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
European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)
Timon Beyes (Chair)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
08.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Fachbereich Informatik und Gesellschaft (IUG) der Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. (GI) (External organisation)
Rolf Großmann (Member)
1991 → 2001Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Fachbereich Informatik und Gesellschaft (IUG) der Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. (GI) (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
1991 → 2004Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Fachbereich Informatik und Gesellschaft (IUG) der Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. (GI) (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
1997 → 2001Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Fachbereich Informatik und Gesellschaft (IUG) der Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. (GI) (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Chair)
2001 → 2008Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Fachverband für Kulturmanagementforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Full member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Anthropological Association (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
10.2013 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Association for Law and Society (External organisation)
Andrea Kretschmann (Chair)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Thomas Saretzki (Member)
2017 → 2022Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research