Category: News
-
IACS Dissertation Prize Finalists
— In January 2023, the IACS set up the IACS Dissertation Prize to encourage the critical scholarship in inter-Asia cultural studies. The prize will be granted every two years to recognize and honour the emerging and exciting research in the field. For this round, the period in which dissertations are considered are from August 1, 2021 to July…
-
IACS Dissertation Prize – Call for Nominations
To encourage the critical scholarship in inter-Asia cultural studies, The IACS Society has set up the IACS Dissertation Prize, to be granted every two years to recognize and honor the emerging and exciting research in the field. Dissertations intending to enter this competition will have to be nominated first either by his/her advisor or a…
-
Book Launch: Korean Cinema in Global Contexts
BOOK LAUNCH Soyoung Kim’s Korean Cinema in Global Contexts: Post-Colonial Phantom, Blockbuster and Trans-Cinema — Watch the recording of the event here. — Download Soyoung Kim’s Powerpoint Slides here.
-
List of clusters: 2023 inter-Asia Cultural Studies Biennial Conference Ahmedabad
List of Clusters The list of clusters can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/iacs2023clusters Please note: Anyone interested in joining a cluster should write directly to the cluster convenor. More information about the conference can be accessed here: iacs2023.weebly.com Important Dates Notification of Cluster Acceptance: September 15, 2022 Cluster Membership closes: September 30, 2022 Early Bird Registration Opens:…
-
2023 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Biennial Conference Ahmedabad
Conference website: iacs2023.weebly.com The Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) Society’s Biennial Conference returns to India after a gap of more than fifteen years. The 2021 conference was organized virtually by the IACS Society’s Secretariat at the National University of Singapore. In 2023 we propose a Landing Zone for the conference at Ahmedabad, India, July 27-29. In…
-
Applications to participate in the 2022 Summer School are now open
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School 2022 Date 9-19 August 2022 Venue Online Hosted by Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Applications to participate in the 2022 Summer School are now open. Further details in the link and below https://iacssummer.school/ Crisis and Connectedness: Flashpoints for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies The severity of structural inequalities and the violence that sustains…
-
Book Launch: Dreams of Flight
Hello friends, I’m thrilled to announce this public, online launch for _Dreams of Flight_, where I’ll be honoured to be joined by Prof Tejaswini Niranjana in conversation about the book, followed by public Q&A and discussion. Please join us on Sat March 12, AEDT5pm, on Zoom (details below). To buy the book at a 30%…
-
Call for proposals: International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM XXI 2022)
This is a gentle reminder that it is 15 days before the deadline for call for proposals on 31 October 2021. Please visit our online submission site and follow the instructions below to submit a proposal or to confirm / revise your previously accepted one. Instructions For first-time submission Visit our online submission page at the conference…
-
Addressing Archives: Women, Diaspora and Filmmaking
The forum, Addressing Archives: Women, Diaspora, Filmmaking will be held by Trans: Asia Screen Culture Institute,Korea National Univ.of Arts (Sep.30-Oct.1, 2021). The forum is dedicated to Park, Sunam, Zainichi woman filmmaker in Japan, journalist and activist. Since 1963, she has been active with publishing a book titled Guilt, Death and Love(1963) that inspired Death…
-
Call for Members: Student Committee
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CALL HAS NOW CLOSED The Board of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society is happy to announce the formation of a Student Committee. We are looking for a group of 5 to 10 graduate student members, to assist the IACSS in organizing events dedicated to students of cultural studies working on various kinds…