Meaghan Morris @ UQ
the backlash continues
i’m starting to like the election result. i can’t remember ever having had an inbox so full of passion, debate, ideas, wit, concern and care.
no twinkle toes
i’m finding it curious and cute that a number of obits for derrida are talking about how he really wanted to be a soccer player. could be the most complex literary philosopher of our age, but still, not much chop on the footy park. reminds me of the soccer tournament that used to be played [...]
it was a night of bad news
following yesterday’s federal election, the liberal party look likely to gain control over both houses of parliament. this situation hasn’t happened in my lifetime, and i’m a bit worried about what it could mean. still raw, i told kris earlier today i felt as tho what people call the idea of australia - and closely [...]
Addressing Cultural Studies
…is the new title for my book proposal, as suggested by potential publisher #2. So much for moving my career away from an explicit association with cultural studies. Anyway, I’ve been asked to come up with a ‘catchy’ subtitle (if you need a refresh, the proposal is here). My suggestions are:
1. ‘Performing politics from/in [...]
Sneja Gunew @ UQ
The Centre for Research on Women, Gender, Culture and Social Change, a part of EMSAH at UQ, is hosting a masterclass on “Transculturalism”, Thursday 18 November from 10-4 (followed by refreshments). Professor Sneja Gunew will be the main speaker and the day is designed mainly for postgraduates but others are also welcome. Sneja will give [...]
MACS report
here’s a report on what happened at MACS on friday - yes, i’ve been given a webpage for it at the CCCS, it’s the small victories…
October Monthly MACS report
Last Friday afternoon the Monthly MACS meeting at the CCCS (for background see ) focused on the transitions involved in PhD research. The idea was to [...]
interdisciplinarity and the preface plague
an old sydney pal and founding fibreculturalist david teh has just returned from the AoIRconference in Brighton and the critical animals meeting in Newcastle (Australia). he has some interesting things to say about the fine art of the 15 minute conference paper, the plague of the preface and the usefulness of too much methodological reflexivity. [...]
Mark Poster visit
This Thursday Mark Poster’s coming to the sandstone tower. I’ll paste the blurb below. If you’ve been following Jean and I as we plan the Everyday Life conference panel you might also be keen to come along to a one on one we’re setting up with Prof Poster earlier in the day for postgrads and [...]
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