ACS Summer Institute Update ? Registration open
Registration is now open for the inaugural
Summer Institute of the
<http://www.cultstud.org/>Association for
Cultural Studies (ACS) to be held 11-15 July
2011 at the Department of Educational Studies of
Ghent University in Belgium. The theme of the
Summer Institute is Critical Literacies.
Visit the ACS Summer Institute
<http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/>website for
information about
<http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/register.php>registration
and
<http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/venue.php?page=accomodation>accommodation,
or contact:
<mailto:(ACSSI2011 /at/ UGent.be)>(ACSSI2011 /at/ UGent.be).
We strongly advice participants to register and
secure accommodation as early as possible.
The Summer Institute will provide an intensive,
extensive and rewarding pedagogical experience
for postgraduate students and postdoctoral
researchers who will have the opportunity to
spend the week discussing and learning from
keynote presentations, lectures, workshops and
seminars delivered by 5 keynote speakers and a
faculty staff of leading cultural studies
scholars from around the world. The overall
participatory and informal character of the
Summer Institute will give voice to the
participants by offering a forum to address
issues related to their own work specifically as
well as issues of general interest. In addition,
social activities from receptions and meals to
informal gatherings will provide opportunity for
participants, lecturers and organizers to
intermingle and stimulate further conversation.
Keynotes:
- Joke Hermes (Hogeschool Inholland/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Carol Stabile (University of Oregon, United States)
- Ted Striphas (Indiana University, United States)
- Keyan Tomaselli (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South-Africa)
- John Willinsky (Stanford University, United States)
Confirmed Faculty Staff:
- Abdulhamied Alromaithy (Culture Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
- Ursula Ganz-Blaettler (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)
- Jan Hein Hoogstad (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Bart Keunen (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Mikko Lehtonen (University of Tampere, Finland)
- Gilbert Rodman (University of Minnesota, United States)
- An van. Dienderen (Royal Academy of Art, University College Ghent, Belgium)
- Handel Kashope Wright (University of British Columbia, Canada)
The <http://www.cultstud.org/>Association for
Cultural Studies is the premiere international
association of cultural studies and hosts the
biennial
<http://cultstud.org/index.php?s=crossroads>Crossroads
in Cultural Studies Conference. Starting with
Ghent in 2011, the ACS intends to host a biennial Summer Institute.
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Dr. Kris Rutten
Ghent University
Department of Educational Studies
Henri Dunantlaan 2
9000 Ghent ? Belgium
T: +32(0)9/264.62.53
F: +32(0)9/264.86.88
E: <(Kris.Rutten /at/ ugent.htm)>(Kris.Rutten /at/ ugent.be)
W:
<http://www.onderwijskunde.ugent.be/kris>http://www.onderwijskunde.ugent.be/kris
