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.
- artistic events
Soft Soil II/III – Beyond Emergency
Ulrike Gerhardt (Curator)
14.08.2020 → 16.08.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Research
Symposion/Exhibition - Proof of Stake
Simon Denny (Speaker), Timon Beyes (Speaker) & Bettina Steinbrügge (Speaker)
03.09.2021 → 04.09.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Symposium: Unstable Monuments: Remnants from Times of Ideology
Ulrike Gerhardt (Curator)
01.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Research
TASAWAR Studio 7
Julian Volz (Speaker)
05.03.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
The Body as An Indexical Reader
Ulrike Gerhardt (Curator), Eva Birkenstock (Curator) & Naomi Hennig (Curator)
07.10.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Research
The Many Headed Hydra: When the Sea Looks Back. A Serpent’s Tale
Ulrike Gerhardt (Opponent)
19.10.2017 → 16.12.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Research
Worlding – nudges for posthuman play
Rebecca John (Organiser), Sophie-Charlotte Thieroff (Organiser) & Larissa Maria Müller (Organiser)
27.09.2019 → 28.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
- Other
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Andrea Kretschmann (Other)
06.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Other