Course detail

Shared Interdisciplinary Theory 2

FaVU-3STV2Acad. year: 2025/2026

Interdisciplinary theory represents a core course in the doctoral program curriculum. The content of the course has been modeled along the fact that in the undergraduate and graduate programs, students obtain general knowledge of art theory and related humanities. Hence each semester of the course is adapted to a certain extent to the current individual focus of the students in the particular year and their research needs and preferences.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Entry knowledge

None.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The non-letter grade is given upon submitting a term paper dealing with a chosen aspect of the dissertation (using relevan bibliography).
Students obtain the non-letter grade upon actively participating in the semiars and fulfilling the assignments.

Aims

The course aims at intertextualizing and deepening theoretical knowledge from a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging from traditional art history, contemporary art theory, new media and visual culture theory, currently formed interdisciplinary field of curatorial studies and a wide spectrum of related humanities which inform postcontemporary artistic practices.
Having interpreted a series of texts and written a term paper, students will imrpove their skills to set their own creative practice in the context of relevant theory of philisophy of art, architecture, new media, etc.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Erwin PANOFSKI, Význam ve výtvarném umění. Praha: Malvern – Academia, 2013. (CS)
Helena BENDOVÁ – Matěj STRNAD (eds.), Společenské vědy a audiovize. Praha: AMU, 2014. (CS)
Jacques AUMONT, Obraz (2. vydání). Praha: AMU, 2010. (CS)
Konrád Paul LIESMANN, Teorie nevzdělanosti. Praha: Academia, 2009. (CS)
Michel FOUCAULT, Archeologie vědění (2. vydání). Praha: Hermann a synové, 2016. (CS)
Nelson GOODMAN, Jazyky umění. Praha: Academia, 2007. (CS)
Peter BURKE, Společnost a vědění II. Od Encyklopedie k Wikipedii. Praha: Univerzita Karlova – Karolinum, 2014. (CS)
Stuart HALL, Representation. Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London – New Dehli: Thousand Oaks – Sage, 2000. (EN)
Umberto ECO, Meze interpretace. Praha: Univerzita Karlova – Karolinum, 2004. (CS)
Veronika VEBEROVÁ – Petr A. BÍLEK – Vladimír PAPOUŠEK – David SKALICKÝ (eds.), Jazyky reprezentace. Reprezentace jako teoretický problém ve filozofii a v myšlení o umění a kultuře, v literatuře a filmu. Praha: Akropolis, 2012. (CS)
Wolfgang ISER, Jak se dělá teorie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova: Karolinum, 2009. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Lectures in the second cycle will thematically respond to topics related to the course attendee's dissertations.
The topic of each seminar will correspond to a different dissertation.
As the course proogresses, students, being assisted by the course instructor, will be choosing adequate texts for the analysis in class and will actively share on directing the discussion.

Guided consultation

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.