Making conferences worthwhile

It’s the gap in between the 2014 versions of two academic conferences — the American Studies Association and the National Communication Association — that I attend with some regularity. Not this year, though. Seattical is too precious to leave more often than I absolutely have to. But seeing my Twitter …

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Crossroads 2008 [Rerun Sunday]

Several people (including many blog-less friends not linked here) have asked me about the Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference in Kingston, Jamaica that wrapped up early last week. And I would be hard-pressed to do better than Melissa Gregg’s summary of the event . . . except, perhaps, to simply …

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Call for Proposals: The Life and Work of Stuart Hall

Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association, Another University Is Possible: Praxis, Activism, and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy, Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, Greater Los Angeles Area, California, 21-24 May, 2015 We would like to invite submissions for the 13th Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association, to be …

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