We are pleased to share the CFP for the 10th annual Critiquing Culture Conference hosted by the Cultural Studies Program here at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Paper proposals are due July 15 for the October 1 conference. Please consider submitting!
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Cultural Studies program at George Mason University is committed to the analysis and critique of culture. Cultural Studies examines cultural objects as products of the wider social, historical, economic and political conditions. Thus its interests lay both in understanding processes of cultural production as well as discovering the effects of culture at sites of reception. In particular, Cultural Studies focuses on power relations and inequalities, which shape the horizon of possibilities for any cultural object at hand, be it a political discourse, an economic model, or a mass cultural product. Towards this project, we recognize the value of a range of critical approaches including Marxist political economy, poststructuralism, feminism, critical theory and postcolonial studies. While the objects of Cultural Studies vary widely, the field aims at political relevance and efficacy.
In an attempt to broaden the community of scholars working in precisely this interdisciplinary vein, the Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee at George Mason University invites graduate students to submit research papers for a conference specifically oriented toward the examination of cultural objects, whether through Marxist, structuralist/poststructuralist, feminist, or other critical lenses. We encourage the submission of papers related to the following broad themes:
● Political Economy
● Mass & Popular Culture
● Gender & Sexuality
● Race & Ethnicity
● Visual Culture
We strongly encourage submissions that address, critique, or otherwise analyze issues of neoliberalism.
June 22, 2016