Media@McGill is co-sponsoring the biennial conference of The Canadian Association of Cultural Studies (CACS), which will be hosted at Thomson House at McGill University's Downtown Campus between Friday, November 4 and Sunday, November 6, 2011.
Keynote addresses and plenary panels are free and open to the public.
Keynote Address:
The Reorder of Things: On the Institutionalization of Difference.
Roderick Ferguson, University of Minnesota
Friday, November 4, 2011, 2:30-4:00 pm, Thomson House ballroom
Professor Ferguson's keynote address will be presented in conjunction with the McGill Institute for the Study of Gender, Sexuality and Feminism conference on The Body: New Paradigms, Perspectives, and Practices, taking place on Thursday, November 3rd, at Thomson House.
Keynote Address:
Autonomy, Transnational Literacies, and Planetarity: Emergent Cultural Imaginaries of Research Engagement.
Diana Brydon, University of Manitoba
Saturday, November 5, 2011, 2:30-4:00 pm, Thomson House ballroom.
Cultural Study This!
Saturday November 5, 2011 at 8:30 pm, Sala Rossa, 4848 Boulevard St. Laurent (map)
$10, tickets available at the door
Cultural Study This! is a cabaret organized by TL Cowan, Jasmine Rault, and writer and performance artist, Dayna Mcleod, who is also the host and curator of the event. The cabaret will be followed by an after-show with DJ Owen Chapman.
Plenary Panel: "Liminal Labours" Plenary Panel on Academic Labour Conditions and Equity Issues.
Sunday, November 6, 2011, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, Thomson House ballroom.
Panelists: Jonathan Sterne (McGill University), Darin Barney (McGill University), Malinda Smith (University of Alberta), Bob Hanke (York University), and Janice Newsom (York University).
Moderator: Alison Hearn (University of Western Ontario).
Other conference sessions require registration at the door. Full program details are available on the CACS website.