AG Cultural Administration
The AG’s members organize cultural events such as film nights and film series, exhibits, concerts, and readings. In close cooperation with Career Services, the group stages practical workshops in the area of cultural administration.
The AG for Cultural Administration arose from a workshop on career opportunities – in Giessen and beyond – that was organized by the GGK/GCSC Career Services in June 2007. For doctoral researchers from the humanities and social sciences who are not drawn to a scholarly career at a university, the field of cultural administration can be very attractive. The goal of the AG is therefore to introduce doctoral students to this area by offering them the chance to gain practical experience and network beyond the walls of the university while they’re still enrolled. In addition, members can learn skills essential to project and event management that will increase their odds of career success.
The AG’s members organize cultural events such as film nights and film series, exhibits, concerts, and readings. In close cooperation with Career Services, the group stages practical workshops in the area of cultural administration. In order to reach beyond the walls of the graduate centre and open these opportunities to the public, the AG for Cultural Administration works closely with Giessen’s cultural stakeholders and keeps a finger on the pulse of the city’s cultural life. The AG’s members hope thereby to help position the graduate centre as a place where culture is not just researched, but actively co-produced.
AG meetings
The next meeting will be announced here
Past Events (in German unless otherwise noted)
SS ‘08
- 29.05.2008, MUK – “Feierabend” – Doctoral students’ night out
- 01.07.2008, Giramondi – “Turisticki Büro” – A new look at Bosnia and Herzgovnia – A live performative lecture by Nedžad Mrkulić
WS ‘08/’09
- 22.10.2008 – 13.02.09 – “Sommer im Winter – Eine Jahreszeit reist durch Europa”
Photography exhibit with Monika Brand (extended through mid-March) - 29.01.2009, Haarlem – “Feierabend II” – Doctoral students’ night out
- 4.02.2009, Chocolaterie – “Choco im Lädchen – Statussymbol – Heilmittel – Soziales Genussmittel” – A lecture with PD Dr. Annerose Menninger (Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
SS ‘09
- 28.04.09, Haarlem – “Feierabend III” – Doctoral students’ night out
- Founding meeting of the GCSC choir (associated with the AG for Cultural Administration
- 13.05.09-03.07.09, GCSC building – Photography exhibit: “pass by shootings” by Michael Wagener
WS ‘09/’10
- 07.11.2009, Alte UB – Film and Pop: “Quadrophenia”
- 29.01.2010, Giramondi – “Die Gedanken sind blockfrei” – Punk, rock, and New Wave in Yugoslavia (a lecture by Natalja Kyaw and Johannes Ullmaier)
SS ‘10
- 01.07.2010, GCSC building – Workshop on cultural marketing and social media (Frank Tentler & Christian Henner-Fehr)
WS 10/11
- Ciné-Club Français:
- 17.11.2010 : Luis Buñuel: L’ âge d’or
- 15.12.2010 : Marco Ferreri: La grande bouffe
- 19.01.2011 : Jean‐Luc Godard: Je vous salue Marie
- 16.02.2011 : Gaspar Noé: Irréversible
SS ‘11
- Consultation on the Elvis Museum
WS ‘11/’12
- 14.11.2011: “Windzeit, Wolfzeit” – Islands and their Sagas: A reading. Cultural Administation AG of the GCSC and the literary centre of Giessen (LZG).
SS ‘12
- Workshop “Berufsbild” – Career snapshot: Cultural Mediator
Press (in German unless otherwise noted)
- Giessenserver [09.10.2008]: A report on Monika Brand’s photography exhibit in the GCSC
- Giessenserver [08.02.2009]: On the cultural history of chocolate: A global perspective
- Giessenserver [08.02.2009]: Chocolate shop – an evening tasting
- Ausgehzwang [25.01.2010]: “Die Gedanken sind blockfrei”: A lecture on Yugoslavian punk at Giramondi
- Ausgehzwang [01.02.2010]: Subculture in the former Yugoslavia
- Geschichtsforum 1989|2009 [02.2010]: “Die Gedanken sind blockfrei” – Yugoslavian New Wave at the beginning of the end of Yugoslavia
- Giessener Anzeiger [16.11.2011]: Karl Wetzig reads from his novel, "Windzeit, Wolfzeit" at the Literarischen Zentrums Gießen
Links of Interest
- Cultural initiatives in Giessen
http://www.giessen.de/index.phtml?&sNavID=1894.188&mNavID=1894.7&object=tx|1894.806.1&ModID=9&bn=1&kat=684.209&call=0&sfort=0&TypSel=684.203&titeltext=Kulturinitiativen&neu=1&La=1 - Forum for cultural administration
http://www.kulturmanagement.net/forum - Kunstvereine.de – The society for arts
http://www.kunstvereine.de/web/index.php?id=16 - Site for cultural administration
http://www.kulturmanagement.de - A Swiss site for cultural administration
http://www.kulturmanagementforum.ch - Elvis Museum
http://www.elvis-duesseldorf.de/