[ecrea] 3rd ACS Institute -- 7-12 December 2015

The Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) is delighted to announce the 
third  ACS Institute, which will be held from 7-12 December 2015 at the 
University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa.. The theme 
of the 2015 Institute is "Precarious Futures."

The ACS Institute will be a forum for critical discussions of important 
perspectives on cultural studies today.  Our theme is intended to forge 
productive and provocative conversations about how cultural studies 
might help to chart less precarious and more equitable futures. As a 
field that has, since its inception, been centrally concerned with the 
relationship between culture and power, cultural studies can offer 
unique perspectives on precariousness as not only an endemic experience 
of contemporary life, but as a state increasingly anticipated for human 
and non-human planetary futures. This Institute will provide a sustained 
opportunity for critical reflection on the cultural, economic and 
political trajectories that point to, or might alter, such futures.

The Institute will provide an intense and rewarding pedagogical 
experience for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers 
(established scholars are also welcome) who will have the opportunity to 
spend the week learning from lectures and seminars delivered by five 
keynote speakers and a faculty staff of leading cultural studies 
scholars from around the world.  The following keynote speakers have 
been confirmed:

    * Jean Comaroff (Harvard University, USA)
    * John Erni (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
    * Jo Littler (City University London, UK)
    * Zethu Matebeni (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
    * Handel Wright (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Following on the great successes of the previous ACS Institutes -- 2011 
at the University of Ghent (Belgium) and 2013 at the Alpen-Adria 
University Klagenfurt (Austria) -- the 2015 edition of the Institute 
will bring together people from a wide range of disciplines to explore 
what it means to conduct cultural studies. We invite and encourage 
participation from researchers who work in disciplines such as cultural 
studies, film studies, media studies, cultural sociology, cultural 
anthropology, literary theory and criticism, discourse analysis, new 
literacy studies, educational studies, rhetorical criticism, and so forth.

Those interested in participating are invited to take notice of the 
above mentioned dates. Email inquiries can be addressed to either Helene 
Strauss (2015 ACS Institute Organizer, (strausshj /at/ ufs.ac.za)) or Gil 
Rodman (ACS Chair, (gbrodman /at/ mindspring.com)).   Practical information 
about registration and a full list of Institute keynotes and faculty 
will be disseminated in due course.

The Association of Cultural Studies <http://www.cultstud.org/> is the 
premiere international association of cultural studies and hosts the 
biennial Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference.

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