Call for submissions of proposals for university courses

PATTERNS Lectures has launched a new call to encourage the development
of university courses in the fields of art history, cultural studies
and cultural sciences. The call addresses lecturers at public
universities in Central and South Eastern Europe who share PATTERNS'
areas of interest and are interested in developing new courses that
tackle the topics of PATTERNS.

We support course development, study visits, literature purchases,
guest lectures, student excursions and publications connected with the
courses.

PATTERNS is a transnational programme that aims to research and
understand recent cultural history. It commissions and supports
contemporary cultural projects in a variety of formats and media.
PATTERNS aims to document, analyse and investigate different aspects of
and practices related to the transformation of daily life and culture
in Central and South Eastern Europe, while accounting for the
pluralities that characterise the region. The initiative focuses on the
1960s and 1970s, as well as on the “transition” period leading up to
the present.

We are particularly interested in courses which:
- have been recently developed and have not been held before
- analytically deal with the period starting from the 1960s up to the
present day, including the year of transition in 1989
- deal with cultural phenomena before 1989 until today, including
aspects of popular, marginal and counterculture
- examine interdisciplinary and cross-cultural history in Central and
South Eastern Europe
- involve critical methodology and innovative and interactive teaching
practices

The call addresses lecturers at public universities in Central and
South Eastern Europe who offer study programmes in the fields of art
history, cultural studies and cultural sciences and related fields.
Course proposals by external lecturers must be integrated into the
framework of a public higher education institution.

Courses should be held in the academic year 2012/13.

The call for submissions will be open from 30 January to 19 March 2012.

All application documents including guidelines are available for
download at www.patternslectures.org.

If you have any further questions please contact us:
patternswus-austria.org

The previous edition of PATTERNS Lectures was successfully completed:
14 courses from 11 countries were implemented at the respective
universities and many of these will be continued in the long-term
curriculum.

PATTERNS has been the main focus of research and funding in ERSTE
Foundation’s cultural work over the last few years:
- PATTERNS Call 2008 - www.erstestiftung.org/patterns/
- Gender Check – Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern
Europe - www.gender-check.at
- PATTERNS Travelling Lecture Set -
www.erstestiftung.org/patterns-lectures/

You can find comprehensive information at www.patternslectures.org

PATTERNS Lectures
Implemented by WUS Austria
www.wus-austria.org

Initiated by ERSTE Foundation
www.erstestiftung.org