[ecrea] call for submission - International PhD in European Cultural Studies/Europäische Kulturstudien

Department of Cultural Studies

International PhD in European Cultural Studies/Europäische Kulturstudien

International School for Advanced Studies Critique/Crisis


 Critique and crisis is a hendiadys characteristic of modernity. It is a
notion going back at least to the eighteenth century with a precise and
articulated European location, marking the birth of a concept that is
central to our interest: culture. It is a question of understanding that
"culture" is the figure of thought (itself a metaphor), that is built
through a self-reflection (critique) and through the continuous
self-questioning (crisis). The fact that there are many and rich "cultural
turns" in today’s cultural studies is the clearest proof that Modernity is
conceived from the concept of culture and culture is conceived as critique
and crisis.



The scholars taking part in the Summer School will seek to define the
paradigms by which we can now think the notion of critique and that of
crisis into the background of the two disciplines inspiring our Phd program
in Palermo, i.e. political philosophy and the study of culture in Modernity.



COURSE STRUCTURE

The course will be structured in lectures given by famous professors,
discussions and workshops introduced by discussants. In particular, as in
the previous edition, the professors from the partner institutions will
intervene as discussants of the lectures. Unpublished works presented by all
scholars are to be published in Italian and German. A selection of the
participants' contributions will be discussed within the workshop and then
published in the journal Studiculturali.it.

The teachers involved in the course are Professors V. Borsò, E. Bronfen, R.
Calabrese, M. Calloni,  A. Castoldi, I. Chambers, R. Coglitore, M. Cometa,
L. Curti, F. Duque, P. Jedlowski, H. Lethen, S. Marcenò, G. Marramao, A.
Moreiras, E. Osterkamp, M. Pala, L.
Passerini, G. Piretto, V. Stoichita, S. Vaccaro, J. L. Villacañas, A. Violi.

The deadline for submitting applications is May
20th 2011.


Target group and admission

The school is open to 60 Italian and foreign students (35 full students + 14
Phd candidates in European Cultural Studies + 11 listeners), selected from
the master students (1st and 2nd level), graduates, Phd candidates,
postdocs, research fellows. At least fifty percent of the students must be
selected from other universities, both Italian and foreign. In the event
that this reserve would not be covered, it will be open to people coming
from the University of Palermo.



Candidates must fill in the attached form, providing a curriculum vitae et
studiorum and any other useful document or publication. If the candidates
overcome the maximum, a selection shall be made by the Scientific Committee,
according to the curricula, in an unappealable way. The list can shift if
someone will declare its own renunciation.



Admission and fee

The non-refundable registration fee for all applicants is € 25.00. Payment
must be made bi May 20th in favour of:



Dipartimento di Studi culturali – 90128 viale delle Scienze   Palermo

On the following bank account

UNICREDIT GROUP – AG. 100-SPORT, Via Roma, 185, 90133 Palermo, Codice
Tesoreria: 9052635

 - CIN: N - ABI: 02008 - CAB: 04663,- C/C 000101358086,

IBAN: IT22N0200804663000101358086.

 Reason for payment: “Iscrizione Summer School Critica/Crisi”.



The receipt of payment and the application form along with all the needed
documents (curriculum vitae, and any other useful document or publication)
must be sent

via e-mail at the following address: (rpecoraro /at/ unipa.it)

(unipa.pa.006 /at/ pa.postacertificata.gov.it)

via fax at the following number: (+39) 091 59.55.41



A fee of 125  €  is charged for participants. This is comprehensive of:



   - registration to the Summer School
   - preliminary works
   - student housing (two single-beds rooms, breakfast and kitchen)
   - tickets for lunch
   - Final Certificate of participation



A fee of 75 € is charged only for the PhD students in European Cultural
Studies/ Europäische Kulturstudien and for the listeners not needing
accomodation. This is comprehensive of:



   - registration to the Summer School
   - preliminary works
   - tickets for lunch
   - Final Certificate of participation

Fees are to be paid only after each participant shall receive the
communication for his/her admission.



Conference venues

The Summer School will be held in Palermo, at the Goethe Institut, Wim
Wenders Hall, Via Paolo Gili 4, 90135 Palermo.

Classes hours:

10 am-1 pm; 3-6 pm from Tuesday to Friday.

Opening session and concluding session (Monday, June 20th, in the afternoon,
and Saturday 25th, in the morning) will be held in locations to be
determined.



Credits and evaluation

The Summer School program offers a certificate of participation. In order to
obtain the course certificate worth 3 ECTS credits, attendance of at least
90% of the classes is required, as well as the compilation of a report on
the topics of the Summer School to be sent via e-mail to Dr. Pecoraro (
(rpecoraro /at/ unipa.it)) by July 15th. The report will be evaluated by the
Scientific Committee that will issue the certification.



Accommodation and meals

Students housing (two single-beds rooms, breakfast and kitchen) will be
provided by the Istituto Valdese di Palermo, via Evangelista Di Blasi, 12,
90135 Palermo, Tel. +39.091 6817941, Fax +39.091 6820118, www.lanoce.org

Staff contact Antonino Fontana, (c.d.foresteria /at/ lanoce.it)



Grants

2 grants as a refund of traveling expenses (200 Euros each one) will be
provided by the Department of Cultural Studies for the most deserving
participants. The  Scientific Commission of The Summer School shall assign
the grant in an unappealable way according to the proposed reports.



Promoters

Università degli studi di Palermo

Dipartimento di Studi Culturali



Università degli studi di Palermo

Facoltà di Scienze della formazione



Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf



Universidad de Murcia

Biblioteca Virtual de Pensamiento Politico Hispanico Saavedra Fajardo



Universidad de Murcia

Departamento de Filosofia Y Logica



Universitat Politécnica de Valencia

Departamento de Comunicacion Audiovisual, Documentacion e Historia del Arte



Universität Lüneburg - Leuphana University of Lunenburg

Department of Cultural Theory




--
dr. Valentina Mignano
Dipartimento di Studi Culturali. Arti, Storia, Comunicazione.
Università di Palermo
v.le delle Scienze - Edificio 15
90128 Palermo
(valentinamignano /at/ gmail.com)



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