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.
- 2016
The Leveraged Gift – The Making of the David and Alfred Smart Museum at the University of Chicago
Max Koss (Speaker)
05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2nd EqUIP Symposium 2016
Martin Warnke (Participant)
05.05.2016 → 07.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
In Praise of Workarounds
Lisa Conrad (Oral presentation)
05.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Interactions between social movements and international organisations
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)
06.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Wayne State University Detroit (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
06.05.2016 → 12.06.2016Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
Kunstgeschichte „vom weltgeschichtlichen Gesichtspunkte aus“: Wie universal, wie national ist Burgers „Einführung in die moderne Kunst“?
Wolfgang Karl Kemp (Speaker)
10.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art
Martin Warnke (Chair)
15.05.2016 → 18.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Autoren-Workshop
Christian Welzel (Organiser)
17.05.2016 → 19.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Re-thinking Relationality in the Sociotechnological Condition
Boris Traue (Speaker)
18.05.2016 → 19.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
A Modernist in Exile. The International Reception of H. G. Adler
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
19.05.2016 → 20.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research