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
International Symposium "Museums Matter: A Tribute to Stephen Weil" - 2006
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
13.09.2006 → 15.09.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Symposium on Women and News, ICA-Preconference - 2006
Jutta Röser (Speaker)
08.06.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Symposium "Who Makes Academic Freedom?"
Stephan Scheel (Organiser)
11.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
International Tourism Conference - 2006
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
21.11.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Transdisciplinary Conference Culture(s) in Sustainable Futures: theories, policies, practices - Landmark Conference 2015
Sacha Kagan (Moderator)
07.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Week: Fall International Talks - IULM 2011
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
09.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop: Contestation of hydraulic fracking in Europe and the USA: policies, publics and democracy - 2013
Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)
10.10.2013 → 12.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop "Expanding the TA landscape in Europe" - PACITA 2012
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
15.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop of the Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg and the Centre for Research on Anti-Semitism at the TU Berlin
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
19.11.2014 → 21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop of the Regional Studies Association/Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia
Anja Saretzki (Speaker)
10.02.2014 → 13.02.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research