CCCS Lecture: Prof Meaghan Morris: Twenty years of ‘Banality in Cultural Studies’; a research problem

Event Details

Date:

Thursday, 21 August 2008

Time:

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

UQ Location:

James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre (St Lucia)

URL:

http://www.cccs.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=84080

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Full Description:: In 1988 Prof Morris published the short version of an essay, ‘Banality in Cultural Studies’ and signed a contract for a book with that title.

Unfortunately, the essay soon became the bane of her life for being widely but selectively quoted by people who read it approvingly as an attack on the banality of Cultural Studies, and thence of the new humanities more widely.

The terms of that polemic have not changed greatly in the intervening years, but Prof Morris’ attitude to Cultural Studies and new humanities education has been transformed by her experience of working in the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies network while institution-building in Hong Kong.

In this talk, Prof Morris reflects on the issues that arise for her now as she contemplates writing that book