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.
- Learned societies and special interest organisations
Internationale Assoziation von Philosophinnen (External organisation)
Steffi Hobuß (Member)
20.10.2014 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Internationale Ernst Cassirer-Gesellschaft (External organisation)
Andreas Jürgens (Member)
2003 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Internationale Heiner Müller Gesellschaft (External organisation)
Katrin Dettmer (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Federation for Information Processing (ifip) (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
2004 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Federation for Information Processing (ifip) (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Chair)
2009 → 01.2013Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project Foundation (External organisation)
Lynn Rother (Member)
04.2020 → 12.2022Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Kölner Forum für Internationale Beziehungen und Sicherheitspolitik e. V. (External organisation)
Jakob Schwörer (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Member)
11.2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Ulf Wuggenig (Coordinator)
11.2015 → 11.2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Lisa Gaupp (Executive member)
01.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research