26 July 2021 (Monday)
The Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society conference will host its Graduate Conference (26 July 2021) before the Main Conference (28-30 July 2021). Our objective is to provide a favourable learning environment for graduate students to present their work-in-progress. While graduate students may submit their abstracts to the Main Conference, we encourage graduate students to submit to the Graduate Conference for better networking opportunities and productive faculty feedback. A professional development session will be hosted by cultural studies graduates who will share their career paths within and beyond academia.
Invited Speakers
- Assoc. Prof. Daniel P S Goh (National University of Singapore)
- Dr Annisa R Beta (The University of Melbourne)
- Dr Roberto Castillo (Lingnan University)
- Dr Jaime Hsu Fang-Tze (National University of Singapore)
- Dr Nitya Vasudevan (Azim Premji University)
- Prof. Jack Linchuan Qiu (National University of Singapore)
- Assoc. Prof. Fran Martin (The University of Melbourne)
The C-19 pandemic has upended all aspects of everyday work, life and play. From emergency lockdowns that required everyone to shelter at home to the gradual lifting of restrictions where working from home and remote learning continue to remain the norm, no one and no mode of human interaction have been left untouched by the virus. It is a cascading disaster involving health, economic and social challenges. Its measures designed to mitigate the virus have changed patterns of consumption and production. Its viral war metaphors have unleashed hostility between people, groups and nation-states. As a catastrophic event, it has precipitated ecological changes to unsettle and defamiliarise our traditional sensemaking of the world. While exacerbating structural inequalities and racial injustices, it has also reminded us there are things we should value, such as care and community. In such times of crisis, we ask: what are the new conditions and conjunctions of culture (cf. Hall, Grossberg)? What are the alternative strategies to think and act critically in ways that do not merely reproduce conventional and confrontational modes of resistance—how can we negotiate the pandemic and its contradictions so we are not just passive conduits of the virus? How can we refuse to be its vector of transmission (cf. Hage)? With the theme of “Culture in the Pandemic Age,” this Conference calls for critical investigation of the various responses to the C-19 with a focus on the specificities of local cultural contexts and practices. We welcome all submissions relating to Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
Format: Hybrid (Virtual/Singapore)–Zoom, in-person, pre-recorded presentations. Delegates are invited to present virtually. Socially distanced and hybrid keynote presentation and professional development session will be live-streamed and where possible, live at National University of Singapore.
Abstract submission deadline: 05 March 2021 (extended)
Announcement of accepted panels and papers: 26 March 2021
Conference Convenor: Prof Audrey Yue (National University of Singapore)
Conference Contact Email: iacs2021singapore@gmail.com
Abstract Proposal Guidelines
Individual papers only.
- The abstract submitted should be maximum 250 words in length. An individual paper presentation, if accepted, will be grouped into a panel by the IACS 2021 Academic Selection Committee.
- All abstracts must be submitted electronically via the submission system as listed above. Submissions via other ways will not be considered.
For submission of your abstracts, please fill up the form here.