IACS 2013 Conference: Beyond the culture industry
Date: July 3rd to July 5th 2013
Venue: National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Campus
Organizers: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, Asia Research Institute, and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS
The general theme of the 2013 conference is “Beyond the Culture Industry”. In the past two decades, the cultural sphere of rising Asian economies has increasingly shifted from being marked by the politics of authoritarianism and democratization to being pervaded by the market logic of deepening capitalism. The development of Asian culture industries has come under increasing scrutiny in cultural studies. However, we note that the emphases have been on the cultural policy of developmental states and the production of the cultural economy. For the 2013 conference, we seek to move beyond these emphases and inquire into the politics of culture that accompanies the neoliberalization of the cultural sphere.
KEYNOTES & PLENARIES
Opening address:
Chair: Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore
Brenda Yeoh, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
Meaghan Morris, University of Sydney, IACS Society Chair
Opening keynote: Beyond the Culture Industry
Chair: Meaghan Morris, University of Sydney
Lily Kong, Vice-President, National University of Singapore
Discussant: Koichi Iwabuchi, Director, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University
Closing keynote: States of Emergency
Chair: Prasenjit Duara, Director, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Thongchai Winichakul, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Discussant: TBA
Plenary panel 1: Beyond the Culture Industry
Chair: Kong Chong Ho, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
Stephen Chan, Academic Dean, Faculty of Arts, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore
Audrey Yue, University of Melbourne
Plenary panel 2: Chua Beng Huat on Power, Politics and Pop Culture
Chair: Firdous Azim, BRAC University, Dhaka
Meaghan Morris, University of Sydney
Kian-Woon Kwok, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
C.J.W.L. Wee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Plenary panel 3: States of Emergency
Chair: Kuan-Hsing Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Kim Soyoung, Korean National University of Art
Hilmar Farid, National University of Singapore
Mary John, Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi
Closing address:
Chair: Meaghan Morris, IACS Society Chair
Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore
Melani Budianta, Universitas Indonesia