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I’m looking forward to catching up at CSAA 2008 (‘Futures’), over December <BR>
6-9, in Kalgoorlie (<a href="http://www.csaa2008.curtin.edu.au">http://www.csaa2008.curtin.edu.au</a>). But for now, this is <BR>
a call for expressions of interest from institutions wishing to host the <BR>
Cultural Studies Association of Australasia’s Annual Conference for 2009.<BR>
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Hosting a conference involves quite a lot of work, but it’s also a lot of <BR>
fun, not to mention a good way to build one’s CV for job applications, <BR>
promotions and so forth. More seriously, it’s the chance to set the <BR>
community’s intellectual agenda, by centring debate on the themes you want <BR>
discussed.<BR>
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Feel free to contact me with any questions about the sorts of things hosting <BR>
a CSAA conference involves.<BR>
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As for how to make a bid: keeping in mind that the conference regularly <BR>
attracts some 120-200 academics, you should include in your 1-2 page bid <BR>
some provisional details as to the proposed location for the conference, the <BR>
level of institutional support you expect to receive, the theme you have in <BR>
mind, and also some ideas as to which keynote speakers you might wish to <BR>
invite.<BR>
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Please submit bids by the 25th of August 2008 to <a href="paul.magee@canberra.edu.au">paul.magee@canberra.edu.au</a>. <BR>
They will be voted upon by the CSAA executive in the ensuing weeks.<BR>
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Best<BR>
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Paul<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:9pt'><FONT FACE="Arial">Dr. Paul Magee<BR>
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President, Cultural Studies Association of Australasia<BR>
Senior Lecturer<BR>
Design and Creative Practice<BR>
University of Canberra<BR>
ACT 2601<BR>
02 6201 2402<BR>
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