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.
The Functions of Museums in the Creative City
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The form of the drug
Anna Henkel (Lecturer)
04.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry - QI 2009
Tanja Thomas (Speaker)
05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
“The Eye of the Crocodile”: Val Plumwood’s Epiphany and Critical Animal Studies
Chiara Stefanoni (Speaker)
27.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Expert in the Loop: Developing a Provenance Linked Open Data Management Platform
Fabio Mariani (Speaker)
28.07.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Exhibition Les Immatériaux (Paris, 1985)
Andreas Broeckmann (Speaker)
27.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
The everyday production of space: Snapshots from spatial configurations in Chinese bureaucracy
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
24.11.2009 → 26.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The EU’s Governance Transfer. From External Promotion to Internal Protection?
Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)
03.04.2013 → 06.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The European Union as an external actor in the 'Arab Spring'
Vera van Hüllen (Lecturer)
30.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)
Christian Welzel (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research