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.
- Conference Presentations
Business Leaders and Gender Hierarchy in News Photography. The Iconography of Male and Female Managers in German Newspapers and Magazines
Elke Grittmann (Speaker)
13.07.2011 → 17.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Calculating Disaster. Swarming, Panic, and Crowd Control
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
30.05.2013 → 01.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Challenges for the Positioning of Destinations: Destination Formation Processes and Territorial Boundaries
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
24.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Changing identities of DIY based music venues? Clubs between scene - traditionalism, assimilation and ‘subcultural institutionalization’
Robin Kuchar (Speaker)
04.07.2018 → 07.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Changing Implicitness – Functions of Arts and Culture in Urban Planning and Policies across Times and Places
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
16.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
China’s Media Epoch 5.0
Martin Warnke (Panel participant)
21.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Circulation Obsession – Following the Flows and Flaws of Big Tech’s Urban Logistical Infrastructures
Maja-Lee Voigt (Coauthor), Armin Beverungen (Coauthor) & Ilia Antenucci (Coauthor)
17.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
City as Space of Possibility – Alternative and Artistic Initiatives Towards Urban Sustainability
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker) & Sacha Kagan (Speaker)
31.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Classical music making in artistic precarity
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker), Alenka Barber-Kersovan (Speaker) & Tobias Lutze (Speaker)
15.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Clouds and Balloons
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research