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.
Arts and entertainment districts - creative districts as urban development tools?: The example of Baltimore
Volker Kirchberg (Lecturer)
08.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Arts and culture as urban development tool: a comparative study in Baltimore and Hamburg
Volker Kirchberg (Lecturer)
26.08.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Arts and Cultural Management Conference for Students and Emerging Professionals - ACMC 2020
Lisa Gaupp (Organiser)
25.01.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Art or Science?: Leopold Blaschka's Marine Aquaria
Florian Huber (Lecturer)
04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Art market research. Some non-obvious results
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
25.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
ARTMargins (Journal)
Karen Benezra (Editorial Board)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Artist Talk: Mohamad Abdouni im Gespräch mit Julian Volz
Julian Volz (Speaker) & Mohamad Abdouni (Speaker)
08.05.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Artist Talk: Marilyn Boror - On the Power of Names
Sebastián Eduardo (Speaker) & Marilyn Boror (Speaker)
22.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Artist Talk: Edgar Calel - Laberinto de los pájaros
Sebastián Eduardo (Speaker) & Edgar Calel (Speaker)
08.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Artists, Politics, Cities: A New Typology of Artists
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Avner de-Shalit (Speaker)
04.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research