Lecture Series: Transformation Transformation Transformation? 7 Critical Perspectives on Museums

Expanded Museum Studies kindly invites you to its first lecture series.

Since their creation, museums and their institutional structures have been in a constant state of change. As social institutions, they are also affected by political reforms, technical innovations, economic changes and the climate crisis.
Their significance and function are repeatedly and somewhat slowly readjusted in relation to these transformation processes. Currently, the focus is on dealing with colonial heritage, putting diversity, digitization, and sustainability into practice – and on rethinking organizations accordingly.
The lecture series will shed light on the institution museum from seven spheres of activity in this interdependent and sometimes conflict-laden relationship. It will explore how the the lines of transformation outlined above affect museums.

Save the Dates: Thursdays, 6 p.m.

  • 16.10.2025 – Nikita Dhawan (dt.)
  • 23.10.2025– Beatrice Leanza (engl.)
  • 30.10.2025– Eric Golo Stone (engl.)
  • 13.11.2025– Tahani Nadim (engl.)
  • 20.11.2025– Annet Dekker (engl.)
  • 27.11.2025– Tasos Zembylas (dt.)
  • 04.12.2025– Mi You (online/engl.)

Location: University of Applied Arts Vienna | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Lecture Hall 1, 1010 Vienna


Event
Nikita Dhawan (dt.)
16. October 2025
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Hörsaal 1, 1010 Wien
Beatrice Leanza (engl.)
23. October 2025
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Hörsaal 1, 1010 Wien
Eric Golo Stone (engl.)
30. October 2025
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Hörsaal 1, 1010 Wien
Tahani Nadim (engl.)
13. November 2025
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Hörsaal 1, 1010 Wien
Annet Dekker (engl.)
20. November 2025
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Hörsaal 1, 1010 Wien
Tasos Zembylas (dt.)
27. November 2025
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Hörsaal 1, 1010 Wien
Mi You (online /engl.)
04. December 2025
online/ZOOM