Events

Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society (IACS) Conference  2013
Beyond the Culture Industry
Conference website – http://culturalstudies.asia/iacs-conference-2013/

This conference is organised by the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society (IACS), and is hosted by the Asia Research Institute and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore.

The general theme of the 2013 conference is “Beyond the Culture Industry”. In the past two decades, the cultural sphere of rising Asian economies has increasingly shifted from being marked by the politics of authoritarianism and democratization to being pervaded by the market logic of deepening capitalism. The development of Asian culture industries has come under increasing scrutiny in cultural studies. However, we note that the emphases have been on the cultural policy of developmental states and the production of the cultural economy. For the 2013 conference, we seek to move beyond these emphases and inquire into the politics of culture that accompanies the neoliberalization of the cultural sphere.

OPENING ADDRESS
Prof Meaghan Morris
Chair, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, & Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, The University of Sydney, Australia

Prof Prasenjit Duara
Director, Asia Research Institute, and Director, Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Office of Deputy President (Research and Technology),
National University of Singapore 

OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER & DISCUSSANT
Prof Lily Kong
Vice President (University and Global Relations), and Vice Provost (Academic Personnel), National University of Singapore

Prof Koichi Iwabuchi
Director, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia

CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Prof Thongchai Winichakul
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

PLENARY PANEL 1: BEYOND THE CULTURE INDUSTRY
Prof Stephan Chan, Academic Dean of Faculty of Arts, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Mr Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, India
Assoc Prof Audrey Yue, The University of Melbourne, Australia

PLENARY PANEL 2: CHUA BENG HUAT ON POWER, POLITICS AND POP CULTURE
Prof Meaghan Morris, The University of Sydney, Australia
Assoc Prof Kian-Woon Kwok, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Assoc Prof C.J.W.-L. Wee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

PLENARY PANEL 3: STATES OF EMERGENCY
Prof Soyoung Kim, Korean National University of Art, South Korea
Mr Hilmar Farid, Universitas Indonesia, and National University of Singapore
Prof Mary E. John, Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi

CLOSING ADDRESS
Prof Meaghan Morris
Chair, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, & Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, The University of Sydney, Australia

Prof Chua Beng Huat
Head of Department of Sociology, and Cluster Leader of Cultural Studies in Asia, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Prof Melani Budianta
Professor of Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia

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Accommodation information, registration fees schedule, and other details about the conference can be found at the conference admin page.

For enquiries, please email the IACS Conference Secretary, Assoc Prof Daniel Goh at iacs.conference@gmail.com