================= HES POSTING =================== ***** Forwarded from CULTSTUD-L by Esther-Mirjam Sent ***** CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA International Conference December 3-5, 1997, Melbourne, Australia. *** First Announcement and Call for Papers *** Theme: 'Subject to Change: Reorienting Cultural Studies' Now that Cultural Studies has attained the status of a recognised discipline in terms of the Australia Research Council and other national organisations, it would seem important to ask questions about the present and future orientations of Cultural Studies in Australia and elsewhere. For example, as a consequence of such recognition, will Cultural Studies be able to retain its fluid and interdisciplinary focus? What changes may result from economic imperatives such as the ARC preference for empirical research, or outcome-driven DEETYA (Dept of Education) scores? What is, or should be, the relationship between Cultural Studies, cultural policy and economics? What are the consequences for the discipline in terms of institutional, political and economic pressures? Has Cultural Studies been distracted by the need to defend itself as a form of intellectual practice rather than engaging with the more immediate and rapidly changing articulations of economics and culture in specific social contexts? Is Cultural Studies keeping up with social change? In other words, what should the `work' of Cultural Studies entail and is this being done? Papers are invited on any or all of the above questions addressing the idea of Cultural Studies as a discipline and speculations about its present and future role. Papers are also invited which demonstrate and reflect on current research in cultural studies as examples of possibilities and practice within the discipline. Abstracts of no more than 200 words (preferably in e-mail form) should be submitted before August 30th, 1997 to: Constantine Verevis Department of Visual Arts Monash University Clayton VIC 3168 email: [log in to unmask] tel: (03) 9905-4215 fax: (030 9905-4209 SPEAKERS We will confirm our keynotes speakers at a later date. At last year's CSAA conference speakers incuded Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, John Hartley, McKenzie Wark, Ien Ang, Tom O'Regan, John Frow, Dana Kolar-Panov and British journalist Beatrix Campbell. ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]