[Bilimsel Haber] 2nd Assoc. for Cultural Studies (ACS) Institute (July 2013, Austria)

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Gilbert B. Rodman <gbrodman at mindspring.com>


Subject: 2nd Assoc. for Cultural Studies (ACS) Institute  (July
2013, Austria)

The Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) is delighted to announce that 
registration is now open for the second ACS Institute, which will be 
held from 22-26 July 2013 at the Department of Media and Communication 
Studies, Faculty of Cultural Studies, of Alpen Adria Universitaet 
Klagenfurt in Austria.

The theme of the 2013 Institute is "The Sights/Sites of Cultural 
Studies." The local conference director is Prof. Rainer Winter.

The ACS Institute will be a forum for critical discussions of
important perspectives on cultural studies today. Our paired theme is
intended to forge productive and provocative conversations between two
related, yet distinct, sets of issues. On the one hand, we will
explore the question of where cultural studies can (and should) best
be practiced in the 21st century, and what (if any) meaningful common
ground exists between the different existing formations of cultural
studies. On the other hand, we will engage in a special focus on
visual culture, and the question of what cultural studies can
contribute to a deeper understanding of a world dominated by images.

The Institute will provide an intense and rewarding pedagogical
experience for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers who
will have the opportunity to spend the week learning from lectures and
seminars delivered by six keynote speakers and a faculty staff of
leading cultural studies scholars from around the world.

The following keynote speakers have been confirmed:

Ien Ang (University of Western Sydney, Australia);
Gisela Canepa Koch (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú);
John Clarke (Open University, UK);
Lothar Mikos (University of Film and Television, Potsdam-Babelsberg, 
Germany);
Nicholas Mirzoeff (New York University, USA); and
Constance Penley (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA).

Following on the great success of the inaugural ACS Institute in 2011
(at the University of Ghent (Belgium)), the 2013 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, visual studies, film studies, media studies,
cultural sociology, cultural anthropology, literary theory and
criticism, discourse analysis, new literacy studies, educational
studies, rhetorical criticism etc.

The website for the Institute <http://acssi2013.aau.at> is now online,
and registration is open.

Early bird registration is €180 and ends on 30 April 2013.

After that, registration goes up to €210.

Please note that space for the Institute is limited, so register soon in 
order to guarantee yourself a seat at this uniquely rewarding event.

Email inquiries can be addressed to <acssi2013 at aau.at>.

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.

Cheers,
Gil Rodman
Chair, Association for Cultural Studies
gbrodman at mindspring.com