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.
„Claude Shannon und die Medien.'' - 2010
Peter Berz (Speaker)
02.06.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Classical music making in artistic precarity
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker), Alenka Barber-Kersovan (Speaker) & Tobias Lutze (Speaker)
15.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ciudades Paralelas – Pararelle Städte
Timon Beyes (Speaker)
10.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
City of enterprise, city as prey? On urban entrepreneurial spaces
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
06.06.2004 → 08.06.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
City-Media-Space
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
10.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
City, Culture, and Society (Journal)
Volker Kirchberg (Editor)
09.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
City, Culture, and Society (Journal)
Sacha Kagan (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
City as Space of Possibility – Alternative and Artistic Initiatives Towards Urban Sustainability
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Sacha Kagan (Speaker)
31.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Cities in the Industrial Revolution
Martin Pries (Lecturer)
17.03.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Cities in the governance of deportation: do they still open pathways to local membership?
Sybille Münch (Oral presentation)
27.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education