CSAA Intermezzo Symposia – Call for Expressions of Interest

As an initiative to provide opportunities for collegiality and the sharing of ideas, the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia is calling for Expressions of Interest from collectives of scholars to conduct short 1-­2 day ‘Intermezzo’ Symposia to discuss and workshop themes, ideas and projects in Cultural Studies and cognate Humanities discipline areas. These Intermezzo Symposia will typically be organised around geographically situated groups of scholars, and will focus on initiatives, projects and other matters relevant to Cultural Studies from the ‘local’ perspective.

The Intermezzo Symposia may be joint-­sponsored events, but should carry an explicit Cultural Studies concern and benefit members of the CSAA. The Intermezzo symposia carry two distinct purposes:

  1. To promote and engage collegiality amongst Cultural Studies scholars in the Australasian region 
  2. To provide the opportunity for new ideas, developments and emerging projects to be discussed in a supportive environment

 
The Intermezzo Symposia preface the role of the Cultural Studies collegiate by enabling the sharing of ideas in a supportive and democratic way. Intermezzo Symposia are concerned with promoting Cultural Studies scholarship, whilst at the same time provoking a reflexive stance for the consideration of where Cultural Studies scholarship is positioned currently within the Academy, and the ways in which it might continue to form.

The intent of the Intermezzo is detailed in the “Intermezzo Structure and Guidelines” document available here.

A bursary of up to AU$2000 each for 3 separate events is available in 2013, with further events to be funded in the first half of 2014.

The purpose of the Intermezzo is to generate and maintain collegiality – so, if you have a network of colleagues and would like to host an event to discuss and further a project, initiative or similar, we encourage you to forward an expression of interest.

Expressions of interest using the form contained in the “Intermezzo Structure and Guidelines” document should be sent to the President of the CSAA, Andrew Hickey (Andrew.Hickey@usq.edu.au) by CoB 16th August 2013.