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
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Executive member)
09.2011 → 02.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Executive member)
02.2015 → 08.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Chair)
08.2015 → 09.2017Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Executive member)
10.2017 → 09.2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (External organisation)
Andrea Kretschmann (Executive member)
01.2020 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Frauen und Gleichstellung (Organisational unit)
Lisa Gaupp (Full member)
01.11.2018 → 31.03.2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
German Association for Law and Society (External organisation)
Andrea Kretschmann (Executive member)
11.2020 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
German National Academic Foundation (External organisation)
Steffi Hobuß (Member)
25.10.2014 → 26.10.2014Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Education
German National Academic Foundation (External organisation)
Steffi Hobuß (Member)
22.01.2015 → 24.01.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Education
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Vera van Hüllen (Office)
24.09.2015 → 2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research