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.

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  1. Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Office)

    10.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  2. Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (Organisational unit)

    Volker Kirchberg (Chair)

    17.01.200831.12.2011

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  3. Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (Organisational unit)

    Dominik Schrage (Member)

    07.2013 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  4. Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (Organisational unit)

    Volker Kirchberg (Chair)

    01.04.201530.09.2019

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (Organisational unit)

    Timon Beyes (Office)

    10.2018 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  6. Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (External organisation)

    Andrea Kretschmann (Chair)

    11.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  7. Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (External organisation)

    Andrea Kretschmann (Chair)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  8. Institut für Soziologie

    Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)

    05.1983

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Institutional dynamics of affecting and being affected: The emotionalization of injustice and the threat of withdrawing the organizational identification

    Serhat Karakayali (Speaker) & Yvonne Albrecht (Speaker)

    28.05.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Institutionalising Pregnancy Loss as Death of a Child? The Civil Status Amendment in Germany

    Julia Böcker (Speaker)

    09.06.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch