CFP: Interventions - Cultural Studies Association (CSA)
Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association
Annual Conference
2018 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Conference
Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (USA)
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
May 31-June 2, 2018
This Year's Theme: Interventions
The Cultural Studies Association (CSA) invites proposals from its members for participation in its sixteenth annual meeting. You must be a member to submit, but we always welcome new members and encourage past members to renew their membership. Proposals on all topics of relevance to cultural studies with be considered, with priority given to proposals that critically and creatively engage this year's highlighted theme.
For our 2018 conference, “Interventions,” we solicit proposals that intervene in the theory, practice, teaching, or conception of cultural studies. We are also interested in how cultural studies itself intervenes in existing social, cultural, and political formations. Cultural studies is poised to play a key role in how we understand our fraught politics, fragile environment, and fragmented economy.
We wonder, as we look back at the legacy of what Stuart Hall called the First New Left, if it is time for something like a new socialist project? Greece’s Syriza, Spain’s Podemos, and the Democratic Socialists of America all signal potential energy for new economic models. But Brexit, Trump, and the resurgence of reactionary ethnonationalism alert us to the fact that empty calls for intervention are often answered by the basest forms of cultural repression. Additionally, a vast array of social struggles do not find any place within the current economic frame. These emancipatory movements--anti-racism, anti-imperialism, anti-war, the New Left, second-wave feminism, LGBT liberation, multiculturalism, and so on--emerged at roughly the same time as the field of cultural studies, and it is through cultural studies that we might intervene to claim space for them. As highlighted by tensions within the 2016 Democratic primaries and general election in the U.S. over the intersection of class- and identity-based politics, the intervention of emancipation is as unfinished as the welfare state is diminished by the “neoliberal revolution” (Hall). Today’s counter-hegemonic movements face some of the same impasses, but with a new urgency; now more than ever, we need an intellectual intervention to help craft new tactics and strategies, to generate new syntheses of economic protection and political and cultural emancipation, and to draw on the lessons of the past and build solidarity for the future.
This year’s Cultural Studies Association conference will follow a one-day symposium on Wednesday, May 30th, hosted by the Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon entitled “Karl Marx at 200: The Future of Capitalism and Cultural Studies.” We invite CSA members to attend the symposium, which features a lineup of established Marxism/Cultural Studies scholars who have been invited to circulate pre-written papers for the event. We hope this will provide an opportunity to use the bicentennial of Karl Marx’s birth to think about the role of culture in capitalism and how culture resists and reshapes the economy, as well as the contemporary relevance of Marx’s intervention and the role of Marxism in what Hall called “Cultural Studies and its theoretical legacies.” The CSA conference extends these themes beyond Marxism specifically to consider the intervention of cultural studies in general and the intellectual and creative labor of cultural studies in particular. How does culture construct, contest, and constitute new capital formations? How does it intervene in economic conditions in multiple and heterogeneous ways? Conversely, what is the role of the economy in shaping culture? What is the role of cultural studies as critical praxis in the present economic time?
Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to:
- The privilege of interventions; what it means to intervene
- The materiality and spatiality of intervening
- Work and labor--public intellectual work, physical labor, post-industrial labor, the work of culture
- The culture industry and creative labor
- Social media campaigns and their relationship to so-called real world interventions
- Media interventions, fake news, and resistance to/ reinforcement of current hegemonic forces
- Intersections of intellectuals and activists
- Revolution or reform? Socialism or barbarism?
- Art and social action
- Literary, cinematic, and other textual interventions
- Capitalism, culture, and technology
- Strike! Riot! Strike!
- The politics of anti-fascism
- Historically specific interventions for equality and justice
- Pedagogies of cultural studies
- Interventions in sustainability, climate change, and the environment
- Market-led globalization and cultural resistance
- Securitization and militarization; the threat of the nuclear option
- Nation-making, nationalism, and rethinking the national form
- Immigration and the movement of people across national borders within the U.S. and globally
- The movement for Black Lives and its intervention in media, culture, and the academy
We welcome proposals from scholars from any discipline, inter-discipline, or scholarly field. The CSA aims to provide multiple and diverse spaces for the cross-pollination of art, activism, pedagogy, design, and research by bringing together participants from a variety of positions inside and outside the university. Therefore, while we welcome traditional academic papers and panels, we also encourage contributions that experiment with alternative formats and intervene in the traditional disciplinary formations and exclusionary conceptions and practices of the academic (see session format options listed below). We are particularly interested in proposals for sessions designed to document and advance existing forms of collective action or catalyze new collaborations. We encourage submissions from individuals working beyond the boundaries of the university: artists, activists, independent scholars, professionals, community organizers, and community college educators.
Important Dates:
- Friday, October 13, 2017: Submission System Opens (Membership and Registration also open. You must be a member to submit!)
- Friday, February 16, 2018: Last Date for Submissions
- Friday, March 2, 2018: Notifications Sent Out
- Friday, April 20, 2018: Early Registration Ends and Late Registration Begins (Registration fees increase by $50 for all categories.)
- Friday, May 11, 2018: Last day to register to participate in the conference--your name will be dropped from the program if you do not register by this date.
LOCATION
The 2018 conference will be held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. The closest airport is Pittsburgh International Airport (23 miles). Lodging options, which will include campus housing and a CSA hotel block in the Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon area, will be shared at a later date.
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CFP: Feminism Media and the 90s
FEMINISM, MEDIA, AND THE 1990s
The editors of Feminist Media Studies’ Commentary and Criticism section invite essay contributions on any topic related to feminism, media and the 1990s. We are particularly interested in submissions from beyond North America and the UK.
