The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) invites you to participate in
the Second European Conference on Cultural Studies (ECCS2015), and
enjoy the beautiful seaside city of Brighton, UK.

Held alongside the Second European Conference on Media, Communication
and Film, the Third European Conference on Arts and Humanities, and
the Second European Conference on Literature and Librarianship, at the
Thistle Hotel fromJuly 13 - 16, 2015, join us as we discuss this
year's conference theme, "Human Rights, Justice, Media and Culture"
along with Keynote Speakers Paul Lowe and Regenia Gagnier, featured
speakers Marcus Chidgey and Rodney Hill, conference chairs Professors
Stuart D.B. Picken, Gary Swanson, Baden Offord, Donald E. Hall and
more!

ECCS2014 welcomed delegates from more than 35 different countries last
year and we look forward to continuing this international event in
2015. To submit an abstract for presentation or participate as an
audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more
information.

Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp
Visit the conference website: http://iafor.org/conferences/eccs2015/
Enquiries: eccs@iafor.org

Join us at ECCS2015 to:

- Deliver your own research findings to a global audience
- Have your work published in the conference proceedings and
considered for peer-reviewed, open access IAFOR Journals
- Benefit from IAFOR's interdisciplinary focus by hearing the latest
research in the fields of Arts and Humanities, Media, Communication,
Film, Cultural Studies, Literature and Librarianship
- Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and
intercultural event
- Participate in interactive audience sessions
- Access international networking opportunities

- Discounts on registration fees are available for those able to pay
registration fees early. Please see the registration page for details:
http://iafor.org/eccs2015-registration

- If you have attended an IAFOR conference within the past year, or
belong to an affiliated university or institution, we offer a 10
percent discount in appreciation of your support.

- See the full schedule of our conferences in Japan, Dubai, and the UK
athttp://iafor.org/events

The 2015 conference themes are "Human Rights, Justice, Media and Culture"

Human rights praxis and ideas of justice are now core fields of
investigation for cultural studies, media studies and Asian studies
scholars. One example of this is how cultural research into the
convergence of new media with everyday life, has brought into relief
the growing significance of how struggles for freedom and justice are
enabled by flows of social media. Various communities and peoples are
now enabled to make claims for social recognition within human rights
frameworks and language like never before.

Cultural studies as a discipline is specifically attuned to studying
questions of human rights and justice. As a field it is connected to
human rights discourse and praxis through its ethical foundations and
'activating knowledge' as Stuart Hall once put it. One of the
essential motivations of cultural studies scholars is to focus on the
struggles evident in structures and institutions of power,
representation, identity and subjectivity. This is undertaken with
specific attention to power and its manifestation and negotiation in
the cultural arena of everyday life.

As a consequence, cultural studies researchers investigate ideas of
justice and agency in compelling and innovative ways. They see agency,
for example, as being implicated in the formation of moral, legal,
political and ethical frameworks that are experienced in everyday
lives, and which can be seen explicitly in the media. As cultural
studies/human rights scholar John Erni notes, 'cultural studies has
long been attentive to the complex interpenetrations of power, agency,
and the social imaginary.'

A central aim of this conference is to examine ideas of 'justice' and
'human rights' in relation to media and cultural production. The hope
is to enable useful exchange, connection and dialogue around the
praxis of human rights and to clarify the implications of how cultural
transformation and the media are closely connected to social and
political change in the everyday life of individuals, communities and
nations.

Submissions are organized into the following thematic streams:

- Black Feminism
- Critical Legal Studies
- Critical Race Theory
- Cultural Geography
- Cultural History
- Cultural Studies
- Cultural Studies Pedagogy
- Education
- Gender studies / Feminist Theory
- Justice Studies
- Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies
- Media Studies
- Orientalism
- Political Philosophy
- Political Theory
- Queer Theory
- Social Criticism
- Sociology
- Visual Culture

IAFOR looks forward to welcoming you to Brighton, UK.

ECCS2015 will be part of a series of events taking place in Brighton,
UK fromJuly 1-16. These events are international, intercultural, and
interdisciplinary and will cover topics such as psychology, education,
business, sustainability, literature, media and more.

Please visit the UK events page of the IAFOR website for
details:http://iafor.org/conferences/european-conferences/