School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Research School
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.
- 2018
European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)
Armin Beverungen (Member)
2018 → 2023Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Jakob Schwörer (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Vera van Hüllen (Office)
2018 → 2021Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Google Balloons and Histories of Unmanned Ballooning
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Kölner Forum für Internationale Beziehungen und Sicherheitspolitik e. V. (External organisation)
Jakob Schwörer (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
MA-Arbeiten 2018
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2018 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
Member of the scientific committee of ANILIJ 2019
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Consultancy