For all the midwestern members of the list, I wanted to open an invitation to attend the Fiske Matters Conference in Madison WI next week, June 11-12, a retrospective look at John Fiske's contributions to media & cultural studies 10 years after his retirement. See the entire schedule at http://fiskematters.com/ConferenceInfo/program/program.html , but note that the three keynotes are open to the public without registering for the conference: Friday June, 11, 4:30-5:30 John Fiske, "The Rise of the Individual in Early Modern Europe: Cultural Studies Tangles with Antiques" Friday June 11, 5:30-6:30 Henry Jenkins, "'Technostruggles' Revisited: Participation, Resistance, Digital Media and Cultural Politics" Saturday June 12, 5:30-6:30 Herman Gray, "Incitement to Visibility and the Politics of Recognition" In addition to these public keynotes, there will be over 30 presentations during the conference, open to anyone who registers for the conference at http://fiskematters.com/Registration/ . Please spread the word, and I hope to see many of you in Madison next week! -Jason Mittell, on behalf of the Fiske Matters conference coordinating committee --- Jason Mittell, Associate Professor of American Studies and Film & Media Culture Chair of Film & Media Culture Department Middlebury College 208 Axinn Center at Starr Library Middlebury, Vermont 05753 (802) 443-3435 / fax: (802) 443-2805 Blog: http://go.middlebury.edu/justtv ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]