ifk Friends

Publications and projects supported by the association

ifk Podcast »Kultur denken«
The ifk Podcast is produced in collaboration with radio producers and science communicators. Based on the topics of the ifk conferences, each season presents several episodes on a specific topic.

ifk Lectures & Translations
Current volumes of our series »ifk Lectures & Translations« published by Turia + Kant (Vienna/Berlin) are Den König fallen lassen. Versuch über die Nebenfigur by Stefanie Diekmann, Basteln. Kurze Geschichte einer kleinen Tätigkeit by Michael Bies, Umgebungsaufnahmen. Zur Epistomologie, Technik und Ästhetik akustischer Ökologien by Maren Haffke, Atmen beim Lesen. Bibliotheken im Industriezeitalter by Ulrich Johannes Schneider, Radikales Tierrecht. Zehn Fragen zum Antispezisismus by Jérôme Segal, and Nachkriegsschamanismus by Ulrich van Loyen.

Publication series »Schauplätze der Evidenz«
Volume 1: Black/White as Evidence, »With black and White you can keep more of a distance«
ed. by Monika Wagner, Helmut Lethen, Frankfurt/Main 2015.
Volume 2: Pointing to Reality. On the Problem of Evidence in Cultural Studies.
A Reader, ed. by Helmut Lethen, Ludwig Jäger, Albrecht Koschorke, Frankfurt/Main 2015.
Volume 3: Agon and Ares. The War and the Games, ed. by Ernst Strouhal, Frankfurt/Main 2016.
Volume 4: Auf Tuchfühlung. A History of Knowledge of the Sense of Touch
ed. by Karin Harrasser, Frankfurt/Main 2017 (spring).

Further Projects

  • The relaunch of the ifk Webseite (2017)
  • Internationales Forschungsnetzwerk BTWH Berkeley/Tübingen/Wien/Harvard (2017, 2016, 2015)

Association of Friends of the ifk

Association purpose according to statutes:
»The purpose of the association, whose activities are non-profit, is to promote interdisciplinary research as well as postgraduate training of young scholars in the field of cultural studies, and for this purpose supports a research center.«

Association Board:
Chairwoman: Dipl.-Kfm. Wilhelmine Goldmann
Vice Chairman: Dr. Ingo Zechner
Treasurer: Dr. Manfred Pittioni
Prof. Dr. Moritz Csáky
Prof. Dr. Gabriella Hauch
Mag. Dr. Günther Sandner

Auditors:
Dr. Harald Fiedler
HRi.R. Hon.-Prof. Dr. Lorenz Mikoletzky

Managing Director:
Mag.a Viola Eichberger

Postal address:
Reichsratsstraße 17/DG
1010 Vienna
Austria

Contact:
friends@ifk.ac.at
+43 664 524 81 92

ZVR number: 519811694