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. Crisis, Conflict, Queer Studies

    Ben Trott (Organiser), Mike Laufenberg (Organiser) & Ben Trott (Speaker)

    11.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  2. Crisis – Unrest – Common Sense.

    Holger Kuhn (Speaker)

    26.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Crisis, Unrest, Common Sense. Environmental Societies of Control in the Films of Melanie Gilligan

    Holger Kuhn (Oral presentation)

    25.11.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  4. Critical Artistic Interventions in Urban Contexts – The Intrinsic Logic or Spirit of Cities and Its Influence on Critical Artists

    Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Marie Hoop (Speaker)

    11.03.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Critical Art(ist)s and Urban Development - A Collaborative Study Comparing German and Israeli Cities

    Milena Seidl (Speaker), Tomma Groth (Speaker), Patricia Wedler (Speaker), Volker Kirchberg (Speaker), Avner de-Shalit (Speaker), Merav Kadar (Speaker) & Nir Barak (Speaker)

    13.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Critical Artists and Urban Development – A Typology of Political Activism in the Arts

    Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Patricia Wedler (Speaker)

    22.11.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Critical Artists and Urban Development in Hanover, Hamburg, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv - Theoretical and Field Access, Exploratory Interviews

    Volker Kirchberg (Speaker), Milena Seidl (Speaker) & Tomma Groth (Speaker)

    06.03.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Critical Artists and Urban Development - Theoretical Foundations and Proposed Explanations

    Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Patricia Wedler (Speaker)

    19.07.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. ‘Critical Atmospheres'

    Lydia Jorgensen (Speaker)

    21.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Critical Cosmopolitanism and Media. A theoretical perspective for an understanding of transnational media communication and media culture - 2013

    Elke Grittmann (Speaker)

    25.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch