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New Roman">This is a reminder that early-bird
registration for the third <b>Association for
Cultural Studies Institute</b> ends on the <span
tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">30th of July
2015</span></span>. The Institute will be held
from <b><span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">7-12
December 2015</span></span></b> at the
University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South
Africa. The theme of the 2015 Institute is “<b>Precarious
Futures</b>.” For details regarding this important
event, including <b>an updated list of keynote and
seminar abstracts</b>, please check out our
website at </span></font><i><span
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New Roman">The ACS Institute will be a forum for
critical discussions of important perspectives on
cultural studies today. Our theme is intended to
forge productive and provocative conversations about
how cultural studies might help to chart less
precarious and more equitable futures. As a field
that has, since its inception, been centrally
concerned with the relationship between culture and
power, cultural studies can offer unique
perspectives on precariousness as not only an
endemic experience of contemporary life, but as a
state increasingly anticipated for human and
non-human planetary futures. This Institute will
provide a sustained opportunity for critical
reflection on the cultural, economic and political
trajectories that point to, or might alter, such
futures. </font></span> </p>
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New Roman">The Institute will provide an intense and
rewarding pedagogical experience for postgraduate
students and postdoctoral researchers (established
scholars are also welcome) who will have the
opportunity to spend the week learning from lectures
and seminars delivered by five keynote speakers and
a faculty staff of leading cultural studies scholars
from around the world. The following keynote
speakers have been confirmed: </font></span> </p>
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<span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><font
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Times New
Roman"><font face="Times New Roman">Jean Comaroff</font></span></b><font
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New Roman"> (Harvard University, USA) </span></font>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Times New
Roman"><font face="Times New Roman">John Erni</font></span></b><font
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Kong) </span></font> </p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Times New
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Times New
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Times New
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Wright</font></span></b><font face="Times New
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of British Columbia, Canada) </span></font> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-family:Times New Roman"><font face="Times
New Roman">Following on the great successes of the
previous ACS Institutes — 2011 at the University of
Ghent (Belgium) and 2013 at the Alpen-Adria
University Klagenfurt (Austria) — the 2015 edition
of the Institute will bring together people from a
wide range of disciplines to explore what it means
to conduct cultural studies. We invite and encourage
participation from researchers who work in
disciplines such as cultural studies, film studies,
media studies, cultural sociology, cultural
anthropology, literary theory and criticism,
discourse analysis, new literacy studies,
philosophy, educational studies, rhetorical
criticism, and so forth. </font></span> </p>
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style="font-family:Times New Roman"><font face="Times
New Roman">Those interested in participating are
invited to take notice of the above-mentioned
dates. Email inquiries can be addressed to the local
organisers at: </font></span><span
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face="Times New Roman" color="black"><a
href="mailto:acsinstitute2015@gmail.com"
target="_blank">acsinstitute2015@gmail.com</a></font></span><span
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