Association For Cultural Studies

Crossroads 2010 - latest update

Jul 20, 12:40 PM

The 8th international Crossroads will be held in Hong Kong, June
17-21, 2010. Below is an update on the latest from our organizers at Lingnan University:

10 World-class Keynote Speakers from Australia, China, Ecuador, France, India, Italy, Taiwan, UK, and USA will address the conference with research based on their latest work at keynote and plenary sessions. For details click here.

VERY AFFORDABLE Accommodation To meet the challenge of the global financial crisis, we offer special favourable rates at our two conference hotels. Room rate starts from US$64 (breakfast, service and tax incl) per night only! In addition, air-conditioned campus hostel accommodation is also available for US$30 per night! See: http://www.crossroads2010.org/accommodation.html

CUTTING-EDGE Conference Topics We welcome all topics relevant to Cultural Studies, especially new and innovative areas of research. See a list of possible topic areas at: http://www.crossroads2010.org/topic_suggestions.html

Submit your proposal NOW! The call for paper and organised panel proposals is already in progress. Check the /submission guidelines/ and act before Dec. 31, 2009: http://www.crossroads2010.org/panel_and_paper_proposals.html

Online Registration is ready. Please make sure you DON’T MISS the Early Bird Registration deadline: March 15, 2010! For details, visit our website right away, at: http://www.crossroads2010.org/registration_details.html

Spread the news: Please forward this info to your colleagues and friends! We look forward to seeing each and every one of you in Hong Kong in 2010!

ACS Office on June Vacation

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!

Crossroads 2010: Call for Session Proposals

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:

Katherine GIBSON (Australia)
Tony BENNETT (UK/Australia)
Anne BALSAMO (US)
Nilufer GOLE (Turkey/France)
Josephine HO (Taiwan)
Sandro MEZZADRA (Italy)
PUN Ngai (China)
Vinod RAINA (India)
Andrew ROSS (US)
Catherine WALSH (Ecuador)

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:

Professor Meaghan MORRIS, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University

Committee Members:

Professor Stephen Ching-kiu CHAN, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Professor John Nguyet ERNI, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Dr Helen GRACE, Dept of Cultural & Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Mette Anne HJORT, Dept of Philosophy, Lingnan University
Dr Po-keung HUI, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Dr Wing-sang LAW, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Dr Angel LIN, Dept of English, City University of Hong Kong
Dr Shuang SHEN, Dept of Chinese, Lingnan University
Dr Ching YAU, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University

Update for the Crossroads 2010 Conference

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.

Crossroads 2010 in Hong Kong

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.

ACS Board 2008-2012

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!

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