CCS 2015 - 3rd Annual International Conference on Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCS 2015)

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Category Art Criticism; Communication Studies; Cultural Studies; Film/Video Studies; Philosophy; Sexuality; GSTF

Deadline: August 28, 2015 | Date: November 23, 2015-November 24, 2015

Venue/Country: Singapore, Singapore

Updated: 2015-10-08 11:34:14 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Cultural Studies is a diverse academic discipline encompassing many different approaches, methods and academic perspectives. It focuses on political dynamics of contemporary culture and its historical foundations, conflicts and defining traits, cultural studies.

The Annual International Conference on Advances in Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCS) aims to understand how meaning is generated, disseminated, and produced from the social, political and economic spheres within a given culture. CCS will tackle historical culture and how it affects the modern society.

Prof. Naren Chitty A. M

"Culture and Soft Power"

Associate Dean - International

Director, Soft Power Advocacy and Research Centre (SPARC)

Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Australia

Dr. Dixon Wong Heung Wah "Cultural Studies Should be Culturally Sensitive in its Study of Non-Western Societies" Programme Director, Associate Professor School of Modern Languages and Cultures The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong

Dr. J. Patrick Williams "Analyzing Resistance in Cultural Studies: From Magical Solution to Contemporary Lived Experience" Associate Professor of Sociology School of Humanities and Social Sciences Teaching Excellence Academy Fellow Nanyang Technological University Singapore

The Conference Proceedings Print ISSN: 2382-5650, E-Periodical ISSN: 2382-557X will be indexed by EBSCO, CrossRef, ProQuest, Ulrichsweb, PsycEXTRA and will be submitted to Scopus, ScienceDirect and Cabell's Directories amongst others, where applicable.

Journal: All authors who present their papers at the conference will be invited to submit an extended version of their research paper for the GSTF Journal of Law and Social Sciences (JLSS) (Print ISSN: 2251-2853, E-periodical: 2251-2861). All submitted papers will go through blind review process for acceptance. All accepted papers (after the review process) will be included in the JLSS on a complimentary basis (free-of-charge). GSTF JLSS is hosted and published on Springer’s Open Access publishing platform - Global Science Journals (GSJ). In addition, it will be indexed by EBSCO, CrossRef, ProQuest, Cabell's Directories and will be submitted to Google Scholar, IndexCopernicus, Scopus, amongst others.

Book: Selected authors will be invited to contribute book chapters in "Book Compilation on Cultural Studies" to be published by GSTF. The book will be edited by Dr. King Sang Ricardo Mak, CCS Program Chair, from Hong Kong Baptist University.

Best Paper Awards and Best Student Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference (in order to qualify for the award, the paper must be presented at the conference).

CCS 2015 will also constitute a Special Panel Session.

Panel Proposals are invited for submission. A minimum of three papers centering on a specific topic will be accepted for submission under Panel Category.

Important Dates

Extended Full Paper Submission Deadline: 28 August 2015

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 18 September 2015

Late Registration Deadline: 16 October 2015

Conference Dates: 23 - 24 November 2015