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.
- 2023
Haunting the Nation State. Colonial Gothic in Contemporary Art
Susanne Leeb (Speaker)
31.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Course/Conference - European Summer Academy 2023
Timon Beyes (Speaker), Chris Steyaert (Speaker), Maximilian Schellmann (Speaker) & Monica Calcagno (Speaker)
29.05.2023 → 03.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Combing Wind, Adorning Water. Afro-Indigenous Approximations in the Art Practices of Edgar Calel and Sandra Monterroso
Sebastián Eduardo (Speaker)
25.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
« Les Immatériaux, pourquoi ? »
Andreas Broeckmann (Speaker)
25.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Touching Land. Creative Practices for Planetary Be/Longings
Sebastián Eduardo (Speaker) & Véliz Marivi (Speaker)
25.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Vortrag: Biologie und Gesellschaftstheorie am Golf von Neapel
Christina Wessely (Speaker)
25.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Wege zur Professur - konkret!
Andrea Kretschmann (Speaker)
22.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Education
Genre Developments in the Colonial Kiongozi Newspaper in German East Africa 1885-1918
Dyoniz Kindata (Speaker)
20.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Going adrift in dystopian conditions: Organizing protest and resistance in present-day Russia
Anna Kalinina (Speaker) & Timon Beyes (Speaker)
18.05.2023 → 20.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Unlocking Collection Histories: Provenance Data and Agency
Lynn Rother (Speaker), Fabio Mariani (Speaker) & Max Koss (Speaker)
18.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research