This volume pays homage to Monika Seidl, a key figure of cultural studies at the University of Viennas Department of English and American Studies and spotlights her many achievements in the field. The Festschrift on the occasion of her retirement reflects on cultural studies as a discipline, its history and possible futures, aspects of care as in crisis and as practiced by Monika Seidl, and engages with her academic work in articles of different styles by contributors including Magdalena Berger, Lawrence Grossberg, Sabine Harrer, Roman Horak, Christian Huck, Thomas Khn, Elisabeth Lechner and Judith Kohlenberger, Barbara Maly-Bowie, Timo Frhwirth and Sandra Mayer, Anette Pankratz, Annegret Pelz, Monika Pietrzak-Franger, Julia Phringer, Susanne Reichl, Ranthild Salzer and John Storey. It includes a preface by Alexandra Ganser.