{"id":16,"date":"2013-11-20T09:19:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T09:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/zizekcentre\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2017-10-11T06:31:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T06:31:39","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/zizekcentre\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The Centre was established in December 2007 with the aim of promoting and encouraging collaborative research into the question of ideology formation and the work of Slavoj \u017di\u017eek.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre produces an annual issue of the\u00a0<em>International Journal of \u017di\u017eek Studies,<\/em>\u00a0for which we welcome enquiries and submissions all year round, and related publications such as themed collections and monographs. It hosts a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/europ\/research\/researchcentres\/zizekcentre\/newsevents\/index.html\">research seminar series<\/a>, organises conferences and provides intellectual support for undergraduate and postgraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre\u2019s approach to the analysis and critique of ideology draws on the central insight of \u017di\u017eek\u2019s work that in order to change the matrix of global capitalism it is essential to understand both the political economy and the deep libidinal attraction of the forms of exploitation and domination that have made us who we are.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007-8, our research centred on the analysis of the theoretical foundations of \u017di\u017eek\u2019s work and its relationship to Foucault\u2019s. Since 2009 the research strategy of the Centre focuses on two themes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Psychoanalysis and ideology critique\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/zizekcentre\/about-us\/psychoanalysis-and-ideology-critique\/\">Psychoanalysis and ideology critique<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Political economy and ideology critique\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/zizekcentre\/about-us\/political-economy-and-ideology-critique\/\">Political economy and ideology critique<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Related links<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Cardiff University is not responsible for the content of external sites.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.essex.ac.uk\/idaworld\/\">World Network in Ideology and Discourse Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cardiff University is not responsible for the content of external sites.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hkwm.de\/inkrit\/index.html\">Berliner Institut f\u00fcr Kritische Theorie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cardiff University is not responsible for the content of external sites.\" href=\"http:\/\/clic.janvaneyck.nl\/about.php\">Circle for Lacanian Ideology Critique<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/encap\/cct\/index.html\">Cardiff Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cardiff University is not responsible for the content of external sites.\" href=\"http:\/\/zizekstudies.org\/index.php\/ijzs\/index\">International Journal of \u017di\u017eek Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Contact<\/h4>\n<p>Centre for Ideology Critique and \u017di\u017eek Studies<br \/>\nCardiff University<br \/>\nCardiff School of European Languages, Translation and Politics<br \/>\n65-68 Park Place<br \/>\nCardiff CF10 3AS<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:centreforideologycritique@cardiff.ac.uk\">centreforideologycritique@cardiff.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre was established in December 2007 with the aim of promoting and encouraging collaborative research into the question of ideology formation and the work of Slavoj \u017di\u017eek. 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