Welcome to the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) website.
Founded in 2003, the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) provides a forum for scholars of
Cultural Studies, in all its diverse manifestations, to exchange their work and ideas
across disciplinary lines and institutional locations.
The Annual Meeting of the CSA provides a forum for scholars, students, and other persons
interested in Cultural Studies in all its diverse manifestations to exchange their work
and ideas across disciplinary lines and institutional locations.
Call for Papers:
Seventh Annual Cultural Studies Association (U.S.)
Marriott (at the Plaza), Kansas City
April 16-18, 2009
Expected plenary speakers include:
Michael Bérubé, Pennsylvania State University
Marc Bousquet, Santa Clara University
Orit Halpern, New School for Social Research
Michele Janette, Kansas State University
E. Patrick Johnson, Northwestern University
Karim Murji, Open University (U.K.)
Cary Nelson, University of Illinois
Amit Rai, Florida State University
Sangeeta Ray, University of Maryland
Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, New York University
Jeff Williams, Carnegie Mellon University
Also, the popular Journal Salon feature will continue. Journals expected are:
Cultural Critique
Cultural Studies/ Critical Methodologies
Dialectical Anthropology
Flow
Genders
Mediations
Deadline for Proposals: September 15, 2008.
This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit abstracts online at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=5. The website for submissions will open August 15, 2008.
Call for Papers and Sessions
The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its Seventh Annual Meeting from all areas and on all topics of relevance to Cultural Studies, including but not limited to literature, history, sociology, geography, anthropology, communications, popular culture, cultural theory, queer studies, critical race studies, feminist studies, postcolonial studies, media and film studies, material culture studies, performance and visual arts studies.
All participants in the Sixth Annual meeting must pay registration fees by March 16, 2009, to be listed and participate in the program. See the registration page of this website for details about fees.
If you have any questions about procedures for submission or other concerns, please e-mail us at: csaus@pitt.edu. We welcome proposals in the following four categories:
1. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Proposals for individual papers are due September 15, 2008.
Successful papers will reach several constituencies of the organization and will connect analysis to social, political, economic, or ethical questions.
They should be submitted online on the conference website. Successful submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 24 hours, please resubmit. The acknowledgment will say that your proposal has been ''successfully submitted,'' which does NOT mean your proposal has been accepted.
All paper proposals require:
a. The name, email address, department and institutional affiliation of the author, entered on the website.
b. A 500-word abstract for the 20-minute paper entered on the website.
c. Any needed audio-visual equipment must be noted following the abstract in that space on the site.
2. PRE-CONSTITUTED PAPER SESSIONS, ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS, OR WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Proposals for pre-constituted sessions are due September 15, 2008.
Roundtables are sessions in which panelists offer brief remarks, but the bulk of the session is devoted to discussion among the panelists and audience members. Workshops are similarly devoted primarily to discussion, but they focus on practical problems in such areas as teaching, research, or activism. No paper titles may be included for roundtables or workshops.
Pre-constituted sessions should NOT be submitted on the website, but should be sent to csaus@pitt.edu with the words ''Session Proposal'' in the subject line. All proposals will be acknowledged, but please allow at least two business days before inquiring.
All session proposals require:
a. The name, email address, phone number, and department and institutional affiliation of the proposer.
b. The names, email addresses, and department and institutional affiliations of each participant.
c. A 500-word overview of the session, including identifying the type of session (panel, roundtable, workshop) proposed. For paper sessions, also include 500-word abstracts of each of the papers. Paper sessions should have three or four papers.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must be requested with the proposal.
3. DIVISION SESSIONS
Division sessions are due September 15, 2008.
A list of divisions is available here . Divisions may elect to post calls on that site for papers and procedures for submission to division sessions or handle the creation of their two division sessions by other means. Division chairs will submit their two panels/workshops/roundtables directly to the program committee by September 15, 2008 (directions will be sent to the division chairs). Proposals for divisions should NOT be submitted on the website or to csaus@pitt.
4. SEMINAR PROPOSALS
Proposals for seminars are due September 15, 2008.
Seminars are small-group (maximum 15 individuals) discussion sessions for which participants prepare in advance of the conference. In previous years, preparation has involved shared readings, pre-circulated ''position papers'' by seminar leaders and/or participants, and other forms of pre-conference collaboration. We particularly invite proposals for seminars designed to advance emerging lines of inquiry and research/teaching initiatives within Cultural Studies broadly construed. We also invite seminars designed to generate future collaborations among conference attendees. Once a limited number of seminar topics and leaders are chosen, the seminars will be announced through the CSA's various public e-mail lists. Participants will contact the seminar leader(s) directly who will then inform the Program Committee who will participate in the seminar. Seminars will be marked in the conference programs as either closed to non-participants or open to other conference attendees as auditors (or in other roles). Examples of successful seminar proposals from previous years are linked in here (if you are reading this on the website).
All seminar proposals require:
a. A 500-word overview of the topic designed to attract participants and clear instructions about how the seminar will work, including details about what advanced preparation will be required of seminar participants.
b. The name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and departmental and institutional affiliation of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
c. A brief bio or one page CV of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must be requested with the proposal. Since seminars typically involve discussion of previously circulated papers, such requests must be explained.
Seminar proposals should be sent to:
Bruce Burgett, Professor and Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
University of Washington Bothell
burgett@u.washington.edu
and
Colin Danby, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences,
University of Washington Bothell
danby@u.washington.edu
Those interested in participating in (rather than leading) a seminar should consult the list of seminars and the instructions for signing up for them, available at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu after October 15, 2008. Deadline to sign up will be November 14, 2008. Deadline for seminar leaders to submit final lists of participants (minimum 8 individuals, in addition to the seminar leader or leaders) will be November 21, 2008.
CSA Membership
As a new organization, membership in the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) comes with conference registration and should be paid in conjunction with conference fees. All those who pay are members in good standing for the full calendar year in which the conference takes place. Presently, members may elect to participate in up to three divisions, propose new divisions, select division leaders and panels. They also elect members to the governing executive committee and participate in CSA discussions and decisions as these will be promulgated on our website. Beyond the conference we'll be building a capacity that the membership has with respect to one another--things like job networks and advice, curriculum development, publication, public intervention and policy positions, professional resources and the like. That's what it means to build the association, to organize folks who share certain affinities so that we can have an impact on our professional lives and settings.
The Sixth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association
New York University
New York City
May 22-24, 2008
Thank you to all who joined us for The Sixth Annual Meeting of the CSA, held at New York University in New York City. To view the 2008 Conference site click here.
Karen Finley gave a performance at the 2008 conference, which was written up in the New York Times blog .
Past Conferences
To view Conference archives, click here.