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
Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2016
Andreas Jürgens (Moderator)
24.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Liquidity, Flows, Circulation: The Cultural Logic of Environmentalization (1st part)
Holger Kuhn (Organiser), Milan Stürmer (Organiser) & Mathias Denecke (Organiser)
10.12.2020 → 11.12.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Liquidity, Flows, Circulation: The Cultural Logic of Environmentalization (2nd part) 2021
Holger Kuhn (Organiser), Milan Stürmer (Organiser) & Mathias Denecke (Organiser)
22.04.2021 → 23.04.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Loch Lomond Conference 2000
Florian Grotz (Speaker)
08.03.2000 → 11.03.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Logik des Imaginären. Diagonale Wissenschaft nach Roger Caillois 2012
Peter Berz (Speaker)
13.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Lorenz von Stein Symposium 1989
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
11.1989Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mapping and Tracking Global Cultural Change - 2011
Christian Welzel (Organiser)
11.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Massive Online Virtual Communities“ 2008
Martin Warnke (Organiser)
01.07.2008 → 02.07.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MECS Workshop "Cultural Analytics, Information Aesthetics, and Distant Readings"
Isabell Schrickel (Organiser)
04.07.2015 → 05.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Media Across Borders: The 1st International Conference on the Localisation of Film, Television and Video Games 2012
Miriam Stehling (Opponent)
09.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research