THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING of the CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (U.S.) Washington. D.C. (George Mason University, Arlington campus) April 19-22, 2006 The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its Fourth 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. The conference this year will feature plenary sessions on the culture of science and technology, cultural studies and the social sciences, and global cities and citizenship. We welcome proposals in the following categories: 1: Individual papers. Proposals for individual papers are due by October 15, and should be submitted at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=3 Successful submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours, please resubmit. The acknowledgement 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, 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. Preconstituted paper sessions, roundtable* sessions, or workshops.* These should NOT be submitted on this website, but should be sent to [log in to unmask] with the words "Session Proposal" in the subject line. Session proposals are due by October 15th. 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 institutional affiliation of the proposer. b. A 500 word overview of the session, identifying the type of session proposed. For paper sessions, also include 500 word abstracts of each of the papers: maximum, four papers per session; minimum three papers per session. c. The names, email addresses, and institutional affiliations of each participant. d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must be requested with the proposal. P. David Marshall Ph.D Professor and Chair, Communication Studies 101 Lake Hall, Northeastern University Boston Ma. 02115 Phone 617 373 5517; Fax: 617 373 8533 [log in to unmask] departmental website: www.commstudies.neu.edu Just Released New Media Cultures (book) website: www.newmediacultures.co.uk Just Released "fame" issue of m/c a journal of media and culture at http://www.media-culture.org.au/ Web Theory (book) website: www.webtheory.nu Cultural Studies Association (US) Conference website: www.csaus.pitt.edu Cultural Studies Association (US) Conference: Tucson, Arizona April 21-24, 2005 _______________________________________________ cultstud-l mailing list: [log in to unmask] http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/cultstud-l Janet Staiger William P. Hobby Centennial Professor in Communication and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies Department of Radio-Television-Film (CMA 6.128) University of Texas at Austin One University Station A0800 Austin, TX 78712 512-471-6653 <http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/staiger>http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/staiger ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org