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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">The 8<sup>th</sup>
international <b style="">Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference</b>
will be held in <b>Hong Kong</b> <b>June 17-21 2010</b>. Hosted by
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution, and
organized by its <i>Dept of Cultural Studies </i>and <i>Kwan Fong
Cultural Research & Development Programme</i>, this is the first
time this important academic gathering to be held in Asia Pacific.
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its inception in 1996 in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span
style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">Tampere</span></st1:city><span
style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">Finland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">,
the <b>Crossroads in Cultural Studies </b><b style="">Conference </b>has
filled a significant gap in the global academic community. It is now <b>a
key international conference in cultural studies</b> where scholars
from all five continents get together regularly to exchange research
outputs, critical viewpoints and scholarly insights. Organized by the </span><span
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for
Cultural Studies (ACS)</span></a></span><span
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this biannual conference has been previously held in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span
style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">Birmingham</span></st1:place></st1:city><span
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style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"> in
</span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">USA</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 9.35pt 0pt 25.95pt;"><b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">Prof Stephen C K
Chan</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"
lang="EN-US"> <b> Prof Meaghan Morris</b> <b>Prof
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Organizing Committee, </span></i></b><st1:place><st1:placename><b><i><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">Lingnan</span></i></b></st1:placename><b><i><span
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