Seventh Annual Cultural Studies Association (U.S.)
Marriott (at the Plaza), Kansas City
April 16-18, 2009
Expected plenary speakers include:
Michael Bérubé, Pennsylvania State University
Marc Bousquet, Santa Clara University
Orit Halpern, New School for Social Research
Michele Janette, Kansas State University
E. Patrick Johnson, Northwestern University
Karim Murji, Open University (U.K.)
Cary Nelson, University of Illinois
Amit Rai, Florida State University
Sangeeta Ray, University of Maryland
Maria Josefina Saldańa-Porillo, New York University
Jeff Williams, Carnegie Mellon University
Also, the popular Journal Salon feature will continue. Journals expected are:
Cultural Critique
Cultural Studies/ Critical Methodologies
Dialectical Anthropology
Flow
Genders
Mediations
Deadline for Proposals: September 15, 2008.
This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the
<http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/>Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to
submit abstracts online at
<http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=5>http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=5.
The website for submissions will open August 15, 2008.
Call for Papers and Sessions
The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its
Seventh Annual Meeting from all areas and on all topics of relevance to
Cultural Studies, including but not limited to literature, history,
sociology, geography, anthropology, communications, popular culture,
cultural theory, queer studies, critical race studies, feminist studies,
postcolonial studies, media and film studies, material culture studies,
performance and visual arts studies.
All participants in the Sixth Annual meeting must pay registration fees by
March 16, 2009, to be listed and participate in the program. See the
registration page of this website for details about fees.
If you have any questions about procedures for submission or other
concerns, please e-mail us at: [log in to unmask] We welcome proposals in the
following four categories:
1. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Proposals for individual papers are due September 15, 2008.
Successful papers will reach several constituencies of the organization and
will connect analysis to social, political, economic, or ethical questions.
They should be submitted online on the conference website. Successful
submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgment
within 24 hours, please resubmit. The acknowledgment will say that your
proposal has been ''successfully submitted,'' which does NOT mean your
proposal has been accepted.
All paper proposals require:
a. The name, email address, department and institutional affiliation of the
author, entered on the website.
b. A 500-word abstract for the 20-minute paper entered on the website.
c. Any needed audio-visual equipment must be noted following the abstract
in that space on the site.
2. PRE-CONSTITUTED PAPER SESSIONS, ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS, OR WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Proposals for pre-constituted sessions are due September 15, 2008.
Roundtables are sessions in which panelists offer brief remarks, but the
bulk of the session is devoted to discussion among the panelists and
audience members. Workshops are similarly devoted primarily to discussion,
but they focus on practical problems in such areas as teaching, research,
or activism. No paper titles may be included for roundtables or workshops.
Pre-constituted sessions should NOT be submitted on the website, but should
be sent to [log in to unmask] with the words ''Session Proposal'' in the
subject line. All proposals will be acknowledged, but please allow at least
two business days before inquiring.
All session proposals require:
a. The name, email address, phone number, and department and institutional
affiliation of the proposer.
b. The names, email addresses, and department and institutional
affiliations of each participant.
c. A 500-word overview of the session, including identifying the type of
session (panel, roundtable, workshop) proposed. For paper sessions, also
include 500-word abstracts of each of the papers. Paper sessions should
have three or four papers.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must
be requested with the proposal.
3. DIVISION SESSIONS
Division sessions are due September 15, 2008.
A list of divisions is available at
<http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/>http://www.csaus.pitt.edu. Divisions may elect
to post calls on that site for papers and procedures for submission to
division sessions or handle the creation of their two division sessions by
other means. Division chairs will submit their two
panels/workshops/roundtables directly to the program committee by September
15, 2008 (directions will be sent to the division chairs). Proposals for
divisions should NOT be submitted on the website or to [log in to unmask]
4. SEMINAR PROPOSALS
Proposals for seminars are due September 15, 2008.
Seminars are small-group (maximum 15 individuals) discussion sessions for
which participants prepare in advance of the conference. In previous years,
preparation has involved shared readings, pre-circulated ''position
papers'' by seminar leaders and/or participants, and other forms of
pre-conference collaboration. We particularly invite proposals for seminars
designed to advance emerging lines of inquiry and research/teaching
initiatives within Cultural Studies broadly construed. We also invite
seminars designed to generate future collaborations among conference
attendees. Once a limited number of seminar topics and leaders are chosen,
the seminars will be announced through the CSA's various public e-mail
lists. Participants will contact the seminar leader(s) directly who will
then inform the Program Committee who will participate in the
seminar. Seminars will be marked in the conference programs as either
closed to non-participants or open to other conference attendees as
auditors (or in other roles). Examples of successful seminar proposals
from previous years are linked in here (if you are reading this on the
website).
All seminar proposals require:
a. A 500-word overview of the topic designed to attract participants and
clear instructions about how the seminar will work, including details about
what advanced preparation will be required of seminar participants.
b. The name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and departmental
and institutional affiliation of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
c. A brief bio or one page CV of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must
be requested with the proposal. Since seminars typically involve discussion
of previously circulated papers, such requests must be explained.
Seminar proposals should be sent to:
Bruce Burgett, Professor and Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Arts and
Sciences
University of Washington Bothell
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and
Colin Danby, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences,
University of Washington Bothell
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
Those interested in participating in (rather than leading) a seminar should
consult the list of seminars and the instructions for signing up for them,
available at <http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/>http://www.csaus.pitt.edu after
October 15, 2008. Deadline to sign up will be November 14, 2008. Deadline
for seminar leaders to submit final lists of participants (minimum 8
individuals, in addition to the seminar leader or leaders) will be November
21, 2008.
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