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 impossible house of art. Aesthetics and politics of organizing urban space
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
18.07.2007 → 20.07.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Legacy of German Idealism
Christoph Jamme (Lecturer)
12.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Legacy of German Idealism
Christoph Jamme (Lecturer)
15.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The 'Leuphana' culture: Unsustainability in university reforms
Sacha Kagan (Speaker)
09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The Leveraged Gift – The Making of the David and Alfred Smart Museum at the University of Chicago
Max Koss (Speaker)
05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The National Implementation of a Supranational Idea. Some Observations and Theses on the Bologna Process in Germany
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
12.03.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Theorie der Gouvernementalität oder Neo-Gramscianische Hegemonietheorie?
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
31.01.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Theorie des Staatsstreichs
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
14.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Theorien der Subjektivierung: Zur Aktualisierung des Poststrukturalismus
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
18.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research