[Discussion] Fifth International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference

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Fifth International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference

Panel proposals for the Fifth International Crossroads in Cultural
Studies
Conference, to be held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
from
June 25-28, 2004, are now being accepted for consideration. The mandate
of the
2004 conference is to connect critical cultural analyses to progressive
political action and social justice in an age of violence and global
uncertainty. At this time, we are pleased to announce that Lawrence
Grossberg
(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Meaghan Morris (Lingnan
University, Hong Kong) will each give a keynote address. Further,
plenary
speakers confirmed at this time are: Toby Miller (New York University),
Peter
McLaren (University of California, Los Angeles), CL Cole (University of
Illinois), and Paula Saukko (University of Exeter, United Kingdom). More

plenary speakers will be added throughout the year.

Six Spotlight Sessions have also been commissioned to cover specific
topics
such as Cultural Studies in South Africa, Neoliberalism & Democracy, and
Sport
& Cultural Studies. We will also have a Special Spotlight Session
roundtable
that reflects back on the landmark 1990 conference "Cultural Studies Now
and
in the Future," to be facilitated by that conference's organizers Paula
Treichler, Cary Nelson, and Lawrence Grossberg. Also scheduled is an
interactive roundtable discussion on the various types of Cultural
Studies
methodologies currently in circulation, as we attempt to foster dialogue

between and among these various sites of investigation.

Panel organizers should submit a 500-word abstract proposal and a
50-word
summary statement, including with it pertinent contact information and
the
area under which you think it would best fit (e.g., Advertising, Women's

Studies, Critical Pedagogy, etc.). You may propose a session with a
complete
list of participants, or just send us the title and session abstract, so

people can see it advertised and contact you with their paper proposals.

Proposals can be submitted via email (MS-Word documents preferred) to
cfp@crossroads2004.org or by postal mail to:

Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference Organizing Committee
Attn: Norman K. Denzin
Institute of Communications Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
228 Gregory Hall, mc-463
810 S. Wright Street
Urbana, Illinois, USA, 61801

The initial deadline for panel proposals to be accepted for
consideration is
June 1, 2003. We anticipate announcing our general Call for Papers on or
about
September 1, 2003, or as soon as all of the panel abstracts have been
formally
considered by the organizing committee.

The mission of the Crossroads conference is to provide an open forum for
all
topics that interest the diverse international cultural studies
community;
generate lively, critical debate about contemporary society; foster
contacts
and the exchange ideas; and, ultimately, draw inspiration from each
other. We
encourage international participation from different countries,
disciplines
and cultural backgrounds, as well as from a wide range of research
areas. In
that way, the conference will also show where Cultural Studies is going
next.

Information on the history of the Crossroads in Cultural Studies
conferences
can be found online via the Association for Cultural Studies website at
www.cultstud.org. Our own conference website is available at
www.crossroads2004.org.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at
info@crossroads2004.org.

Yours most sincerely,

Norman K. Denzin, Director,
Fifth Annual Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference

________________________________________
Michael D. Giardina
Department of Kinesiology
Cultural Studies & Interpretive Research
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
219 Louise Freer Hall, mc-052
906 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801