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Virtual Lecture Series talk – June 16, 2025
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Siddharth Soni (University of Southampton), titled ‘The Impossible Ethics of Surrogate Friendship’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on June 16th, 4 PM British Summer Time/ BST (GMT...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – April 24, 2025
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Athambile Masola (University of Cape Town, South Africa), titled ‘Intshumayelo and the religion of imagination’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on April 24th, 4 PM South Africa...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – March 19, 2025
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Ahtziri Molina Roldán (Universidad Veracruzana), Bianca Garduño (Universidad Mayor Nacional de San Marcos) and Anna Cristina Pertierra (University of Technology Sydney), titled ‘Cultural...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – February 18, 2025
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Pieter Verdegem (Westminster University), titled ‘Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Generative AI’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on February 18th, 10 AM GMT. For...
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Virtual Lecture Series talk – August 15, 2024
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by June Wang and Gulinigaer Yishake (City University of Hong Kong), titled ‘Along the Deep Interface of Digital Food: Islanding and Networking amidst the Territorialization of Uygur Cuisine‘...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – July 25, 2024
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Andrew Davis (Appalachian State University, USA), titled ‘“Aren’t You a Little Short for a Stormtrooper?” A Conjunctural Reappraisal of Fascism’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – June 24, 2024
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Lindsay Balfour (Coventry University, UK), titled ‘Intimacy, Haunting, and the Digital Future of Hospitality’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on June 24th, 5:30 PM BST/ British...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – May 24, 2024
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Runchao Liu (University of Denver, USA), titled ‘(Un)Hearing race: Oriental riffs, affect, and beyond racializing affects’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on May 24th, 11 AM MDT/...
ACS General Assembly 2024
The General Assembly of the Association for Cultural Studies 2024 will be held via email from May 20th to June 3rd. All members are invited to participate. During the meeting, a report will be given on the activities that took place in 2023 and future activities of...
ACS Board Elections 2024 – Results
The (re)elected members of the Board for 2024-2028 are: Vice Chair: Aljosa Puzar (South Korea/ Slovenia) Regional representatives: Africa: Adam Haupt (South Africa) Asia: Jian Xiao (China) and Nishant Shah (Hong Kong) Australia and New Zealand: Christina Lee...
ACS Board Election 2024 – Candidates announced
We invite ACS Members to vote in the election of the new board for years 2024-2028. In this election cycle, members can vote for the Vice Chair of the Association and for Board members representing their designated geographic region. The elections will...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – April 16, 2024
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Mengyu Luo (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, PRC), titled ‘Power Dynamics in Shanghai’s Cultural Production: Music, Heritage, and Institutions’ (followed by a Q&A), which...
Virtual Lecture Series talk – March 19, 2024
We would like to invite you to the next Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Poppy Wilde (Birmingham City University, UK), titled ‘Posthumanism and play: Embodying avatar-gamer entanglements‘ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on March 19th, 5 PM GMT For more...
ACS Board Elections 2024: Nomination period open until March 15th
We invite all ACS Members to nominate new members to the Association's Board! Please nominate someone you think would be a good representative of your region for the next four years, and please take into account that it could also be you! Please send the nominations...