[ecrea] 9th Annual Critiquing Culture Conference CFP

Please see the CFP below and feel free to circulate. It is linked to our 
website here: http://culturalstudies.gmu.edu/articles/8077

Thank you for your time,
The Student Organizing Committee
Cultural Studies
George Mason University


Critiquing Culture

The Cultural Studies Graduate Conference at George Mason University

2015





The Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee (SOC) at George Mason 
University invites paper proposals for our 9th annual Cultural Studies 
Graduate Student Conference. The conference will take place on Saturday, 
September 26th, 2015 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.



CALL FOR PAPERS



The Cultural Studies program at George Mason University is committed to 
the analysis and critique of culture. Cultural Studies examines cultural 
objects as products of the wider social, historical, economic and 
political conditions. Thus its interests lay both in understanding 
processes of cultural production as well as discovering the effects of 
culture at sites of reception. In particular, Cultural Studies focuses 
on power relations and inequalities, which shape the horizon of 
possibilities for any cultural object at hand, be it a political 
discourse, an economic model, or a mass cultural product. Towards this 
project, we recognize the value of a range of critical approaches 
including Marxist political economy, poststructuralism, feminism, 
critical theory and post-colonial studies. While the objects of Cultural 
Studies vary widely, the field aims at political relevance and efficacy.



In an attempt to broaden the community of scholars working in precisely 
this interdisciplinary vein, the Cultural Studies Student Organizing 
Committee at George Mason University invites graduate students to submit 
research papers for a conference specifically oriented toward the 
examination of cultural objects, whether through Marxist, 
structuralist/poststructuralist, feminist, or other critical lenses. We 
encourage the submission of papers related, but not limited, to the 
following broad themes:



    * Political Economy
    * Mass & Popular Culture
    * Gender & Sexuality
    * Race & Ethnicity
    * Visual Culture

Abstracts of no more than 300 words and a current CV should be sent to 
(critiquing.culture /at/ gmail.com) by June 30th, 2015. Please include 
presentation title, presenter's name, institutional affiliation, contact 
information, A/V requests, and any special needs required in the email. 
Abstracts should be sent as .doc or .rtf file attachments.




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