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.
Cultural Evolution and Subjective Wellbeing: Rising Individualism Rewires Happiness from Religion to Subjective Freedom
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
12.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Cultural Entrepreneurship Series - 2015
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Cultural Ecosystem – promising approach for analyzing culture or ‘just another black box concept’?
Robin Kuchar (Speaker)
21.06.2023 → 23.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘Cultural Ecosystem’ as tool for researching alternative cultures – potentials, limits and the question of ‘another black box’.
Robin Kuchar (Speaker)
27.08.2024 → 30.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability
Sacha Kagan (Speaker)
10.11.2016 → 12.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
»Cultural Aspects of National Socialism«. Reconsidering an unfinished project of the International Institute of Social Research
Lukas Betzler (Speaker)
06.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
»Cultural Aspects of National Socialism«. Reconsidering an unfinished project of the International Institute of Social Research
Lukas Betzler (Speaker)
21.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Cultura21 Webmagazin (Journal)
Sacha Kagan (Editor-in-Chief)
01.11.2010 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Cultura21 Webmagazin (Journal)
Sacha Kagan (Editor)
10.2009 → 02.2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Cultura21 Forum 2011
Sacha Kagan (Organiser)
23.09.2011 → 25.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research