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.
- 2015
The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2nd Conference in Critical Migration and Borders Studies
Stephan Scheel (Organiser)
01.09.2015 → 02.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Modes and impacts of sustainability research. Introducing ‘MONA: Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes – A comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects’
Jens Newig (Speaker)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
XXIX Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association - SISP 2015
Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)
10.09.2015 → 12.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Communist Nostalgia Conference - 2015
Ulrike Gerhardt (Speaker)
11.09.2015 → 13.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Verein für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Coordinator)
11.09.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
2. Cultura21 Forum Teil 2 - 2015
Sacha Kagan (Organiser)
12.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Context is Half the Work. A Partial History of the Artist Placement Group 2015
Ulrike Jordan (Curator) & Naomi Hennig (Curator)
12.09.2015 → 05.10.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Tagung Bridging and Bonding - 2015
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (presenter)
12.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25th ECPR PhD Summer School on "Political Parties and Democracy" - 2015
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)
13.09.2015 → 19.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education