IAS faculty members and students participate in the 2015 Cultural Studies Association conference.
Twelve IAS faculty members and students participated in the , engaging in activities ranging from plenary sessions and roundtables to workshops and seminars. All contributed to the conference theme, 鈥淎nother University is Possible: Praxis, Activism, and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy.鈥� Bruce Burgett organized and moderated the opening plenary, 鈥淭he University in Theory; or, The Future of Fugitive Study.鈥� He also co-chaired the conference site committee and participated in two sessions: 鈥淧utting the University in the Red, or the Art of Not Saying 鈥楴o,鈥欌�� organized by S. Charusheela, and 鈥淜eywords for (Asian) (American) Cultural Studies.鈥� Charusheela also organized a praxis session, 鈥淭ake Back the Economy,鈥� along with Master of Arts in Cultural Studies students Chrysta Storm and Mollie Wolf, and IAS undergraduate student Christopher Jones. Christian Anderson also organized and chaired a praxis session on 鈥淎cademic Worker Inquiry.鈥� Master of Arts in Cultural students Dominique Garcia, Alexandra Holien, and Chrysta Storm presented on a panel, 鈥淓xamining the Fault Lines in Cultural Institutions,鈥� while Janelle Davis, Julie Hurst, and Concetta Leggio presented on a second panel, 鈥淢any Stories are Possible: Re-Imagining Representation.鈥� Finally, Jed Murr participated in a roundtable, 鈥淎fter the University: Abolition and the Aesthetics of Preservation.鈥� Burgett and Charusheela happily attended their last meeting as members of the CSA executive committee.