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.
- Editor of journals
Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft (Journal)
Claus Pias (Editorial Board)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft (Journal)
Martin Warnke (Editorial Board)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Zeitschrift für Migration und Soziale Arbeit (Journal)
Sybille Münch (Editor)
08.2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Zeitschrift für Philosophische Literatur (Journal)
Kerstin Andermann (Editor)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Zeitschrift für Philosophische Praxis (Journal)
Michael Schefczyk (Editor)
01.1994 → 02.1996Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie (Journal)
Andrea Kretschmann (Editor)
01.2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie (Journal)
Andrea Kretschmann (Editorial Board)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- Editor of unfinished anthology/collection
Beltz Juventa Verlag (Publisher)
Boris Traue (Editor)
01.07.2015 → 01.06.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Christian Welzel (Editor)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Centre for Digital Cultures Lüneburg (Publisher)
Martina Leeker (Editor)
10.2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research