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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Some very good news I have been wanting to share since visiting Hong Kong last month. Please distribute widely.<BR>
Any questions in the lead-up to this event, feel free to ask, <BR>
Melissa<BR>
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Dear colleagues,<BR>
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The 8th Crossroads Conference in Cultural Studies will be hosted by the Department of Cultural Studies jointly with Kwan Fong Cultural Research & Development Programme of <B><U>Lingnan University in HONG KONG during June 17 -21, 2010</U></B>. Please check the details at our conference website: <a href="http://www.crossroads2010.org">http://www.crossroads2010.org</a><BR>
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This year we are very pleased to have invited the following keynote and plenary speakers:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Katherine GIBSON (Australia)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Tony BENNETT (UK/Australia)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Anne BALSAMO (US)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Nilufer GOLE (Turkey/France)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Josephine HO (Taiwan)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Sandro MEZZADRA (Italy)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>PUN Ngai (China)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Vinod RAINA (India)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Andrew ROSS (US)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Catherine WALSH (Ecuador)</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>As always, we are open to all innovative topics in Cultural Studies. There is certainly no boundary of your scholarly thinking; however, we do have some suggested topics listed in the section "Topic Suggestions" in the conference website as food for thoughts. Please also refer to the section on "Panels and Proposals" in the conference website for the submission guidelines. <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'>Please submit your proposals by <B><U>December 31st, 2009</U></B> to the Academic Programme Sub-committee at: xroads@LN.edu.hk<BR>
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We look forward to receiving your proposals soon!<BR>
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Crossroads 2010<BR>
Academic Programme Sub-committee<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Professor Meaghan MORRIS, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University <BR>
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Committee Members:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Professor Stephen Ching-kiu CHAN, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
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</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dr Helen GRACE, Dept of Cultural & Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Professor Mette Anne HJORT, Dept of Philosophy, Lingnan University
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dr Po-keung HUI, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dr Wing-sang LAW, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dr Angel LIN, Dept of English, City University of Hong Kong
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dr Shuang SHEN, Dept of Chinese, Lingnan University
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dr Ching YAU, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University <BR>
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ARC Discovery Fellow<BR>
Department of Gender and Cultural Studies<BR>
Main Quadrangle Building A14<BR>
University of Sydney NSW 2006<BR>
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p 02 9351 3657 | m 0408 599 359 | e mel.gregg@usyd.edu.au<BR>
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<a href="http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/gcs/staff/profiles/mgregg.shtml">http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/gcs/staff/profiles/mgregg.shtml</a><BR>
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