abstract: This collection of texts derives from the international conference 'Current Issues in European Cultural Studies' arranged in Norrkping, Sweden on June 11-13, 2011 by the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (ACSIS). The particular focus of the conference, which was not exclusive, naturally privileged a framework in which current issues and perspectives pertaining to interdisciplinary, critical and cultural research in Europe were taken under scrutiny. The explicitly stated intention of 
journal: Culture Unbound Journal of Current Cultural Research