Association For Cultural Studies

Crossroads 2010 in Hong Kong

Jul 10, 09:06 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.

ACS Board 2008-2012

Jul 10, 08:58 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!

ACS General Meeting in Kingston

Jun 2, 02:16 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:

  1. Opening of the Assembly.
  2. The election of the Chair of the Assembly, the recording secretary, two scrutinizers of the minutes and two counters of votes.
  3. Notification that the Assembly is valid and constitutes a quorum.
  4. Accepting the agenda of the Assembly.
  5. The Assembly is presented the accounts, the Board’s annual report (available for members on the Intranet) and the auditors’ report.
  6. The Assembly decides about confirming the account and giving discharge from liability to the Board and to others in charge.
  7. The election of the Chair, Vice-Chair and other members of the Board.
  8. The election of one or two auditors and their vice persons.
  9. End of the Assembly.

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

ACS Zine - Issue 9

Jun 2, 02:09 PM

The ninth issue of Cultural Currents, the electronic newsletter of ACS, is out now!

In the Issue 9 e.g.:

In order to get it (or the previous issues), you need to be a full member of ACS. If you’re not, why not enter at once.

Full Members can download the ACS News on the Intranet.

NOTE: To access pdf files you need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, go here for free download.

Enjoy!

Johan Fornäs & Sanna Harakkamäki
Editors of the ACS Zine

Registration continues

May 17, 04:27 PM

Online registration period for the 2008 Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference in West Indies University, Jamaica, continues.

Normal registration rates (May 16 – June 15, 2008)

Register for the conference here.

For more information, please visit the official website at http://www.crossroads2008.org/.

Looking forward to see you in Kingston!

Registration glitches

May 8, 10:52 AM

Dear members,

Just a reminder that if you have ANY problems with registering on-line for Crossroads, please contact Sanna Harakkamaki at
info (at) cultstud.org for assistance. In most cases Sanna is able to resolve technical problems. Please also pass this information along if you hear of others having difficulties with the procedure.

Best wishes,
Meaghan Morris
ACS Chair

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