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
Tagung "Wisdom and Academic Education" - 2006
Yvonne Förster (Speaker)
09.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tausend Ökologien
Mercedes Bunz (Organiser)
04.06.2013 → 05.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Technische Aspekte zur DVD „Anna Oppermann in der Hamburger Kunsthalle”. Über Medialität – Anlass Anna Oppermann 2004
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
25.04.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Terms of Media I - 2015
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
17.06.2015 → 19.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Terra Critica: Re-visioning the Critical Task of the Humanities in a Globalized World
Mercedes Bunz (Speaker)
07.12.2012 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Aesthetics of Sustainability Conference - 2013
Sacha Kagan (Speaker)
03.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Art of Engagement Online Conference - 2008
Sacha Kagan (Moderator)
10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
The Consumption of Culture - The Culture of Consumption - ICARE 2009
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
17.04.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The control of life and everything living. Biohacking as a Technology of Cybernetic Biopolitics
Laura Hille (Speaker)
23.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Cybernetic Hypothesis
Laura Hille (Organiser)
01.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research