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.
- Academic councils, panels and committees
Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung für Kommunikationsforschung (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
American Political Science Association (APSA) (External organisation)
Michael Koß (Member)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Asia Europe Foundation (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Member)
05.2009 → 12.2009Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Asia Europe Foundation (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Member)
01.03.2008 → 15.12.2008Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Athens School of Fine Arts (External organisation)
Lukas Stolz (Member)
2021 → 2022Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Education
Austrian Academy of Sciences (External organisation)
Thomas Saretzki (Member)
2008 → 2016Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2004 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (External organisation)
Lars Hochmann (Member)
04.2015 → 04.2017Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies (External organisation)
Lynn Rother (Member)
06.2021 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (External organisation)
Stephan Scheel (Coordinator)
2010 → 2012Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Education