Core Courses 2019-20
NICA Core Programme 2019-2020
Aesthetics and Politics in Critical Theory
Reading Group organized by Ben Moore, Marc Farrant, and Steyn Bergs | This reading group will explore a selection of seminal, and some lesser-known, works within twentieth and twenty-first century critical and cultural theory, with an emphasis on the intersection between the aesthetic and the political. | Research Masters students who take part in the group will be eligible for 2ECs via NICA. | First Session: 19 September 2019, 4-6pm.
Cultural Studies Now
Instructor: Murat Aydemir (m.aydemir@uva.nl) | NICA Core Course 6 EC | Time and Place: Tuesdays, from October 29 to December 10, 13:00-16:00. Places TBA. | Registration is open from 15 September 2019. Registration is limited to 25 participants.
Cultures of Urban (In)Justice
The theme of the 2019-2020 ASCA Cities Seminar is “Cultures of Urban (In)Justice”. We are interested in examining dynamics of spatial (in)justice from the vantage point of creative, cultural, aesthetic and political practices in contemporary urban environments. | Semester 1 dates: Friday 20 September, Friday 18 October, Friday 1 November, Friday 6 December | Organisers: Carolyn Birdsall, Jeff Diamanti, Simone Kalkman and Kasia Mika | Contact: c.j.birdsall@uva.nl
Decolonial Studies and Political Philosophy
University of Amsterdam | Exact dates: TBA
In the humanities, globalization has until quite recently been studied from two rather distinct perspectives: either from a postcolonial or decolonial cultural-historical perspective, or from a normative, political theoretical perspective, often rooted in the liberal and human rights traditions. Over the last years, it has been increasingly recognized by scholars from both the cultural and political-theoretical fields that integrating these perspectives would be helpful to enhance the humanities’ critical and practical potential in today’s world.
Queer Intersections (2020)
University of Amsterdam | Exact dates: TBA
In this course, we will explore a mix of seminal and very recent interventions in queer thinking. More specifically, we will study how queer theory can productively intervene in other fields, mainly critical race theories and disability studies. The aim is not to provide students with a comprehensive survey of queer intersectional interventions, but rather to give them a sense of how queerness and queer thinking are able to disrupt normative and oppressive assumptions in a variety of fields of study, including hopefully the students’ own research areas.
Rethinking Cross-Media: Intermediality, Convergence, Assemblage, Post-Media etc.
Cross-Media Research Seminar 2019-20 | Organizers: Sudeep Dasgupta, Abe Geil, Markus Stauff (contact: m.stauff@uva.nl ) | Meetings are on the following Fridays 15-18h (dates for semester 2 will be determined later): Sept 20, Oct 18, Nov 15, Dec 13
Visualising the Archive: A Workshop with elin o’Hara slavick
Workshop in Groningen, 10 September 2019, 10-17 | Organizers: Jan van Egmond (Academie Minerva), Camilla Sutherland (RUG), Ruby de Vos (RUG) in collaboration with elin o’Hara slavick | Credit: 1 EC
ReThink NICA
We, the undersigned members of the national research school NICA (Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis), express our solidarity with the national and interdisciplinary ‘Rethink’ movement and emphasize the following principles and demands …