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
Conference - Renewable Futures Conference
Andreas Broeckmann (Organiser)
06.10.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Conference ''The Unforseen'' - 2019
Holger Kuhn (Moderator)
16.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference: Unlike Twins?! Comparing Autocracies
Pavel Satra (presenter)
15.03.2017 → 17.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference - Where To? The Future of Walking Arts / Footwork Conference 2015
Sacha Kagan (Participant)
14.04.2015 → 16.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Contemporary Past: Tracking a postcard 2012
Ulrike Gerhardt (Speaker)
18.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Convegno Nazionale. Il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri dallo Stato liberale allo Stato democratico fino all'Unione europea - 2019
Michelangelo Vercesi (Speaker)
20.02.2019 → 22.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Corona, Care and Commons. Von ‚Lohn für Hausarbeit‘ zu ‚Care Revolution‘
Liza Mattutat (Organiser)
16.08.2023 → 17.08.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
COST Action IS1203 Plenary Conference: In Search for Transcultural Memory in Europe - ISTME 2014
Steffi Hobuß (Participant)
09.04.2014 → 12.04.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Creative Mobilities Forum 2017
Sacha Kagan (presenter)
29.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Crisis, Conflict, Queer Studies
Ben Trott (Organiser), Mike Laufenberg (Organiser) & Ben Trott (Speaker)
11.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer