May 28, 09:28 PM
The Association for Cultural Studies office will be closed during the summer holidays. New memberships and renewals will be processed again in 29 June.
Happy holidays from the ACS!
Apr 16, 09:41 AM
Dear colleagues,
The 8th Crossroads Conference in Cultural Studies will be hosted by the Department of Cultural Studies jointly with Kwan Fong Cultural Research & Development Programme of Lingnan University in HONG KONG during June 17 -21, 2010. Please check the details at our conference website: http://www.crossroads2010.org
This year we are very pleased to have invited the following keynote and plenary speakers:
As always, we are open to all innovative topics in Cultural Studies. There is certainly no boundary of your scholarly thinking; however, we do have some suggested topics listed in the section Topic Suggestions in the conference website as food for thoughts. Please also refer to the section on Panels and Proposals in the conference website for the submission guidelines.
Please submit your proposals by December 31st, 2009 to the Academic Programme Sub-committee at: xroads(at)LN.edu.hk
We look forward to receiving your proposals soon!
Crossroads 2010
Academic Programme Sub-committee
Academic Director:
Committee Members:
Apr 2, 12:30 AM
The exact dates of the conference have been decided: The Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference 2010 will be held at Lingnan University June 17 – 21, 2010
The official conference website will be opened next week and Call for Papers will follow. Check the ACS website for updates.
Jul 10, 08:06 PM
The ASC General Assembly 2008 announced the site for the Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference 2010: See you in Hong Kong!
The official conference website will be opened shortly. Check the ACS website for updates.
Jul 10, 07:58 PM
The composition of the newly elected ACS Board was publicly announced at the ACS General Assembly held on 6 July 2008.
The line-up for the ACS Board 2008-2012:
Chair
Ferda Keskin (representing Asia)
Vice Chair
Gil Rodman (representing North America and the English- and French-speaking Caribbean )
Africa:
Handel Kashope Wright
Asia:
Abdulhamied Alromaithy
Stephen Chan
Yoshitaka Mouri
Australia and New Zealand:
Melissa Gregg
Europe:
Ursula Ganz-Blättler
Roman Horak
Eric Maigret
Anne Scott Sørensen
Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean:
Rosario Radakovich
North America and the English- and French-speaking Caribbean:
Jody Berland
Pepi Leistyna
Congratulations to the new ACS Board!
Jun 2, 01:16 PM
Invitation to all members of the Association for Cultural Studies
ACS General Meeting in Kingston
Sunday 6 July 2008 16:15-18:00
On Sunday 6 July, all ACS members are welcome to participate in a general meeting held during the Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference at the University of the West Indies in
Kingston, Jamaica. The meeting takes place in the Social Science Lecture Theatre (SSLT) from 16:15 to 18:00 local time.
This ACS General Meeting consists of three main sections:
16:15 Opening speech by Meaghan Morris, Chair of the Association.
16:40 General Assembly, as described in the ACS Rules:
17:20 Report on Crossroads conferences and other organisational issues, followed by an open discussion of future tasks and activities of the ACS.
18:00 End of meeting.
For more information on this and other ACS issues, please check out the new issue of the ACS Newsletter that is now published on the Intranet.
On behalf of the ACS Board
Welcome!
Johan Fornäs
Vice Chair of the ACS
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