Speaking in Sydney
Posted on March 11th, 2005, under Events
Thanks to the lovely people in the Gender and Cultural Studies Department at The University of Sydney, I’m going to be back in the old town during Blog Talk. Send me yr schedule so I can sneak in and see you!
If the blogging is getting too much, or if you’re broke like me and can’t afford to go, come along to our seminar at Sydney Uni on Friday May 20 instead. Jane Simon, Will Tregoning and I will be talking about Uncool Cultural Studies, particularly the issues raised in our presentations with Jean and Kris at the Perth CSAA conference. We’ll also be talking about how to move from a successful panel session to journal publication, given that our theme of ‘Counter-Heroics and Counter-Professionalism in Cultural Studies’ has just been offered a special issue of Continuum for next year. Stay tuned for more details on both.
On March 11th, 2005 at 4:01 pm, Glen said:
I think we will also have to organise a Carry-OK night, where everyone has a carry buddy for extreme drunkardness while singing sexy pop tunes with the silent voice orchestra. Of course, this is after an academic embargo on silliness while conferencing. At the very minimum we shall have to sychronise our respective time pieces for some military precision drinking time.
On March 11th, 2005 at 4:09 pm, mc gregg said:
Seconded.
On March 11th, 2005 at 4:11 pm, Jean said:
embargo? hang that damn embargo. I have to say Glen, seeing you pogo into the group in full voice when ackadacka came on in Perth was one of the most joyful moments in recent memory, and I really must see it again.
On March 11th, 2005 at 5:02 pm, Glen said:
Oh. No, Jean. I am the pogo… in fact here is a Mini-Manifesto of the Postgrad Pogo.
‘Conferencing’ is a self-interested set of dispositions that populate my person.
‘Conferencing’ has a use-by date; signalled by a weeks-long tension exhausted through 20 minutes of controlled, yet furious, seriousness.
‘Conferencing’ is a phase space and threshold — a singularity — minor perhaps, but always majoritarian and important nevertheless for my academic interests.
‘Drinking’ is what happens on the otherside. A period where I am completely undone and re-form myself in the forge of post-conferencing elation. Like experimenting at being me through an existential relaxation process: a smile, a walk, a ciggie, a dance, a laugh…
Yeah, and hot damn, I am ready for some drinking. You know the axiom: work hard/party hard
On March 13th, 2005 at 5:13 pm, Christian McCrea said:
I should really get to organising my conference and getting funding. Man I’m bad at this!
On March 13th, 2005 at 9:42 pm, liam hogan said:
$175 is a bit too much of a singular threshold for me, though I’ll try and get along to the May talk to say hello.
On March 13th, 2005 at 10:46 pm, Mark Bahnisch said:
I’ve always enjoyed conference pissups more than conferences. I am so there for the Karaoke if nothing else!
On March 16th, 2005 at 5:30 pm, clif said:
does it matter if cultural studies is cool or uncool? does it matter if cultural studies renders a field, object, and so on cool or uncool? [insert grimaced and confused face here] i like heroic stories and professional writing, don’t you - i thought that was cool? is this the ‘thortonisation’ of cultural studies or u talking temps? i thought woodward said it was getting all warm and snuggly.
On March 16th, 2005 at 5:38 pm, mc gregg said:
aah cliffy, you’ll just have to come along and find out, won’t you? it will be great to have your thoughts on the papers because you were sorely missed in perth…
On March 17th, 2005 at 10:19 am, Kris said:
Oh. Really? Great. Maybe I’ll play Bingo tomorrow and if I have a lucky run, I’ll use to money to fly out for the event. Can somebody at Sydney webcast it so Jean and I can hear? [I know the answer to this is ‘no’] Have fun. Knock ‘em dead. Well, not dead. Knock ‘em respectfully silent shading to awestruck. -kris
On March 17th, 2005 at 11:12 am, mc gregg said:
It may not be out of the question to webcast if we have a room set up for it. Shane and I have been talking about getting that kind of thing happening so we can have ECR/postgrad linkups nationally. Maybe Jane or Shane could ask about this?