 The CIACSI 2014 General Assembly to be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan
The CIACSI is scheduled to convene its annual General Assembly (GA) on this coming June 30th at the National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. This year’s assembly will take place right ahead of the 2014 Summer School that is to start on July 1st under the theme of “Modern Asian Thought” for 15 days. Its specific time and venue is still under discussion by the Steering Committee, but outlines are as follows.
Title: The 5th CIACSI General Assembly in Hsinchu, Taiwan
Date: June 30, 2014, in the afternoon (to be specified later)
Venue: National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan Meeting arrangements for airport pick-up, accommodations, and the like are being done by local organizers; you can reach Chia-Hsuan at the IACS Journal office in Hsinchu through iacsia...@gmail.com
If you have any queries about the CIACSI or the GA, please e-mail to us at iac...@gmail.com
 A Summary of the 2014 IACSS Summer School
Forty applicants have been selected as the participants for this year’s Summer School by the committee; and in addition to this, ten more applicants are put on standby (To see the list of acceptance and waiting, please click: http://culturalstudies.asia/summer-school/summer-school-acceptance/).
Theme: “Introduction to Modern Asian Thought”
Period: July 1-15, 2014
Place: Hsinch, Taiwan
Course Design: The 3rd Biannual Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society (IACSS) Summer School, in collaboration with the Modern Asian Thought project initiated by Inter-Asia School, will be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan in July 1-15, 2014. It brings together faculty and students from different background to engage with in-depth learning and discussion on key issues in "Modern Asian Thought."
Registration
Confirmed students shall pay a registration fee of US$ 200 for the entire program. Registration includes local hospitality, lunch on course days, dinners on special evenings, and course pack.
Scholarship
Scholarships are available for a limited number of students who need assistances, at the discretion of the organizers.
Host
International MA program in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, International Institute for Cultural Studies, University System of Taiwan (IICS-UST)
Organizers
IICS-UST; Center for Asia-Pacific/Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung U, Taiwan; Inter-Asia School; Graduate Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung U, Taiwan.
Co-organizer
Consortium of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Institutions; Institute for East Asian Studies, Sungkonghoe University.
Course Coordinating Team: Kuan-Hsing CHEN, Tejaswini NIRANJANA, and Ashish RAJADHYAKSHA, Nishant SHAH
For in-detail information: http://iics.ust.edu.tw/ss/index.htm
 To see Consortium members(LINK)
to see consortium members: http://culturalstudies.asia/ciacsi/members/
IACS Conference 2015
Date: 7-8 August 2015
Venue: Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Organized by: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, University of Indonesia and Airlangga University
Keynote speaker: Prof. Abidin Kusno, University of British Columbia, Canada
Main theme: Undercurrents: Unearthing Hidden Social and Discursive Practices
 | Subthemes: 1. Courting ecological disaster: movement, subversion, corruption
2. Para-sites: Alternative space and knowledge production
3. ‘Free man’, mafia and underground economy
4. Healing and killing: ‘pharmakon’ and alternative modernity
5. Uncharted border, illegitimate transnationality, diaspora
6. Voices of the supernatural: ghosts, cults, spirit mediums
7. Challenging urbanity: rural, underclass, urban guerillas
8. Theorizing emergent movements: arts, youth, social media, politics
9. Surviving political violence: memory, narratives, performativity
10. Secrecy, blasphemy, laughter and promiscuity: grafting unsacred codes
11. Performing sexuality: communities and practices
12. Fetishizing the culinary: ‘foodporn’ and the bod |
Call for Papers: To be announced in July 2014
For more detailed information, please visit: http://culturalstudies.asia/iacs-conference-2015
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