Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference 14-17th December 2016 Program Index

1pm-2pm
Lunch: Abercrombie building
Lunch will be served on Abercrombie floors 2 and 3. You may also collect your lunch and go to the
following book launch (please remember to return any lunch/service materials to the lunch stations so the
rooms are ready for the following sessions).
Book launch in ABS2080: Holly Randell-Moon & Rya Tippet (eds), Security, Race, Biopower: Essays
on Technology and Corporeality (Palgrave Macmillan), launched by Anne Cranny-Francis.
2pm-3.30pm Parallel Sessions 2 See the schedule on page 4. See Parallel Session abstracts below.
3.30pm-5pm Spotlight Sessions 1
ABS 1110 Popular Affect Online (Chair, Kane Race): Susanna Paasonen, John Erni, Deborah
Tolman.. See Invited Speaker abstracts below.
ABS1040 Culture, Gender, and Decolonisation (Chair, Vek Lewis): Maria Lugones, Sujatha
Fernandes, Sara Catherine Motta. See Invited Speaker abstracts below.
ABS1130 Media Regulation (Chair, Liam Grealy): Martin Fredriksson Almqvist, Laikwan Pang, Mark
McLelland. See Invited Speaker abstracts below.
5pm-6pm Lawrence Grossberg: A Celebration (Abercrombie Auditorium B2010)
Larry Grossberg has exercised a defining influence on the trajectories of cultural studies in his many and
varied roles: as a leading intellectual and theorist; as the long-term editor of Cultural Studies; as a teacher,
supervisor and mentor for many key figures in the field; and in institutional leadership, including as coconvener
(and co-editor) of “Cultural Studies Now and In the Future”, the major conference which gave
cultural studies international visibility, and as one of the founders of the Cultural Studies Association. On
the occasion of his stepping down from the editorship of Cultural Studies, John Erni, Meaghan Morris and
Tony Bennett will engage Larry in a conversation on the defining features of his contributions to cultural
studies.
6pm-7.30pm Opening Reception (The Main Quadrangle)
Your name-badge will be marked with a red circle to indicate you requested a ticket for the opening
reception on registration. The opening reception is sponsored by Taylor & Francis, publishers of the journal
Cultural Studies. Opening remarks: Ted Striphas. Carillon: Amy Johansen.
Thursday, 15 December
8.30am-9am Registration (Foyer, Seymour Centre)
9am-10.30am Plenary Panel 1: Borders and Mobilities: Fran Martin, Martina Tazzioli, Rachel Silvey (York
Theatre, Seymour Centre) – Chair, Brett Neilson. See Invited Speaker abstracts below.
10.30am-11am Transit to Abercrombie for Morning Tea (Abercrombie floors 2 and 3)
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