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Dr. Christian Morgner

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University of Lucerne
Department of Sociology
Kasernenplatz 3
Postbox 7455
6000 Luzern 7
+41 (0)41 228 46 46
christian.morgner@unilu.ch

Vita

Christian Morgner studied sociology at the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena (GER) and at the University of Essex, Colchester (UK). In 2003, he graduated with a dissertation about the semantic development of trust and distrust. From 2004-2007 Christian Morgner was a PhD-student at the Graduate School ‘Transnational Media Events’ at the Justus-Liebig University, Giessen (GER) his PhD-thesis focused on the development of a theory of world media events. During that time, he visited media archives in the United States and Singapore for several months. Since 2007, he has been working on a project about - art and world society - and thus went on to become a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2008. This ongoing project has already included field work in South-Korea as well as Brazil and will be continued in New York and Yokohama. In 2009, Christian Morgner joined the sociological department of the University of Lucerne (CH). Nonetheless, he is a member of the advisory board of the Korean Art Journal NOON: Journal for Contemporary Art and Visual Culture.

Research Interests

Media Sociology, Theoretical Sociology, Sociology of Art, Political Sociology

Publications

  1. Monographien
  2. Aufsätze in Sammelbänden
  3. Rezensionen

Monographien

  • Morgner, Christian (2009) Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses: Studien zu John F. Kennedy, Lady Diana und der Titanic, Bielefeld: transcript.
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Aufsätze in Sammelbänden

  • Morgner, Christian (2008) Weltereignisse der Massenmedien – Am Beispiel der Ermordung John F. Kennedys, in: Nacke, Stefan; René Unkelbach, Tobias Werron (Hrsg.): Weltereignisse: Theoretische und empirische Perspektiven, VS Verlag, S. 177-201.
  • Morgner, Christian (2008) Zeitlichkeiten globaler Medienereignisse – Am Beispiel der Ermordung John F. Kennedys, in: Lenger, Friedrich; Ansgar Nünning (Hrsg.): Medienereignisse der Moderne, Darmstadt: WBG, S. 130-149.
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Rezensionen

  • Morgner, Christian; Thomas Ritter (2005) Einführungen, in: Soziologische Revue. Besprechungen neuer Literatur, Jg. 28, H. 1, S. 71-76.
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