Volker Kirchberg
Prof. Dr.
- Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization
- Sociology
Research areas
- 2025
The Social Organization of Arts — Reflections on the Sociology of Art Theory
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Fang, H. (Lecturer)
13.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Social Organization of Arts – A Theoretical Compendium (Introduction)
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
17.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- 2024
Comparing Various Theories on the Social Organization of Arts
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Zembylas, T. (Speaker)
30.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Alternative Perspectives On The Social Organization Of Art
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Zembylas, T. (Speaker)
28.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Racism and Common Public Spaces in the Arts – A Case Study of Hamburg
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
30.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
What's it good for? : Functions of arts and culture for Hamburg's urban development
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
25.04.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Evaluierung des Deutschen Museums von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (DM) in München
Kirchberg, V. (Reviewer)
17.01.2024 → 19.01.2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
- 2023
Sigrún Lilja Einarsdottir
Kirchberg, V. (Host)
07.12.2023 → 11.12.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Urban Music Studies Scholars Network
Barber-Kersovan, A. (Speaker), Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Lutze, T. (Speaker)
20.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sabine Knierbein
Kirchberg, V. (Host)
07.08.2023 → 12.08.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
J. Pedro Lorente
Kirchberg, V. (Host)
21.07.2023 → 28.07.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Imagining real utopias. An empirical exploration of organizing urban and rural projects for the good life
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Blieffert, S. (Speaker)
07.07.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Imagining real utopia: An empirical exploration of organizing alternative projects
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Blieffert, S. (Speaker)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2022
Classical music making in artistic precarity
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Speaker) & Lutze, T. (Speaker)
15.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der mystisch-christliche Geist der Utopie bei Ernst Bloch
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
27.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
- 2021
Artistic Utopian Spaces and the Promise of Urban Development
Niemann, K. (Speaker) & Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
02.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical Artistic Interventions in Urban Contexts – The Intrinsic Logic or Spirit of Cities and Its Influence on Critical Artists
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Hoop, M. (Speaker)
11.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2020
Understanding Museums as Agents of Social Change – Questions about the Tool of Digitalization
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
24.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Museums and Theatres as Real Utopias
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
29.02.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Groove the City - 2020
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser), Gaupp, L. (Organiser), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Organiser) & Kuchar, R. (Organiser)
13.02.2020 → 15.02.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Perspectives of sustainable urban development - Conformities, discordances and recommendations
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Kagan, S. (Speaker)
25.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2019
Methodological Assemblage - Experiences from an Interdisciplinary Project on Artists and Cities
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bourdieu's political capital revisited – Artists' political activities in view of the field theory
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Hoop, M. (Speaker)
21.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Power and Potential of Artistic and Cultural Organizations in a Network of Sustainable Urban Development
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Peper, R. (Speaker)
25.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Kirchberg, V. (Chair)
01.04.2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Kirchberg, V. (Chair)
01.04.2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
01.04.2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Artists, Politics, Cities: A New Typology of Artists
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & de-Shalit, A. (Speaker)
04.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Power and Potential of Artistic and Cultural Organizations in a Sustainable Urban Development – A Network Analysis
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Peper, R. (Speaker)
11.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2018
The Emerging Urban Significance of Contemporary Chamber and New Music Orchestras
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Seibel, L. (Speaker)
25.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Conference "Groove the City" 2018
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser), Kuchar, R. (Organiser), Gaupp, L. (Organiser), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Organiser) & Kuchar, R. (Chair)
23.11.2018 → 25.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Critical Artists and Urban Development – A Typology of Political Activism in the Arts
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Wedler, P. (Speaker)
22.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Künste und Mächte - Politiken in und durch die Künste
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser), Gaupp, L. (Organiser) & Barber-Kersovan, A. (Organiser)
22.11.2018 → 23.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wie sich heute noch die Frage des Museumspublikums aus einer sozialkritischen Sicht stellt
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
19.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Exploring Urban Music Studies (Roundtable)
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker), Gaupp, L. (Speaker), Kuchar, R. (Speaker) & Barber-Kersovan, A. (Speaker)
07.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Making Urban Spaces of Possibilities: Cultural Infrastructures and the Politics Of Cooperation In Real-Utopian Place-Making (Workshop)
Kirchberg, V. (Panel participant), Kagan, S. (Panel participant), Falzon, M.-A. (Panel participant) & Bingham-Hall, J. (Panel participant)
06.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Never Take It For Granted – Arts and Culture in the City Across Times and Places
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical Artists and Urban Development - Theoretical Foundations and Proposed Explanations
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Wedler, P. (Speaker)
19.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Placemaking today: integrating place-oriented thinking into cultural policy frameworks
Kirchberg, V. (Panel participant), Silver, D. (presenter), Hughes, J. (Panel participant), Mackinnon, E. (Panel participant), Raza, A. (Panel participant) & Kletkotko, M. (Panel participant)
17.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Changing Implicitness – Functions of Arts and Culture in Urban Planning and Policies across Times and Places
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bifröst University, Reykjavik & Bifröst, Iceland
Kirchberg, V. (Visiting researcher)
05.05.2018 → 01.07.2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Linden Fiction Revisited - Utopie als kreativer Möglichkeitsraum 2018
Finkeldei, U. (Speaker), Grigoleit, A. (Speaker), Holz, V. (Speaker), Laube, C. (Speaker) & Kirchberg, V. (Participant)
23.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Stadt als Möglichkeitsraum - Ist Hannover ein Platz für Reale Utopien? 2018
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser), Barthel, J. (Moderator) & Alexander, C. (Organiser)
18.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Hannovers Möglichkeitsräume - Erster Abschlussworkshop des SaM-Projektes - 2018
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker), Hauerwaas, A. (Speaker), Kagan, S. (Speaker) & Kostrzewa, F. (Organiser)
13.02.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Managing Utopia in the Arts – Cultural Visions of Sustainable and Other Visionary Lifestyles
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
20.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Cultural Leadership: Perspektiven und Herausforderungen
Kirchberg, V. (Panel participant), Csorba, R. (Panel participant), Gögge, R. (Panel participant), Heine, T. (Panel participant), Hoquél, F. (Panel participant), Kölle, N. (Panel participant) & Neundlinger, B. (Panel participant)
18.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2017
What is Urban Music Studies (UMS), and what could it be?
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser), Kuchar, R. (Organiser), Gaupp, L. (Organiser) & Barber-Kersovan, A. (Organiser)
20.10.2017 → 21.10.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
City as Space of Possibility – Alternative and Artistic Initiatives Towards Urban Sustainability
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Kagan, S. (Speaker)
31.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vera Zolberg: Memory and the Arts
Kirchberg, V. (Panel participant), Marontate, J. (Panel participant), Kattago, S. (Panel participant) & Trajtenberg, G. (Panel participant)
30.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Managing Utopia - Artistic Visions of Sustainable Lifestyles and Their Realization
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
26.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research