International Summer School: Arts — Politics — Economics. New perspectives of the arts

31 July - 6th August, 2011


Arts, politics and economics have always existed in a dynamic interdependent
relationship, which is, in part, stimulating, and, in part, produces
contradictions or even oppositions: The arts are integrated into political
and economic functional relationships, but they also appear as political
protagonists, whose aesthetic strategies - whether explicit or implicit -
reflect societal events or provide guidelines for successful coexistence in
society.
The spectrum of theoretical debate in the study of the arts ranges from
questions concerning the position of the political in the aesthetic and
aesthetic forms of expression of the political, to those who devote
themselves to the political role of art or discuss the relationship of art
and economics.
The interdisciplinary summer school, which incorporates the subjects Art
History, Art Education, Musicology, Music Education and Theatre Studies,
aims to discuss the following aspects: How does the political manifest
itself in the arts against the background of its dissolution of boundaries
and internationalisation?
To what institutional change are the arts subject in the light of (global)
structural political and economic changes? What role does the study of the
arts play in this process?

Deadline call for papers: June 5, 2011
We have 8 scholarships available for international students. These
scholarships cover travel costs, accommodation and also provide a grant for
your remaining living expenses.
For further information please visit our website: www.lmu.de/proart

Contact:
PhD Programme ProArt
Munich School of Arts
Zentnerstr. 31
80798 München
Tel.: 0049-(0)89-2180-6786
Email: proart@lrz.uni-muenchen.de