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.
- 2021
Environmental Governance of a Belt and Road Project in Montenegro – National Agency and External Influences
Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor) & Patrick Meyfroidt (Coauthor)
07.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
On the idea of a second Copernican turn
Heiko Stubenrauch (Speaker)
07.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
The Sources of Discursive Legitimation in International Organizations
Tobias Lenz (Coauthor)
03.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Artistic Utopian Spaces and the Promise of Urban Development
Kerstin Niemann (Speaker) & Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
02.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Queer Infrastructures of Social Reproduction in the Covid-19 Crisis
Ben Trott (Speaker)
02.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Chair)
09.2021 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Member)
09.2021 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
#Instacops - Image, Aesthetics and (Self)Representation of Policing in the Digital Space: The Case of the Lower Saxony State Police on Instagram
Alexa Agoropoulos (Speaker), Ben Hundertmark (Speaker), Jasper Janssen (Speaker) & Tabea Louis (Speaker)
31.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The EU governs beyond borders to address the displacement of environmental impacts
Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Edward Challies (Coauthor) & Simon Bager (Coauthor)
31.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research