This article is a preview of the Fifteenth Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The conference is titled, "Culture in the Age of Mass Debt, and Dealing with Trump," held on May 25-27th.
GMU Cultural Studies continues its tradition of being heavily involved in the planning and execution of the annual CSA Conference. Our very own Paul Smith is President and Acting Executive Director of the Cultural Studies Association, as well as the Site Director of this year's conference. GMU Cultural Studies is an institutional member of CSA. In addition, recent graduate of the program, Lisa Daily, is on the CSA Governing Board. Prof. Dina Coppelman and PhD student, Amy Zhang, are on this year’s site committee.
The following panels featuring members affiliated with the Cultural Studies Department are listed below for your convenience. (Please consult the final schedule on site in order to verify dates, times and locations.)
Click here for the full program (Once again, this is subject to change, so please consult the CSA Website for verification)
Thursday, 1:00-2-30
ICC ROOM 118 - Globalization and Culture Working Group Panel
“Doing Development: Debt, Empowerment, and Dignity”
They Should Want to Pay": Exploring Dignity and Debt in FLOW and The Take
Kathalene Razzano, George Mason University (CS Alum and GMU Instructor)
Valuing Voluntourism: Moral Economy and the Debt of Doing Development
Margaret Zeddies, George Mason University (Sociology PhD Program)
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Thursday, 1:00-2:30
ICC ROOM 106, Panel
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Thursday, 1:00-2:30
ICC ROOM 105, Environment, Space and Place Working Group Panel
“Visualizing Environments: Imagining Futures Otherwise”
The Art of Coal Waste: Disjunct temporalities and the use of coal waste as a material in contemporary fine art
Richard Todd Stafford, George Mason University
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Thursday, 1:00-2:30
ICC ROOM 120, Panel
“The Trump Affect: Media, Violence, and Cognitive Bias
The Affective Violence of Trumpian Politics
Christina Riley, George Mason University
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Thursday, 2:45-4:15
ICC ROOM 106, Panel
“Petro-landscapes: Aesthetics, Gender, and Geopolitics”
Petroculture, Water, and the Sublime in Lake Chad, the Great Lakes, and Standing Rock
Michael Malouf, George Mason University (Faculty, English Department)
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Thursday, 2:45-4:15
ICC ROOM 119, Panel
“Who will (get paid to) watch the watchers?”
Undercover Surveillance and Disorder in New York City
Austin Gallas, George Mason University
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Thursday, 2:45-4:15
ICC ROOM 117, Panel
“Unpacking Politics: Populism, Progressives, and Power”
Election 2016: Right-Wing Populism and the Crises of Capitalism
Lindsey Macdonald, George Mason University
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Friday, 8:45-10:15
ICC ROOM 117, Panel
“Immigrant Imaginaries and the Politics of Hope and Debt”
The Great Weight of Debt on Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors
Hansel Aguilar, George Mason University (Dept. of Sociology)
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Friday, 10:30-12:00
ICC ROOM 106, Panel
“Visual Representation of Heritage, Protest, and Post-Racial Politics”
Envisioning America's Presidents
M. Liz Andrews, George Mason University
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Friday, 10:30-12:00
ICC ROOM 213, Panel
“Love, Debt, and the Ends of the University”
A student body in debt: value, labour, and sports
Kimberly Klinger, George Mason University
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Friday, 1:00-2:30
ICC ROOM 105, Visual Cultures Working Group Panel
“Resistant Images: How to Make Injustice Visible”
Looking at Appalachia: Poverty Photography Rebranded
Caroline West, George Mason University
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Friday, 2:45 – 4:15
ICC ROOM 105, Visual Cultures Working Group Panel
“Digital Truths: The Visual ReConstruction of Reality in New Media”
The Googlization of the Gallery
Savannah Fetterolf, George Mason University
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Saturday, 8:45-10:15
ICC ROOM 118, Panel
“Social Media Activism and the Spectacle of Accountability”
Putin’s Celebrity Spectacle: Mobilizing Anti-fascist Affect Among Russian Youth
David Zeglen, George Mason University
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Saturday, 1:00-2:30
ICC ROOM 119, Race and Critical Ethnic Studies Working Group Panel
Teaching Resistance: Commodifying the Students of Color Bodies in
the Neoliberal Universities
Khoi Nguyen, George Mason University
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Saturday 2:45-4:15
ICC ROOM 118, Panel
“The Spectacle Imperfected: Post-fact Propaganda and the Social Media Economy”
Fake News Spectacle
Tai Neilson, George Mason University
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The following panels feature members from our expansive alumni network, which will also interest the broader GMU Cultural Studies community:
Thursday, 2:45-4:15
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Friday, 8:45-10:15
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Friday, 1:00-2:30
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Saturday, 1:00-2:30
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Other panels and sessions related to George Mason University:
The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University
Saturday May 27, 10:30–12:00
ICC ROOM 108
The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University was founded in 2009 as an interdisciplinary facility for the advancement of critical Islamic studies with focus on the history, culture, and religion of Muslim communities in a global context. Its mission is to advance a sound and nuanced understanding of Muslim societies and the Islamic faith, its role in world history, and its current patterns of globalization. Since its inception, the Center has established itself as one of the leading academic institutions of its kind by supporting research, interdisciplinary academic programs, and community outreach. Most recently, it launched an online publication, Maydan, offering expert analysis on a wide variety of issues in the field of Islamic Studies for academic and public audiences.
“Islam, the Middle East, and the United States in the Trump Era”
Chair:
Hüseyin Yılmaz
The United States and Syria under Trump
Bassam Haddad
The Politics of Sectarianism in the Trump Era
Sumaiya Hamdani
Islam and Governmentality
Peter Mandaville
American Muslim Intersectionality and the Trump Era
Ahmet Tekelioglu
The Origins of the Muslim Other in European and American Imagination
Hüseyin Yılmaz
May 22, 2017