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.
- 2018
ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques
Jakob Schwörer (Participant)
02.03.2018 → 09.03.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
DIY music venues between Assimilation, Scene-Traditionalism, and ‘Subcultural Institutionalization’
Robin Kuchar (Speaker)
07.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Flat, intense and shiny: The colour chart’s aesthetics of organizing
Timon Beyes (Speaker)
08.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Demokratie in der Krise? Alternative Autoritarismus? Vergleiche – Gefahren – Perspektiven
Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)
14.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Curatorial/Knowledge Seminar - 2017
Katerina Genidogan (Organiser)
17.03.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Digitalization – a panel discussion with Andrus Ansip (European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission)
Timon Beyes (Speaker)
21.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Politische Theorie und Politische Bildung im kritisch-konstruktiven Dialog
Thomas Saretzki (Oral presentation)
21.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
24.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The representation of other nations in picturebooks for children
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research