Theory, Culture & Society Summer School
Theory, Culture & Society’s inaugural Summer School takes place 11-16 September 2023 at University of Klagenfurt, Austria. Applications are now closed. Contact the Summer School team: tcssummerschool@aau.at
The Summer School provides a unique opportunity to join a community of scholars for an intensive study & cultural programme. Participants will be able to:
explore contemporary critical debates and perspectives;
enhance skills and literacies for research and publishing;
share in a rich, cultural programme.
Situated in the Austrian Alps, the University of Klagenfurt provides an inspiring location for a diversity of scholars to come together from across disciplines and geographies, to work with the experienced editorial teams of the journals Theory, Culture & Society and Body & Society, alongside invited speakers and guest, and staff from the University of Klagenfurt from a broad disciplinary spectrum (Media & Communications, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Slavonic Studies and Robert Musil Institute for Literary Research), who will be on hand to discuss your ongoing research projects.
The intensive course spanning 5 days, for which 5 ECTS credits are awarded, is divided into four strands: Critical Debates, Scholarly Apparatus, Work in Progress, and Global Public life. A key theme, building on the recent Special Issue of Theory, Culture & Society, ‘A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere?’ (edited by Martin Seeliger and Sebastian Sevignani; and including a new contemporary reflection by Jürgen Habermas), is the contemporary public sphere.
For full details of the themes, the week-long programme and list of speakers, click here.
TRAVELLING TO KLAGENFURT
Air
You can fly to Klagenfurt Airport directly from the airports of Vienna and London Stansted. The airports of Ljubljana, Trieste and Graz are between 100-150 km away with connections to and from Klagenfurt by bus and train.
The airports of Salzburg, Venice and Treviso are also well connected to Klagenfurt by bus and train.
Rail
Klagenfurt Central Station (Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof) lies at one of the main train routes in Austria. Timetables and offers are provided on the website of Austria’s railway company.
Public transport in Klagenfurt
Up-to-date timetables can be found at the website of the Kärntner Linien.
Nearby cities
Villach, Austria (40 km)
Ljubljana, Slovenia (85 km)
Graz, Austria (135 km)
Udine, Italy (162 km)
Trieste, Italy (179 km)
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ACCOMMODATION
Rooms have been reserved for delegates at the Hotel Moser Verdino and at the Hostel Klagenfurt, listed below. Please note that the availability of the rooms is limited both in amount as well as in time and reservations will be made on a first come, first served basis. Due to a variety of events which will take place in the city in September, we advise you to book rooms as early as possible.
Select Hotel Moser Verdino
Domgasse 2
9020 Klagenfurt
Rooms are reserved until 30 June 2023
Reservations should be made with the booking code “Summer School 2023”.
Website: https://www.select-hotels.com/
Email: klagenfurt@select-hotels.com
Tel: +43463890200
Jugendgästehaus Klagenfurt
Neckheimgasse 6
9020 Klagenfurt
Rooms are reserved until 30 July 2023
Reservations should be made with the booking code “Summer” and the group name “Summer School”.
Website: https://www.oejhv.at/jugendherbergen/kaernten/klagenfurt/
Email: jgh.klagenfurt@oejhv.org
Additional accommodation options include holiday apartments around Lake Wörthersee or city apartments in the centre of Klagenfurt. Those can be found on online booking platforms, for example visitklagenfurt.at.
The Summer School is organised by the editorial teams of the journal Theory, Culture & Society, its companion journal Body & Society (published by Sage) and the University of Klagenfurt. Theory, Culture & Society was launched in 1982 to cater for the resurgence of interest in culture in the social sciences. It has built up a large international and multidisciplinary readership through its ability to raise and discuss emergent social and cultural issues in an open, non-partisan manner. Body & Society, since its inception in 1995, pioneered and shaped the field of body-studies. It has been committed to theoretical openness characterized by the publication of a wide range of critical approaches to the body, alongside the encouragement and development of innovative work that contains a trans-disciplinary focus.
The University of Klagenfurt is a young, vibrant & innovative university, located at the intersection of three diverse cultures. Since its foundation in the year 1970, the University of Klagenfurt (AAU) has successfully established itself as a distinctive voice reinforcing the canon of Austrian universities, as a globally networked research institution, and as a hub for the acquisition, exchange, and transfer of knowledge across the entire Alps-Adriatic Region. The University of Klagenfurt is located in Carinthia, Austria’s southernmost province. Home to around 100,000 inhabitants, the city of Klagenfurt is considered one of the most liveable cities in Austria. The proximity to Italy and Slovenia results in an atmosphere of intercultural exchange at the intersection between the Alpine and the Mediterranean culture. The University of Klagenfurt brings this unique opportunity to bear by offering a wide range of cooperation activities, scholarships for research visits abroad, language courses, visiting professorships, summer schools, and exchange programmes.