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.
Critical Artists and Urban Development in Hanover, Hamburg, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv - Theoretical and Field Access, Exploratory Interviews
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker), Milena Seidl (Speaker) & Tomma Groth (Speaker)
06.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical Artists and Urban Development – A Typology of Political Activism in the Arts
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Patricia Wedler (Speaker)
22.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical Art(ist)s and Urban Development - A Collaborative Study Comparing German and Israeli Cities
Milena Seidl (Speaker), Tomma Groth (Speaker), Patricia Wedler (Speaker), Volker Kirchberg (Speaker), Avner de-Shalit (Speaker), Merav Kadar (Speaker) & Nir Barak (Speaker)
13.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical Artistic Interventions in Urban Contexts – The Intrinsic Logic or Spirit of Cities and Its Influence on Critical Artists
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Marie Hoop (Speaker)
11.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Crisis, Unrest, Common Sense. Environmental Societies of Control in the Films of Melanie Gilligan
Holger Kuhn (Oral presentation)
25.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Crisis – Unrest – Common Sense.
Holger Kuhn (Speaker)
26.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Creativity and Social Organization MA Seminar - 2018
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
01.04.2018 → 15.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Creative Mobilities Forum 2017
Sacha Kagan (presenter)
29.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Creative Cities. Die Kulturalisierung der Stadt: Kommentar zu Andreas Reckwitz
Volker Kirchberg (Panel participant)
18.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research