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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Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e. V. (External organisation)
Laura Felicitas Sabel (Speaker) & Laura Felicitas Sabel (Member)
06.2021 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Baptist University Hong Kong (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
01.2005 → 12.2013Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (External organisation)
Serhat Karakayali (Member)
2021 → 2022Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Brokering Intercultural Exchange: Interrogating the Role of Arts and Cultural Management (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
08.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Bund demokratischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2005 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Centre for Integration and Migration Research e.V. (External organisation)
Serhat Karakayali (Office)
01.07.2021 → 31.12.2022Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
DATAMIG (External organisation)
Salah El-Kahil (Member)
28.09.2023 → 27.09.2027Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2004 → 2010Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research