Conference
RMIT University, Melbourne
Thur 1 December – Sat 3 December, 2022.
A milestone Conf.
2022 is the 30th Anniversary of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia—an important milestone for reflecting on the Association’s role in developing and promoting teaching, research, scholarship and engagement among cultural studies scholars.
CSAA will be celebrating this milestone at its 2022 conference in Melbourne, hosted by RMIT University, with keynotes, historical and forward-planning roundtables and plenty of opportunities to present, network, engage and recognise the important role of cultural studies in the community.

Registration for CSAA 2022 are now open–please see details and link to registration form here….!
RMIT University, Melbourne
The CSAA 30th Anniversary Conference will be held at RMIT University (City campus, Swanston street),
CSAA will be celebrating this milestone at its 2022 conference in Melbourne, hosted by RMIT University, with keynotes, historical and forward-planning roundtables and plenty of opportunities to present, network, engage and recognise the important role of cultural studies in the community.

The Congress of HASS
The CSAA 2022 Conference will be part of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Congress of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
The Congress brings together many of the annual discipline association conferences in the HASS sector under one banner to Melbourne (24 November – 3 December 2022). With over 20 conferences and events held during the period, CHASS hopes to transform Melbourne into a showcase of the sector’s work, allowing conference delegates to attend multiple conferences sustainably, and to enjoy the many additional activities and social events across multiple associations. More information on the Congress can be found here.

Visit Melbourne
Melbourne (or Naarm, the traditional name of the land in the languages of the Kulin Nations) is undergoing a resurgence in recovery since the 2020-21 lockdowns of the pandemic. With the public returning to events across theatre, performing arts, galleries, exhibitions, museums there is once again a lot to do in a visit to Melbourne. For some ideas on what to do in the evenings and outside the conference, please see: https://www.visitvictoria.com/
Delegate rates (cheaper) for accommodation are being negotiated and will be available on the conference website in August

Keynotes and Round Tables
Keynote talks at the CSAA 2022 Conference will be given by:
Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth – The Mourning After: A cultural studies approach to grief, witnessing and mobile media in Australia
Associate Professor Fran Martin – Australian education export: What is it good for?
Professor Mark Deuze – Media Love.
Professor Stephen Muecke with Max Brierty – Whitefella Mischief: A Tour of the Museum of the Magicians of Reason.
For detailed information on these speakers and topics, please see the keynotes page.
CSAA 2022 will host three exciting roundtables on key conversations for Cultural Studies in the 2020s.
For full details of the discussion and speakers, see our Roundtables page.
- The 50th Anniversary of the election of Gough Whitlam’s government in Australia—An Everyday Icon
- Academic Publishing Today–Futures or Pasts?
- Histories and Trajectories of Cultural Studies
Book launches: CSAA2022 is proud to support the launch of three new books at the Anniversary Drinks event, 6pm on Thursday 1 December at the Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street. For details of the books to be launched, please see our book launches page.
Organising committee
- Professor Rob Cover (Convenor)
- Professor Anna Hickey-Moody
- Professor Mark Gibson
- Dr Jay Daniel Thompson
On behalf of the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University (Melbourne)

