CALL FOR PAPERS CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION FOUNDING CONFERENCE JUNE 5-8, 2003 PITTSBURGH, PA The Cultural Studies Association will hold its founding conference in Pittsburgh on the weekend of June 5-8, 2003. The CSA will be a multicultural and multidisciplinary professional organization bringing together scholars, teachers, and writers interested in the study of culture. All are welcome. The Conference Organizers invite paper and panel proposals that deal with culture in any of its aspects--products, works, forms, behavior, institutions, etc.--in relation to social, aesthetic, historical, economic, political, or semiotic conditions and issues. Papers may be theoretical, empirical, and/or interpretive in their approach, and may come out of any discipline or several disciplines. Those wishing to propose a paper presentation or to propose a panel should send their proposals of no more than 500 words to by February 15, 2003. Prof. Sangeeta Ray Department of English University of Maryland 3191 Susquehanna Hall College Park, MD 20742 Email: [log in to unmask] The Cultural Studies Association will serve as the professional organization for writers and teachers engaged in the critical analysis of culture. It will hold an annual conference and maintain a membership/mailing list for the purpose of creating a community of scholars with a shared interest in Cultural Studies. We expect that the organization and its conference will reflect broadly the various strands of cultural studies today. We especially welcome people interested in building the new organization. Preliminary List of Participants Jody Berland, Richard Day, Arif Dirlik, Michael Eric Dyson, Rita Felski, Judith Halberstam, Henry Giroux, Larry Grossberg, Dick Hebdige, Peter Hitchcock, Linda Kauffman, Wahneema Lubiano, Kelly Oliver, Mark Poster, Janice Radway, Bruce Robbins, Will Straw, Paul Théberge, Michael Warner Cultural Studies Association Organizing Committee: Nancy Condee, Leerom Medovoi, Sangeeta Ray, Michael Ryan, David Shumway, Imre Szeman ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html