The Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) is delighted to announce the
second ACS Institute, which will be held from 22-26 July 2013 at the
Department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Cultural
Studies, of Alpen Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt in Austria. The theme
of the 2013 Institute is "The Sights/Sites of Cultural Studies."
The ACS Institute will be a forum for critical discussions of important
perspectives on cultural studies today. Our paired theme is intended
to forge productive and provocative conversations between two related,
yet distinct, sets of issues. On the one hand, we will explore the
question of where cultural studies can (and should) best be practiced
in the 21st century, and what (if any) meaningful common ground exists
between the different existing formations of cultural studies. On the
other hand, we will engage in a special focus on visual culture, and
the question of what cultural studies can contribute to a deeper
understanding of a world dominated by images.
The Institute will provide an intense and rewarding pedagogical
experience for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers who
will have the opportunity to spend the week learning from lectures and
seminars delivered by five keynote speakers and a faculty staff of
leading cultural studies scholars from around the world. The following
keynote speakers have been confirmed: Ien Ang (University of Western
Sydney, Australia), John Clarke (Open University, UK), Lothar Mikos
(University of Film and Television, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany),
Nicholas Mirzoeff (New York University, USA) and Constance Penley
(University of California, Santa Barbara, USA).
Following on the great success of the inaugural ACS Institute in 2011
(at the University of Gent (Belgium)), the 2013 edition of the
Institute will bring together people from a wide range of disciplines
to explore what it means to conduct cultural studies. We invite and
encourage participation from researchers who work in disciplines such
as cultural studies, visual studies, film studies, media studies,
cultural sociology, cultural anthropology, literary theory and
criticism, discourse analysis, new literacy studies, educational
studies, rhetorical criticism etc.
Those interested in participating are invited to take notice of the
above mentioned dates. The website for the Institute --
[1]http://acssi2013.aau.at -- is currently under construction, but will
soon be fully operational. Email inquiries can be addressed to
[2]acssi2013(a)aau.at. Practical information about registration and a
full list of Institute keynotes and faculty will be disseminated in due
course.
The Association of Cultural Studies [3]<http://www.cultstud.org/> is
the premiere international association of cultural studies and hosts
the biennial Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference.
Cheers,
Gil Rodman
Chair, Association for Cultural Studies
References
1. http://acssi2013.aau.at/
2. mailto:acssi2013@aau.at
3. http://www.cultstud.org/
