European Summer School in Cultural Studies 2010

The 2010 European Summer School in Cultural Studies is titled "The Cultures of Food, Eating and Cooking" and will be hosted in London by the London Consortium on 26th-31st July. The European Summer School in Cultural Studies is a network-based seminar for interdisciplinary research training in the fields of art and culture, organized by the Danish Doctoral School in Cultural Studies, the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture at the University of Giessen, the London Consortium, and the University of Oslo. The School offers a European platform for the development of cultural studies with a focus on new research methodologies, models for interdisciplinary research organization, and presentation of exemplary topics that address seminal problems and perspectives in contemporary cultural studies. The ESSCS is hosted each year by one of the five partner institutions and accommodates 8 keynote speakers, including representatives from the five collaborating institutions, and 50 junior researchers from Europe and abroad. The London Consortium is a unique collaboration between the Architectural Association, Birkbeck College (University of London), the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Science Museum and TATE. It offers rigorous postgraduate programmes in the Humanities and Cultural Studies.