New paradigms in the study of culture is the text of the Lectio Magistralis Stuart M. Hall delivered on June 6, 2008 on the occasion of the honorary degree conferred upon him by the University of Naples «L’Orientale».The text concentrates on the early stages of the construction of the theoretical model at the basis of Cultural Studies. It discusses the epistemological break brought about by its interdisciplinary method of analysis and illustrates the complex articulation of its concept of culture.