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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US>ACS
Summer Institute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The <a
href="http://www.cultstud.org/">Association for Cultural Studies</a> (ACS)
presents the inaugural <a href="http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/index.php">ACS
Summer Institute</a> to be held 11-15 July 2011 at the Department of
Educational Studies of Ghent University in Belgium. The theme of the Summer
Institute is <b>Critical Literacies.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The traditional
notions of literacy have been challenged by developments such as digitization,
globalization and multiculturalism. During the Summer Institute we will
question and discuss these challenges from a critical perspective, working at
the intersection of cultural studies and education. We will take into account
the expansion of the notion of a singular literacy to multiliteracies and focus
on what this shift implies for media literacy, digital literacy,
(cross)cultural literacy, academic literacy, corporal literacy, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The Summer
Institute will provide an intensive, extensive and rewarding pedagogical
experience for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers who will have
the opportunity to spend the week discussing and learning from keynote
presentations, lectures, workshops and seminars delivered by 5 <b>keynote
speakers</b> and a <b>faculty staff</b> of leading cultural studies scholars
from around the world. The overall <b>participatory</b> and <b>informal</b>
character of the Summer Institute will give voice to the participants by
offering a forum to address issues related to their own work specifically
as well as issues of general interest. In addition, social activities from
receptions and meals to informal gatherings will provide opportunity for participants,
lecturers and organizers to intermingle and stimulate further conversation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US>Keynotes:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Joke Hermes
(Hogeschool Inholland/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Carol Stabile
(University of Oregon, United States)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Ted Striphas
(Indiana University, United States)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Keyan
Tomaselli (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South-Africa)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- John Willinsky
(Stanford University, United States)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US>Confirmed
Faculty Staff: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Abdulhamied
Alromaithy (Culture Arabia, United Arab Emirates)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Ursula Ganz-Blaettler
(University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Jan Hein
Hoogstad (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Mikko Lehtonen
(University of Tampere, Finland)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Gilbert Rodman
(University of Minnesota, United States)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- An van.
Dienderen (Royal Academy of Art, University College Ghent, Belgium)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>- Handel Kashope
Wright (University of British Columbia, Canada)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The Summer
Institute will be held in the tradition of the Crossroads conference, bringing
together participants from a wide range of disciplines to explore what it means
to conduct cultural studies. We therefore encourage participation from
researchers who work in disciplines such as cultural studies, cultural
anthropology, film studies, media studies, literary theory and criticism,
discourse analysis, new literacy studies, educational studies, rhetorical
criticism, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Visit the ACS
Summer Institute <a href="http://www.acssi2011.ugent.be/index.php">website</a>
for information about registration and accommodation, or contact: <a
href="mailto:ACSSI2011@UGent.be">ACSSI2011@UGent.be</a>. We strongly advice
participants to register and secure accommodation as early as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The <a
href="http://www.cultstud.org/">Association of Cultural Studies</a> is the
premiere international association of cultural studies and hosts the biennial <a
href="http://cultstud.org/index.php?s=crossroads">Crossroads in Cultural
Studies</a> conference. Starting with Ghent in 2011, the ACS intends to
host a biennial Summer Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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