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.
- Conference Presentations
Imagining 'Off the Grid'
Clara Wieghorst (Speaker)
07.05.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Imagining real utopia: An empirical exploration of organizing alternative projects
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Svea Blieffert (Speaker)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Imagining real utopias. An empirical exploration of organizing urban and rural projects for the good life
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Svea Blieffert (Speaker)
07.07.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Imagology, comparative children’s literature, and digital humanities: exploring potential synergies
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
17.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“I’m not like a big feminist and stuff.” – (Post-)Feminism in the reception of televised modeling contests in Germany and the USA
Miriam Stehling (Speaker)
27.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Improbable Spaces. Signs of the future city in a university project
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
01.07.2007 → 04.07.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Impulsreferat: "Max Horkheimers Kritik an Karl Mannheims ´Ideologie und Utopie´"
Christina Wessely (Speaker)
11.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘Inanimate’ bodies and the soil in the art of Isabel Ruiz and Edgar Calel
Sebastián Eduardo (Speaker)
18.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
„‚In Conflict with Oneself’. On the Necessity of Collision on Schiller’s Stage“.
Mimmi Woisnitza (Speaker)
29.03.2012 → 01.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
In Defense of Cybernetics. A Reminiscence
Claus Pias (Speaker)
07.03.2005 → 09.03.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research