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Profiles: Austria
DUK - Danube University
The Department of Cultural Studies
Dr. Karl Dorrek Strasse 30
A-3500 Krems
Austria
Director: Prof. Dr Werner Fröhlich
Phone: +43 2732 893 2551
Fax: +43 2732 893 4550
E-mail: hartnach@donau-uni.ac.at
Web site: www.donau-uni.ac.at/kultur
Background, orientation and purpose
The Department of Cultural Studies at Danube University was established in June 2001. The
Department regards itself as an international, national and regional centre in the fields of culture and
art. The current dynamic progress of this economic sector in Europe provides momentum for the
Department to pursue postgraduate research and training, with the goal of fulfilling vital social needs.
Its aim is to faciliate the linking of teaching, research and practice by building up national and
international co-operation. It places great significance on user orientation in its cultural and artistic
research, with special emphasis on interdisciplinarity. The development of scientific and theoretical
bases is seen as an activity supporting practice-oriented teaching.
In the medium term, a range of courses will focus on the fields of intercultural communication,
intervention art, the pictorial sciences, archiving, music, design, stage and event management,
together with museum and exhibition management. Teaching and research will also take into account
the possibilities of combining specific fields; for instance, pictorial analysis and digital archiving
technologies.
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
Center for Bildwissenschaften Ikonographic Analysis and Digital Picture Documentation.
Lecturers
There are 4 permanent teaching personnel, 2 of whom are women, in the Department of Cultural
Studies.
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