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.
- Learned societies and special interest organisations
British Society of Criminology (External organisation)
Andrea Kretschmann (Member)
06.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Clara Wieghorst (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Court of Arbitration for Art (External organisation)
Lynn Rother (Member)
11.2019 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Cultura21 (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Coordinator)
01.03.2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Cultura21 (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Coordinator)
18.12.2010 → 03.2016Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie e.V. (External organisation)
Andreas Jürgens (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2004 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Dominik Schrage (Executive member)
01.06.2005Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
11.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research