About Us
The KU Center for Advanced Studies “Dialogical Cultures – Critical Reflection Spaces for Cultural Studies and Social Sciences” (KU CAS) is an internationally oriented center for the promotion of interdisciplinary research in cultural studies and the social sciences at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Supporting doctoral and postdoctoral studies as well as research projects conducted by experienced and well-established scholars, the KU CAS aims at facilitating and enhancing scholarly exchange and critical debate beyond disciplinary boundaries. All research projects conducted at the Center bear upon its overall interest in the critical study of the responsive modes of dialogue and “dialogicity” as a socio-cultural phenomenon, a dynamic practice, and transformative process under varying conflictual communicative preconditions and scenarios.
The goal of the Center's fellowship program is to provide excellent scholars with the space and time needed for either finalizing research projects that are already well advanced (e.g. finishing a comprehensive monograph), or to support scholars with an innovative research idea or concept who are about to develop a third-party funding application for a competitive national, EU or international research funding program. The KU CAS not only offers a forum to enhance and connect excellent research across the disciplines in the humanities, but also serves as a platform for the critical discussion, exploration, and contestation of current issues and contexts in cultural and social studies. Thus, “Dialogical Cultures” also fosters dialogue and contributes to knowledge transfer between the academia and the public at large.
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