[ecrea] Cultural Transformations: Development Initiatives and Social Movements (Dhaka, before 31st May)

*Cultural Transformations: Development Initiatives and Social Movements*

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The bi-annual conference of the Inter Asia Cultural Studies Society 
(IACSS) will be held in Dhaka on 17^th and 18^th December, 2011. This 
year’s conference will bring in South Asia more centrally within IACSS 
and also makes efforts to draw in scholars from West Asia.

Envisioning a new picture of Asia – an other Asia – this conference 
invites paper and panel proposals on issues such as

   * Social movements and struggles
   * Development initiatives and cultural change
   * Asian feminisms and social change
   * The Post-colonial, the national and the pan-Asian in the formation
     of new cultural identities
   * Changes and developments in popular cultural practices, including
     music, dance, film and popular literature
   * Other topics in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies are also welcome

Panels should comprise of 3-5 papers. Proposals for papers and panels 
will be submitted by the 31^st of May 2011. Acceptance of panels will be 
announced by the 20^th of June 2011.


Proposals for papers and panels should include:

   * abstracts of papers (maximum 300 words)
   * panels proposals should include a session abstract, plus abstracts
     of individual papers
   * short biographical information, including institutional affiliation.

Please email paper and panel proposals to (culturaltrans /at/ bracu.ac.bd) 
<mailto:(culturaltrans /at/ bracu.ac.bd)>

The conference is being hosted by BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh 
and is organized by the Department of English and Humanities and BRAC 
Development Institute.

More information will be available on 
http://www.bracu.ac.bd/event/culturaltransformations as we plan further.

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