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.
The Tuntenstreit: Respectability vs. Gay Feminism
Lukas Betzler (Speaker) & Jan-Hauke Branding (Speaker)
23.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
The Use of Media in Intercultural Dialogue "dialogo_dialog"!: Investigation of a Research Event in Terms of Communication without Language
Ursula Kirschner (Speaker)
23.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Value of Critique
Laura Kowalewski (Speaker)
19.01.2017 → 20.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Value of Time and the Production of Heritage
Susanne Leeb (Speaker)
13.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Voices Within: Splitting Subjectivity in the Art Criticism of Jill Johnston and Lynne Tillman
Oona Lochner (Speaker)
30.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
The Wages for Housework Campaign. What Yesterday's Struggles Mean for Today
Liza Mattutat (Organiser), Ben Trott (Organiser) & Silvia Federici (Keynote speaker)
31.01.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
The West and the Rest. Nicht-westliche Kunst im Feld der internationalen zeitgenössischen Kunst
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
27.11.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Whole Earth: California and the Disappearance of the Outside
Mercedes Bunz (Speaker)
21.06.2013 → 23.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The work of disconnection
Timon Beyes (Keynote Speaker)
21.06.2018 → 22.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
The Work of Drag - with Olympia Bukkakis
Ben Trott (Organiser)
20.12.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer