bergermann) 1(2010); ComputerSpielWelten (2nd edition) 2010; Think Tanks. Die Beratung der Gesellschaft (ed.) 2010; at transmediale.11 he will present his latest book Was waren Medien? (2011).
