Crossroads 2022 programme

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Crossroads Cultural Studies Conference 2022 Official Programme

Crossroads 2022 Book of abstracts

Day 1 (November 17th)

7.30-8.00 Opening session

Adelaide Meira Serras Head, University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies, Portugal
Mário Avelar Head, Department of English, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Meaghan Morris Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Australia; ACS-Association for Cultural Studies Chair 2004-08
Helene Strauss Professor, Department of English, University of the Free State, South Africa; ACS-Association for Cultural Studies Vice-Chair 2022-26

8.00 Parallel sessions 1

9.45 Spotlight Panel 1
Emotional Celebrity – Sean Redmond (Deakin University), Deborah Jermyn (University of Roehampton), Jo Littler (City, University of London), Helen Wood (University of Lancaster)

11.30 Parallel sessions 2

13.00 Lunch break

14.00 Parallel sessions 3

15.30 Parallel sessions 4

17.15 Spotlight Panel 2
Postcolonial Intimacies Reconsidered – Helene Strauss (University of the Free State), Kimberly Bain (University of British Columbia), Sarah Brophy (McMaster University), Danielle Wong (University of British Columbia)

Day 2 (November 18th)

8.00 Spotlight Panel 3
Postdigital cultures – Janneke Adema (Coventry University), Rolien Hoyng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Daisy Tam (Hong Kong Baptist University)

9.45 Parallel sessions 5

11.30 Parallel sessions 6

13.00 Lunch break

14.00 Parallel sessions 7

15.30 Parallel sessions 8

17.10 Parallel sessions 9

Day 3 (November 19th)

8.00 Parallel sessions 10

9.45 Parallel sessions 11

11.30 Parallel sessions 12

13.00 Lunch break

14.00 Parallel sessions 13

15.30 Parallel sessions 14

17.15-18.30 Roundtable: What next for cultural studies?

Chair: Maria Manuel Batista, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina (USA)
Patricia McManus, University of Brighton (UK)
Gilbert Rodman, University of Minnesota (USA)

18.30-19.00 Closing session