[csaa-forum] ACS Summer Institute - Registration open

[Gilbert B. Rodman]

*ACS Summer Institute Update – Registration open*

Registration is now open for the inaugural Summer Institute of the 
Association for Cultural Studies <http://www.cultstud.org/> (ACS) to be 
held *11-15 July 2011* at the Department of Educational Studies of Ghent 
University in Belgium. The theme of the Summer Institute is *Critical 
Literacies*.

Visit the ACS Summer Institute website <http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/> 
for information about registration 
<http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/register.php> and accommodation 
<http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/venue.php?page=accomodation>, or contact: 
ACSSI2011 at UGent.be <mailto:ACSSI2011 at UGent.be>. We strongly advice 
participants to register and secure accommodation as early as possible.

The Summer Institute will provide an intensive, extensive and rewarding 
pedagogical experience for postgraduate students and postdoctoral 
researchers who will have the opportunity to spend the week discussing 
and learning from keynote presentations, lectures, workshops and 
seminars delivered by 5 keynote speakers and a faculty staff of leading 
cultural studies scholars from around the world. The overall 
*participatory* and *informal* character of the Summer Institute will 
give voice to the participants by offering a forum to address issues 
related to their own work specifically as well as issues of general 
interest. In addition, social activities from receptions and meals to 
informal gatherings will provide opportunity for participants, lecturers 
and organizers to intermingle and stimulate further conversation.

*Keynotes:*

- Joke Hermes (Hogeschool Inholland/University of Amsterdam, The 
Netherlands)

- Carol Stabile (University of Oregon, United States)

- Ted Striphas (Indiana University, United States)

- Keyan Tomaselli (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South-Africa)

- John Willinsky (Stanford University, United States)

*Confirmed Faculty Staff: *

- Abdulhamied Alromaithy (Culture Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

- Ursula Ganz-Blaettler (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)

- Jan Hein Hoogstad (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

- Bart Keunen (Ghent University, Belgium)

- Mikko Lehtonen (University of Tampere, Finland)

- Gilbert Rodman (University of Minnesota, United States)

- An van. Dienderen (Royal Academy of Art, University College Ghent, 
Belgium)

- Handel Kashope Wright (University of British Columbia, Canada)

The Association for Cultural Studies <http://www.cultstud.org/> is the 
premiere international association of cultural studies and hosts the 
biennial Crossroads <http://cultstud.org/index.php?s=crossroads> in 
Cultural Studies Conference. Starting with Ghent in 2011, the ACS 
intends to host a biennial Summer Institute.