School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Faculty
Organisation profile
The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").
Topics
Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.
- 2013
Indie Game Studies Year Eleven: panel at DiGRA - Defragging Game Studies - Atlanta, GA
Paolo Ruffino (Panel participant)
26.08.2013 → 29.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Toward an Ecological Critique in Art? On Art Criticism in Times of Ecological Crisis
Sacha Kagan (Speaker)
28.08.2013 → 31.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association - APSA 2013
Christian Welzel (presenter)
29.08.2013 → 01.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Regional Organizations and Domestic Change in the 'Arab Spring': Cooperation between Power and Persuasion
Vera van Hüllen (presenter)
29.08.2013 → 01.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
State-Building and the European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus
Vera van Hüllen (presenter) & Tanja A. Börzel (presenter)
29.08.2013 → 01.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The Relevance of Playful Elements in Hermeneutic Methods
Regine Herbrik (Oral presentation)
29.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
City, Culture, and Society (Journal)
Volker Kirchberg (Editor)
09.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Member)
09.2013 → 12.2015Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Johns Hopkins University
Andrea Kretschmann (Visiting researcher)
09.2013 → 03.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Texte zur Kunst (Journal)
Susanne Leeb (Editor)
09.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research