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.
- Guest lectures
The European City since the Second World War
Martin Pries (Lecturer)
18.03.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
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 Exhibition Les Immatériaux (Paris, 1985)
Andreas Broeckmann (Speaker)
27.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
The form of the drug
Anna Henkel (Lecturer)
04.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Functions of Museums in the Creative City
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Future of Critical Art Institutions. The 'Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg'
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
12.10.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Future of the EU after Lisbon - the Crisis and Democracy in Europe
Dawid Friedrich (Lecturer)
2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The hands that steer us: Notes from an ethnography of software developers
Paula Bialski (Speaker)
02.04.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
The ignorant educators: Teaching “Cities and Creativity”
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
08.11.2012 → 10.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Importance of Anticolonialism for '68 and International Solidarity in Art and Film
Susanne Leeb (Speaker)
18.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer