Past Conferences
2027
THEME TBD
The 25th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 27 - 29, 2026
2026
Oppositions
The 24th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 28 - 30, 2026
Plenary Videos:
Hosted on Breaking Culture Live
Opening Plenary
Lateral Plenary
2025
Imaginary Futures: Utopias, Dystopias & Protopias of Cultural Studies
The 23rd Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
May 29- 31, 2025
2024
Expansions
The 22nd Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 30 - June 1, 2024
2023
Conclusions
The 21st Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Hybrid Event
June 2 - 4, 2023
2022
Reckoning(s)
The 20th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid Event
June 2 - 4, 2022
2021
Anti-Bodies
The 19th Annual Cultural Studies Association Virtual Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
June 10 - 12, 2021
2020
Bodily Sovereignty and Collective Action
The 18th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 28 - May 30, 2020
2019
Performance, Politics, Power
The 17th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
May 30 – June 1, 2019
2018
Interventions
The 16th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 31 – June 1, 2018
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2017
Culture in the Age of Mass Debt*
*and Dealing with Trump
The 15th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 25–27, 2017
Georgetown University
Plenary Videos:
Presidential Plenary
Closing Plenary
2016
Policing Crisis Now
The 14th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
June 2–5, 2016
Villanova University
2015
Another University is Possible: Praxis, Activism and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy
The 13th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 21–24, 2015
Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, Greater Los Angeles Area, California
2014
Ecologies: Relations of Culture, Matter and Power
The 12th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 29–31, 2014
University of Utah
2013
Beyond Disciplinarity: Interventions in Cultural Studies and the Arts
The 11th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 23–26, 2013
Columbia College Chicago
2012
Culture Matters
The 10th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
March 29–31, 2012
University of California, San Diego
THEME TBD
The 25th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 27 - 29, 2026
2026
Oppositions
The 24th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 28 - 30, 2026
Plenary Videos:
Hosted on Breaking Culture Live
Opening Plenary
Lateral Plenary
2025
Imaginary Futures: Utopias, Dystopias & Protopias of Cultural Studies
The 23rd Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
May 29- 31, 2025
2024
Expansions
The 22nd Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 30 - June 1, 2024
2023
Conclusions
The 21st Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Hybrid Event
June 2 - 4, 2023
2022
Reckoning(s)
The 20th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid Event
June 2 - 4, 2022
2021
Anti-Bodies
The 19th Annual Cultural Studies Association Virtual Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
June 10 - 12, 2021
2020
Bodily Sovereignty and Collective Action
The 18th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Cultural Studies Association, Hosted in Cyberspace, USA
Virtual Event
May 28 - May 30, 2020
2019
Performance, Politics, Power
The 17th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
May 30 – June 1, 2019
2018
Interventions
The 16th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 31 – June 1, 2018
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2017
Culture in the Age of Mass Debt*
*and Dealing with Trump
The 15th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 25–27, 2017
Georgetown University
Plenary Videos:
Presidential Plenary
Closing Plenary
2016
Policing Crisis Now
The 14th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
June 2–5, 2016
Villanova University
2015
Another University is Possible: Praxis, Activism and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy
The 13th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 21–24, 2015
Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, Greater Los Angeles Area, California
2014
Ecologies: Relations of Culture, Matter and Power
The 12th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 29–31, 2014
University of Utah
2013
Beyond Disciplinarity: Interventions in Cultural Studies and the Arts
The 11th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
May 23–26, 2013
Columbia College Chicago
2012
Culture Matters
The 10th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
March 29–31, 2012
University of California, San Diego
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