Association for Cultural Studies

04/03/2026

The final ACS Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Dianlin Huang (Communication University of China), titled ‘Stuart Hall in China: The Impact of Cultural Studies on Contemporary Chinese Scholarship from a Media Studies Perspective’ (followed by a Q&A), will take place on March 17th, 6 PM China Standard Time (GMT +8).
You are very welcome to join us for this last installment in the Virtual Lecture Series!
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

03/02/2026

Join us for the ACS Virtual Lecture Series talk, by Gilbert Caluya (Deakin University), titled ‘The CIA’s Dogs: Anthropomorphisation, Debasement and Experimentation’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on February 25th, 11 AM Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time/ AEDST (GMT +11).
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

24/12/2025

Join us for the first talk of 2026 in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Danzhou Li (Shenzhen University), titled ‘A Changing Representation: “Personal Writing” in Artistic Intervention in Chinese Rural Communities’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on January 19th, 8 PM China Standard Time (GMT +8).
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

09/11/2025

Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2026 conference – Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 27th-31st. CALL FOR PAPERS IS OPEN.
The conference will be held at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), under the theme “Decolonizing Cultural Studies: Leisure, Bodies, Performances, Territories and Universities”.

Conference website: https://crossroads2026.com/en/
Call for papers: https://crossroads2026.com/en/call-for-papers/
Submit abstract: https://crossroads2026.com/en/submission/
For any queries, please email: [email protected]

ORGANIZED PANEL INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION

09/11/2025

Join us for an upcoming talk in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Sarah Bufkin (University of Birmingham), titled ‘Cultural Studies in Times of Crisis: Theorizing Racial Capitalism with Stuart Hall’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on December 17th, 6 PM GMT.
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

04/10/2025

Join us for an upcoming talk in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Camilla Mørk Røstvik (University of Aberdeen), titled ‘The Painters Are In: Art Histories of Menstruation’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on October 30th, 1 PM GMT.
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

16/09/2025

We are happy to announce that the CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS for the ACS Institute 2026 is open!

ACS Institute 2026: “Decolonization strategies and memory work in popular culture”
Dates: April 20-25, 2026
Institution: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Format: In-person
For more information, please visit the website: https://mempop.eu/acsi-2026/
Apply to participate by November 30, 2025 (deadline extended): https://mempop.eu/application-form/
For any queries, please email: [email protected]

The MEMPOP project has received funding from the Slovenian Research Agency (ARIS) and the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) under grant agreements no. J7-50215 and IPS-2023-02-5149.

08/09/2025

Join us for an upcoming talk in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Lisa Calvente (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), titled “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’: White Sovereignty and Its Endless Pursuit of Black Capture’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on September 19th, 12 pm (noon) Eastern Daylight Time/ EDT (GMT -4).
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

05/08/2025

Join us for an upcoming talk in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Hsuan Hsu (University of California), titled ‘Thermoception and Post-AC Worldmaking’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on August 27th, 10 AM Pacific Daylight Time /PDT (GMT -7).
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

26/06/2025

Join us for an upcoming talk in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Rosemary Overell (University of Otago), titled ‘Clever C***s in the Creative Nation: Blood Duster’s Fi***ng the Dead in Keating’s Australia’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on July 31st, 1 PM New Zealand Standard Time /NZST (GMT +12).
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

19/05/2025

Join us for an upcoming talk in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Siddharth Soni (University of Southampton), titled ‘The Impossible Ethics of Surrogate Friendship’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on June 16th, 4 PM British Summer Time/ BST (GMT +1).
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/

04/04/2025

Join us for an upcoming talk in the ACS Virtual Lecture Series, by Athambile Masola (University of Cape Town, South Africa), titled ‘Intshumayelo and the religion of imagination’ (followed by a Q&A), which will take place on April 24th, 4 PM South Africa Standard Time/ SAST (GMT +2)
For more information and to register for this free event, visit: https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/virtual-lecture-series/