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").
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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.
- Academic networks or partnerships
International Association for Media and Communication Research (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2006 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
International Council of Museums (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
1998 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
IULM University (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Coordinator)
08.02.2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Kulturphilosophisches Forschungskolleg Niedersachsen (External organisation)
Christoph Jamme (Chair)
2004 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
15.01.2016 → 24.01.2016Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
Leuphana University of Lüneburg (External organisation)
Ursula Kirschner (Member)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Raumerweiterungshalle Leipzig (External organisation)
Ulrike Jordan (Member)
2004 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
Research Network External Democracy Promotion (External organisation)
Vera van Hüllen (Member)
2006 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
RNTP - Research Network for Transcultural Practices in the Arts and Humanities (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
11.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
University of Bremen (External organisation)
Andreas Lutter (Member)
06.2011Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
University of Limerick (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
University of Milano - Bicocca (External organisation)
Christoph Jamme (Member)
2006Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
University of Naples Federico Ii (External organisation)
Christoph Jamme (Chair)
20.06.2006 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Urban Music Studies Scholars´Network (External organisation)
Robin Kuchar (Member)
01.2016Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Victoria University of Wellington (External organisation)
Marion Reiser (Coordinator)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Walking Artists Network (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Wayne State University Detroit (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
06.05.2016 → 12.06.2016Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
- Bodies of private companies and organisations
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. (External organisation)
Serhat Karakayali (Member)
2019 → 2022Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
Volkswagen AG (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Member)
2017 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
Volkswagen Foundation (External organisation)
Beate Söntgen (Member of the Board of Curators)
2011 → 2021Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
Volkswagen Foundation (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Member)
04.2023 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
Volkswagen Foundation (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Member)
2017 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
- Bodies of public institutions
Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (External organisation)
Serhat Karakayali (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Court of Arbitration for Art (External organisation)
Lynn Rother (Member)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)
Armin Beverungen (Member)
2018 → 2023Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)
Beate Söntgen (Member)
2014 → 2019Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM) (External organisation)
Lynn Rother (Member)
2023Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
German Research Foundation (DFG) (External organisation)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)
2012 → 2015Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
German Research Foundation (DFG) (External organisation)
Beate Söntgen (Member)
2014 → 2017Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. (External organisation)
Peter Pez (Coordinator)
11.2013 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Education
International Migration Research Network (External organisation)
Stephan Scheel (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt (External organisation)
Katrin Grögel (Member)
2012 → 2015Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Kunstverein Springhornhof in Neuenkirchen (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
05.2016 → 05.2022Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Universität Hamburg (External organisation)
Michael Schefczyk (Member)
01.04.2013 → 15.03.2015Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
University College London (External organisation)
Michael Schefczyk (Member)
01.05.2013 → 30.04.2018Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
- Learned societies and special interest organisations
Akteurinnen für urbanen Ungehorsam (External organisation)
Maja-Lee Voigt (Chair), Cesrin Schneider (Chair), Charlotte Niewerth (Chair) & Juliane Bötel (Chair)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
American Comparative Literature Association (External organisation)
Katrin Dettmer (Member)
2011 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI) (External organisation)
Volker Kirchberg (Member)
2011 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
British Society of Criminology (External organisation)
Andrea Kretschmann (Member)
06.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Clara Wieghorst (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Court of Arbitration for Art (External organisation)
Lynn Rother (Member)
11.2019 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Cultura21 (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Coordinator)
01.03.2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Cultura21 (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Coordinator)
18.12.2010 → 03.2016Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie e.V. (External organisation)
Andreas Jürgens (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Tanja Thomas (Member)
2004 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Dominik Schrage (Executive member)
01.06.2005Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
11.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research