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About the Program

Established in the early 1990s, the Cultural Studies Program at Indiana University brings together faculty and graduate students pursuing interdisciplinary research. The program offers an interdisciplinary minor certificate for graduate students. Drawing upon recent developments in cultural, social, and literary theory, our program emphasizes the investigation of cultural production and the social construction of values, ideas, and belief systems. Courses in this area focus on both contemporary and historical phenomena and pay particular attention to the relationship between cultural forms and power relations in society. Issues of class, race, sexuality, and gender receive prominent critical attention, as do conventional divisions between “high culture” and more “popular” forms of expression.

In recent years, our program has built on the international strengths of our faculty, whose research interests span the globe. To showcase the innovative research on Asia, Latin America, and Africa at Indiana University, our recent annual conferences have been organized by topics such as “Sonic Interventions: The Listening Practices of Cultural Studies,” “Engagements, Events, Energies: The Humanities between Affirmation and Critique,” and “Global Moral Panics.” These rubrics have enabled our faculty and graduate students to push the limits of the current study of culture and to demonstrate the relevance of cultural studies to contexts outside the United States and Britain.

Our program encourages students to fashion a course of study which meets their particular interests and needs. Cultural Studies is especially useful for those seeking to complement studies in an area of disciplinary specialization with a more interdisciplinary minor. Students minoring in Cultural Studies typically are admitted by a home department, which can apprise them of opportunities for fellowships and financial aid.

Faculty Bookshelf

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Korea's Twentieth-Century Odyssey: A Short Story Michael E. Robinson
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The Immigrant Kitchen: Food, Ethnicity, and Diaspora Vivian Nun Halloran
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The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore Michael Dylan Foster
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The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture Scott Herring
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States of Emergency: Essays on Culture and Politics Patrick Brantlinger
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Restricted Access: Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation Elizabeth Ellcessor
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Downtown Film & TV Culture 1975-2001 Joan Hawkins (editor)
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The Work of Recognition: Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship Jason McGraw
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Exceptional States: Chinese Immigrants and Taiwanese Sovereignty Sara Friedman
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The Folkloresque: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World Michael Dylan Foster (editor)
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Game After: A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife Raiford Guins
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The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance Shane Vogel
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Queering the Underwold: Slumming, Literature, and the Undoing of Lesbian and Gay History Scott Herring
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Homecooking and the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists Richard Wilk
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Szenarien kopfloser Herrschaft: Performanzen gespenstischer Macht Claudia Breger
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Organizing Empire: Individualism, Collective Agency, and India Purnima Bose
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My Voice Is My Weapon: Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance David McDonald

Upcoming events

  • IU Cultural Studies @ 25

    October 06, 2017 – October 07, 2017

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