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.

  1. 2024
  2. Evaluierung des Deutschen Museums von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (DM) in München

    Volker Kirchberg (Reviewer)

    17.01.202419.01.2024

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  3. Polizei und Protest in Deutschland und Frankreich

    Andrea Kretschmann (Speaker)

    17.01.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  4. Quantity, Quality, Trust: Dilemmas and Strategies of Museum Documentation in the Age of AI

    Lynn Rother (Speaker), Fabio Mariani (Speaker) & Max Koss (Speaker)

    17.01.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Towards Wikidata: How to Transform Provenance with AI

    Fabio Mariani (Speaker) & Lynn Rother (Speaker)

    13.01.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Alienating Presents. Recovering Futures: On 'Future Idustries' and the Political Imagination

    Liza Mattutat (Organiser) & Lukas Stolz (Organiser)

    01.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  7. Distortions of the Present. Materialists Perspectives on Science Fiction.

    Liza Mattutat (Speaker)

    01.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. 2023
  9. Material Performance - by Olympia Bukkakis with Dagat Mera

    Ben Trott (Organiser)

    20.12.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventartistic eventsTransfer

  10. The Work of Drag - with Olympia Bukkakis

    Ben Trott (Organiser)

    20.12.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  11. La scénografie des "Immatériaux"

    Andreas Broeckmann (Speaker)

    18.12.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. Thomas Brasch – »Der schöne 27. September«

    Lukas Betzler (Speaker)

    13.12.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer