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.
- Leuphana academic councils and committees
College (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.10.2018 → 31.03.2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Copenhagen Business School (External organisation)
Timon Beyes (Office)
04.2013 → 10.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation) (Organisational unit)
Claus Pias (Chair) & Martin Warnke (Chair)
2012 → 2021Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Digital Cultures Research Lab (Organisational unit)
Claus Pias (Chair), Götz Bachmann (Chair), Timon Beyes (Chair) & Martina Leeker (Chair)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
EU Innovations-Inkubator (Organisational unit)
Claus Pias (Coordinator)
2011 → 2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Faculty of Culture and Society generall (Organisational unit)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
07.2006 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Graduate School (Organisational unit)
Volker Kirchberg (Chair)
05.2012 → 09.2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Graduate School (Organisational unit)
Claus Pias (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (Organisational unit)
Martin Warnke (Coordinator)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (Organisational unit)
Erich Heinrich Hörl (Chair)
04.2018 → 10.2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees