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
Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
11.2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Ulf Wuggenig (Coordinator)
11.2015 → 11.2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Executive member)
01.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Linked.Art (External organisation)
Lynn Rother (Member)
01.2019 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Modern Language Association (External organisation)
Katrin Dettmer (Member)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Andrea Kretschmann (Member)
01.08.2019Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
Society for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education e.V. (External organisation)
Tonio Oeftering (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
Society for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education e.V. (External organisation)
Tonio Oeftering (Member)
2012 → 2016Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
Swip Germany e.V. (External organisation)
Steffi Hobuß (Member)
26.10.2014 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)
Björn Buß (Member)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research