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
Critical Cosmopolitanism and Media. A theoretical perspective for an understanding of transnational media communication and media culture - 2013
Elke Grittmann (Speaker)
25.06.2013 → 29.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Critical History of Philosophy
Till Hahn (Organiser) & Charlotte Szasz (Organiser)
28.10.2021 → 29.10.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
CritiqueLab. Toolkits for Critique in Digital Cultures - 2018
Clara Lotte Warnsholdt (Moderator)
11.01.2018 → 12.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Critique Now
Liza Mattutat (Organiser) & Beate Söntgen (Organiser)
12.01.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
"Crowds and Party" Reading Workshop with Jody Dean - 2019
Clara Lotte Warnsholdt (Organiser), Henrike Kohpeiß (Organiser) & Heiko Stubenrauch (Organiser)
29.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Culture|Futures: The transition to an ecological age 2009
Sacha Kagan (Participant)
07.12.2009 → 09.12.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis 2014
Sacha Kagan (Keynote speaker)
13.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Cyberlab Symposium - 2010
Claus Pias (Opponent)
06.02.2010 → 07.02.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Cyberlab Symposium - 2010
Martina Leeker (Organiser)
06.03.2010 → 14.03.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Darf Klang 'künstlich' wirken? - Musik unter dem Einfluss der Medienkultur 2009
Rolf Großmann (Opponent)
22.04.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research