The Commentary and Criticism section of Feminist Media Studies aims to publish brief (~1000 words), timely responses to current issues in feminist media culture, for an international readership. Submissions may pose a provocation, describe work in progress, or propose areas for future study. We will also consider book and event reviews, as well as contributions that depart from traditional academic formats. We encourage all submissions to strategically mobilize critique to also offer a productive contribution to both feminist politics and media studies. Submissions must go beyond mere description in order to be considered for publication in Commentary and Criticism.
Please submit contributions by 15th November 2017, via email to Susan Berridge (
Susan.Berridge@stir.ac.uk) and Laura Portwood-Stacer (
lportwoodstacer@gmail.com). Questions and expressions of interest can also be addressed to Drs. Berridge and Portwood-Stacer in advance of the deadline.
Email submissions directly to Susan Berridge and Laura Portwood-Stacer, as submissions for Commentary and Criticism will not be correctly processed if submitted through the main Feminist Media Studies site.
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GEM GRAD Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park
Are you interested in pursuing an advanced degree in STEM? If so, please join us for a GEM GRAD Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park!
Advanced registration is required.
Date: Saturday, October 21
Time: 9 AM – 5 PM
Location: Kim Engineering Building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park
Parking:
Parking is available in lot 11b on the campus map.
You can find directions to the Jeong H. Kim Building where the GEM GRAD Lab will be held here: http://www.eng.umd.edu/visitus/directions.
Vehicles can be parked in the 11b lot (across from the Xfinity Center) at no charge. Please do NOT park in any other lots, as there might be permit restrictions in effect. Please note that the University of Maryland, SESYNC or GEM will be responsible for any tickets or fees associated with parking: Please check posted signs. A campus parking map can be found here: https://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_color.pdf
FREE Transportation from UMBC!
A bus will be departing at 8 AM from Administration Circle (in front of the RAC and administration building), and it will be departing from College Park at 5:30 PM.
If you want to ride the bus, you need to email yarazeth@umbc.edu with the subject “BUS Oct 21” and include in the email your full name, campus, department, and cell phone number. The seats will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. You will receive a confirmation via email.
Lodging:
If you are arriving on Friday, October 20, 2017, and checking out on Saturday, October 21, 2017, please consider our preferred hotel, The Holiday Inn Express & Suites in College Park. University of Maryland has contracted with the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in College Park for a block of ten (10) rooms, available for reservations the nights of Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21. Discounted room rates per night are $109. Free parking is available, and a shuttle to campus is provided. Complimentary wifi and breakfast are also included. Reservations can be made by calling 1-301-441-8110 and indicating the University of Maryland – College Park GRAD Lab block of rooms in order to receive the discounted room rate or by CLICKING ON THIS LINK. The discounted room rate will expire on October 4, 2017.
GRAD Lab encourages young people of color to consider graduate education in STEM fields and apply for the GEM fellowship. Focusing on the global importance of research and innovation, life-long career benefits, and real-world role models, the symposium will help each student envision his or her future as a science and technology leader, successfully apply for a GEM fellowship, and gain entry to a graduate program. This GRAD Lab will also highlight environmental careers and is hosted by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), along with the University of Maryland-College Park’s Clark School of Engineering and College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.
GRAD lab features sessions on:
· “Why Graduate School”
· “How to Prepare for Graduate School”
· “Understanding the GEM Fellowship”, and
· “Voices From the Field: Real Life Research and Internship Experiences”
Additionally, GRAD lab will feature a Graduate Resource Fair and an ice cream social. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The event will be held at the Kim Engineering Building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The program will run from 9 am – 3:45 pm, followed by an ice cream social ending at 5 pm.
Advanced registration is required. For more information, including the agenda and registration link, please visit:
Please share with your friends and classmates. This is open to students from any local college or university.
AGENDA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
All activities will take place in the Jeong H. Kim Building, University of Maryland – College Park’s Campus
9:00 AM Registration, Pre-surveys and Continental Breakfast (Pepco Room #1105)
9:50 AM Program Overview
Dr. Howard G. Adams, GEM Program Consultant (former Executive Director of GEM)
10:00 AM Welcome (Lecture Hall # 1110)
Dr. Darryll Pines, Dean, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland – College Park
Dr. Margaret Palmer, Director, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center and Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland – College Park
10:15 AM Session 1: Why Graduate School? (Lecture Hall # 1110)
Dr. Howard G. Adams, GEM Program Consultant (former Executive Director of GEM)
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM Session 2: How to Apply to Graduate School (Lecture Hall # 1110)
Dr. Renetta G. Tull, Associate Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs, University of Maryland – Baltimore County (GEM Program Consultant)
Jeffrey A. Franke, Interim Assistant Dean/Chief of Staff, Graduate School, University of Maryland – College Park
12:30 PM Lunch Break & Graduate Resource Fair (12:30-1:30 PM) (Kay Boardroom #1107, #1111, Rotunda)
1:30 PM Session 3: How to Fund Graduate School? (Lecture Hall # 1110)
Francis DuVinage, Ph.D., Director of National Scholarships Office, University of Maryland, College Park
Jasmine Crenshaw, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Center for Diversity in Engineering (CDE), Office of Diversity and Engagement, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
Monique Hite-Head, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM Session 4: Voices from the Field (Lecture Hall # 1110)
Moderator: Quintaniay Holifield, Ph.D., Soil Scientist, U.S. Forest Service
Daniel Smith, Ph.D student, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
Shakira Hobbs, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Kelly Anderson, Ph.D student, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
3:30 PM Closing Remarks/Post Surveys (Raffle – Prize Give Away -iPad Mimi)
Dr. Darryll Pines, Dean, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland -College Park
Dr. Margaret Palmer, Director, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) and Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland – College Park
3:45 PM Ice Cream Social (Kay Boardroom)
5:00 PM Program Ends
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