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.
- Guest lectures
Cultivating Commons versus Consuming Spaces: The Spatial Economy of Artists’ Quarters
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
16.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Cultural Evolution and Subjective Wellbeing: Rising Individualism Rewires Happiness from Religion to Subjective Freedom
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
12.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Cultural Haritage and Memory
Ursula Kirschner (Speaker)
27.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
„Cultural Turn“ in der Peripherie. Die Anfänge der Kulturwissenschaften an der Hochschule Lüneburg
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
23.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Curator-artist Interactions: Forms of Exchange under the Pressure of the Logic of the Market
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
14.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Cybernetics, Management, Organization: The case of St.Gallen
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
16.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Cyborgs als Figur der Verschiebung und Wiederholung
Dierk Spreen (Lecturer)
24.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Das Atom-Ei des Columbus: Schnelle Brüter, Computersimulation und das Zeitalter der Hypothetizität
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
11.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Das Atom-Ei des Columbus: Schnelle Brüter, Computersimulation und das Zeitalter der Hypothetizität
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
02.06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Das deutsche Wahlsystem auf dem Prüfstand
Florian Grotz (Speaker)
01.12.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research