The University of Western Sydney’s newly-formed Institute for Culture and Society (which incorporates the Centre for Cultural Research) invites applications for PhD scholarships.

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
The Institute for Culture and Society encourages theoretically-directed empirical research on the transformations in culture and society in the global era. The Institute is home to a number of internationally renowned scholars, contributing to the University of Western Sydney receiving the highest ranking for research quality – well above world standard – in Cultural Studies (as part of the Excellence in Research for Australia 2010).
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Aber das größte Problem ist Europa selbst. “Was will Europa?”, lautet die Frage – um Freuds “Was will das Weib?” zu paraphrasieren. Die heutige Krise ist eine Krise des technokratischen Brüsseler Modells von Europa. Nur eine erneuerte Linke kann Europa retten.

http://www.zeit.de/kultur/2011-08/slavoj-zizek-interview/seite-1

Seit 40 Jahren folgt die Kopenhagener Hippie-Kolonie Christiania eigenen Gesetzen. Jetzt will der Staat sie verkaufen

http://www.zeit.de/2011/16/Kopenhagen-Christiania

We were talking by phone one recent evening about what once appeared to be the end of days for New York City during the early ’70s, when SoHo dawned. “Like New York, we were all broke,” she reminisced. “We thought of ourselves as workers, conquering someplace inhospitable, and we had a real sense of place.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/arts/design/laurie-anderson-trisha-brown-gordon-matta-clark-stars-of-70s-soho.html?_r=1&hp