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
The Practice of Decolonization
Susanne Leeb (Organiser), Richard Drayton (Organiser) & Rosalind Morris (Organiser)
11.06.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Process of Content: on a temporality in contemporary art
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
29.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Terms of Media II: Actions - 2015
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
08.10.2015 → 10.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Wages for Housework Campaign. What Yesterday's Struggles Mean for Today
Liza Mattutat (Organiser), Ben Trott (Organiser) & Silvia Federici (Keynote speaker)
31.01.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
The Whole Earth: California and the Disappearance of the Outside
Mercedes Bunz (Speaker)
21.06.2013 → 23.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Work of Drag - with Olympia Bukkakis
Ben Trott (Organiser)
20.12.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
‘Thinking the Problematic‘
Oliver Leistert (Speaker) & Erich Hörl (Speaker)
22.06.2017 → 23.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Touching Land. Creative Practices for Planetary Be/Longings
Sebastián Eduardo (Organiser) & Véliz Marivi (Organiser)
25.05.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Transatlantische Konferenz zur Bedeutung Heiner Müllers im 21. Jahrhundert - IHMG 2014
Katrin Dettmer (Moderator)
03.10.2014 → 05.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Transformation - Kultur- Geschlecht
Steffi Hobuß (Organiser)
06.09.2017 → 07.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research