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.
- 2012
XXVI Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association - SISP 2012
Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)
13.09.2012 → 15.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ESF Exploratory Workshop on Re-inventions of Early-European Performing Arts and the Creative City, Civic Regeneration and Cultural Tourism - REPACC 2012
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Functions of Museums in the Creative City
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
7th Mid-Term Conference of the European Sociological Association - Sociology of the Arts Research Network 2012
Volker Kirchberg (Organiser)
08.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Governing Communities through Music?: Governmentality Insights and Illustrations from Baltimore
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Evaluating conditions of musical production in urban areas: Musicians´ needs, neoliberal city management and cultural policy concepts.
Robin Kuchar (Speaker)
05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The practice of ecological art
Sacha Kagan (presenter)
05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Hammershøi und Europa 2012
Anne Hemkendreis (Speaker)
04.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association's - APSA 2012
Amy Alexander (Speaker)
30.08.2012 → 02.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Neighborhood Technologies 2012
Sebastian Vehlken (Organiser)
30.08.2012 → 01.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
33rd International IBBY Congress 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
24.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Challenges for the Positioning of Destinations: Destination Formation Processes and Territorial Boundaries
Karlheinz Wöhler (Speaker)
24.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Destination Governance – A New Management Concept for Tourism Destinations?
Anja Saretzki (Speaker)
24.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
43. Tagung des Institus für Jugendliteratur der Universität Wien 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
16.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Cultivating Commons versus Consuming Spaces: The Spatial Economy of Artists’ Quarters
Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)
16.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
13.08.2012 → 12.11.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
ECREA Doctoral Summer School 2012
Merle-Marie Kruse (presenter)
12.08.2012 → 25.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Publisher)
Andreas Lutter (Editor)
08.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research