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.
- 2023
Ein ‚geologisches Bild‘ vom Urmenschen (1845–1868)
Patrick Stoffel (Speaker)
21.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deutscher Kongress der Geographie 2023
Robin Kuchar (Speaker)
20.09.2023 → 24.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Urban Music Studies Scholars Network
Alenka Barber-Kersovan (Speaker), Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Tobias Lutze (Speaker)
20.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Contentious politics and the role of connective technologies in Russian anti-war networks
Anna Kalinina (Speaker)
14.09.2023 → 15.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Place of Les Immatériaux in the Exhibition History of Media Art, Science and Technology
Andreas Broeckmann (Speaker)
13.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Crisis, Conflict, Queer Studies
Ben Trott (Organiser), Mike Laufenberg (Organiser) & Ben Trott (Speaker)
11.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Toward a Materialist Critique of Violence: Challenging “Slaughterhouses with Glass Walls” Discourses in Animal Ethics
Chiara Stefanoni (Speaker)
11.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
»Poetische Entdeckungen« und »politische Provokationen« - Franz Fühmann und seine Lektorin Edith George im Kinderbuchverlag
Lukas Betzler (Speaker)
07.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sommerakademie der Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes, Weimar 2023
Ulrike Steierwald (Organiser) & Lilian Robl (Artist)
03.09.2023 → 10.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Human Relations (Journal)
Lydia Jorgensen (Editorial Board)
01.09.2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research