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.
- Conferences
Abschlusstagung "Mediorama" des Graduiertenkollegs "Mediale Historiographien" - 2013
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
05.12.2013 → 07.12.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Aby Warburg 150. Work. Legacy. Promise.
Martin Warnke (Participant)
13.06.2016 → 15.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ACME and ASK Seminar Series at the Bocconi Università 2011
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
20.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
After Kittler: Neue deutsche Medientheorien
Mercedes Bunz (Organiser)
02.10.2013 → 03.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Agent Cultures and Zombielands 2016
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
23.06.2016 → 25.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alcatel-Stiftung 2007
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
12.05.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alienating Presents. Recovering Futures: On 'Future Idustries' and the Political Imagination
Liza Mattutat (Organiser) & Lukas Stolz (Organiser)
01.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Alltag in den Medien – Medien im Alltag
Tanja Thomas (Organiser)
05.10.2006 → 07.10.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting - APSA 2016
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
01.09.2016 → 04.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
American Political Science Association - APSA 2003
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
28.08.2003 → 31.08.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research