Author: IACS Society
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2026 Summer School CfA launched
— The 2026 IACS Summer School host, the Digital Narratives Studio, of the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has launched the call for applications this week. The application deadline is 7 January 2026. — The 2026 Summer School is organised in partnership with The Center for Cultural Studies, at CUHK, and the Department of…
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Elspeth Probyn and Inter-Asia Cultural Studies: A tribute from behind the scenes
— By Fran Martin, with thanks to Meaghan Morris — Elspeth’s connections with the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies project are perhaps not widely known outside the networks directly involved, but they are nonetheless deep and consequential. Elspeth is linked with Inter-Asia not through publicly visible institutional-level affiliations or an Asia specialization in her own research, but…
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Thinking with Elspeth Probyn: a love letter to my teacher
Photo: Elspeth celebrated with the newly minted Dr Leung over a Dark ’n Stormy— her love Sarah’s favourite—The Redfern, Sydney, 18 June 2021. — A memorial tribute by her student, Daren Shi-Chi Leung — Elspeth thought with feeling. She could bring life to the most ordinary subjects—human and non-human—and make them throb with consequence. As…
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Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Note on Palestine
— As we reflect on the IACS Conference 2025 in Nakhon Si Thammarat held in July, where speakers convened around the theme of Geo-Social Connection: The Continuing Journey of Critical Inquiry, we encourage attendees and members to join us in reflecting on how we, as scholars, cultural workers, and activists, can continue to deepen the…
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2025–2027 IACS Board Commences
— Following an open nomination and election among all active IACS members, the 2025–2027 IACS Board has now been confirmed. — The election process began with a call for nominations (including self-nominations). Board members serve on a voluntary, unpaid basis, with responsibilities including promoting and advancing the Society’s academic activities—organising the summer school, conference, dissertation…
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Call for IACS Board Member Nominations
— The IACS Society is pleased to announce open nomination (including self-nomination) and election of active members for several open positions in the next board (2025-2027). The obligations of the board members are to promote and advance the academic activities of the IACS Society, including organizing the summer school, the conference, the dissertation prize, as…
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A New Institutional Member
— The IACS Society is pleased to announce that the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota has joined us as an institutional member. The IACS Society is honored to partner with University of Minnesota’s GWSS Department which has been a leading institution in North America in engaging with issues of structural inequalities,…
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2025 IACS Dissertation Prize Winner
Profes— Photo: Founding member of IACS, Professor Meaghan Morris, presents the second IACS Dissertation Prize to Dr Sirithorn Siriwan at the 2025 IACS Conference in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. — This year, we received forty nominations from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, the UK, and the US. The dissertations reflect…
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2025 IACS Dissertation Prize Shortlist
— The 2025 IACS Dissertation Prize received 40 strong nominations this year. The quality and quantity of the dissertations have exceeded our expectation and made the selection a truly exciting and challenging task. After careful reading and intense discussion, our jury, Prof Fran Martin (jury chair), Prof Yiu Fai Chow, Prof Sharmani Patricia Gabriel, and…