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Three talks on the legacy of colonial histories in North America; the privatization of nature and land; and the logic of the plantation and enclosure on contemporary life organized by Alena Williams, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies in Winter Semester 2025/26.

Legacies of the Plantation
K. Wayne Yang, Professor of Ethnic Studies & Provost of John Muir College, Co-founder, Indigenous Futures Institute, University of California, San Diego
Monday, 13.10. 2025, 17h

From Plantations to Invasive Infrastructures: Kanaka Maoli Mobilization for 'Āina
Architectural Historian Kelema Moses, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Member, Indigenous Futures Institute, University of California, San Diego
Friday, 17.10.2025, 11h

North of Robert Duncanson’s Canvas
Art Historian Evan Neely, Associate Chair, History of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, New York
Wednesday, 3.12.2025, 11h

Lecture series

Schillerplatz/ M13a

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

The first edition of the Bourdieu Lectures will take place on 19–20 November 2025 at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, under the title Gender – Domination – Visuality. This conference is a joint initiative by the University of Bielefeld,  Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen), University of Education Freiburg and Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, in close cooperation with the Fondation Bourdieu.

Conference

Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Artur-Ladebeck-Straße 5
33602 Bielefeld
Germany

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

Invitation to two lectures and a book presentation, organized by Sabeth Buchmann, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

Lecture and book presentation

Schillerplatz/ M13a

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

An event organized by the IKW, organized by Jens Kastner in collaboration with Eva Schörkhuber and Andreas Pavlic.

Lecture

Schillerplatz/ M20

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

In advance of the PhD in Practice application process 2026, the program invites potential and interested applicants to an online information session where you will have the opportunity to meet the program leaders and professors Anette Baldauf and Renate Lorenz, learn about the program, requirements, the call for submissions and decision procedure of the PhD in Practice program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Study information

Online via Zoom

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

An event organized by the Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

Event

Augasse/ Entrance area/foyer

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

A lecture by Petra Lange-Berndt (University of Hamburg), organized by Sabeth Buchmann and Isabelle Lindermann, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.

Lecture

Schillerplatz/ M20

Art Theory and Cultural Studies