Monthly MACS

Posted on | August 31, 2004 |

the time has come for me to speak in public for the first time in brisbane. since i moved here anyway. and not counting lectures… coz… they don’t count. so if anyone is sneakily reading this blog from a brisbane location (yes I mean you!) then come along to this that i am organising.

announcing the launch of

MONTHLY MACS
a brisbane media and cultural studies meet
first friday of every month
starting september 3

LAUNCH EVENT

‘what i did on my holidays’: reflections on recent conferences

featuring

jean burgess (QUT, formerly UQ)
melissa gregg (UQ)
ellie rennie (QUT)
amanda roe (UQ)

CCCS Seminar Room
Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies
4th Floor Forgan Smith Tower
University of Queensland, St Lucia

3.00pm

DRINKS TO FOLLOW IN STAFF CLUB

This is the first of what we hope will be a series of seminars for graduate students and others working in media and cultural studies at UQ, QUT and Griffith. The aim is to have regular seminars where students in particular can present work in progress for discussion in a collegial environment. Bringing together researchers at all levels - honours, postgraduate, postdoc, RAs and full time staff - we hope to develop a profile for Brisbane cultural studies by voicing ideas and shared research interests across institutions. Issues raised at these meets will also be posted online to the CSAA-forum email list as a way to spark debate in the field more generally - with Brisbane as the talking point!

The first event will be a friendly gathering with four small presentations dealing with recent conferences. We hope this will be a nice way to situate Brisbane MACS alongside similar work taking place internationally. Jean Burgess will speak on her recent visit to the Oxford Internet Institute, Melissa Gregg will tell some tales from the Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference in Urbana, Illinois, Ellie Rennie will issue a report from the community media trenches of Brazil, and Amanda Roe will tell us what it’s like to present academic research to comedy writers.

In the future, these seminars will provide a space for students with related research topics to share work and feedback, as well as providing a local social network of MACS researchers. It is an ideal way to circulate ideas while taking a break from the isolation of full time research. Please come along and support this initiative, which we hope will create productive new connections between pgs, postdocs and others at the three universities.

Category: Academia

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