Eighth Annual Cultural Studies
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Deadline for Proposals: September 15, 2009.
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 July 15, 2009.
Call for Papers and Sessions
The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its
Eighth 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, early modern, science technology studies, material
culture studies, performance and visual arts studies.
All participants in the Eighth Annual meeting must pay registration fees by February 16, 2010, 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:
1. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Proposals for individual papers are due September 15, 2009.
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, 2009.
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
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, 2009.
A list of divisions is available at http://www.csaus.pitt.edu.
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, 2009 (directions will be
sent to the division chairs). Proposals for divisions should NOT be submitted
on the website or to [log in to unmask], or to
Bruce Burgett, Professor and Director Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW
Bothell, [log in to unmask].
4. SEMINAR PROPOSALS
Proposals for seminars are due September
15, 2009.
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:
Toby Miller, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies,
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, 2009.
Deadline to sign up will be November
14, 2009. Deadline for seminar leaders to submit final
lists of participants (minimum 8 individuals, in addition to the seminar
leader(s)) November 21, 2009.