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.
- 2015
Game Theory and Applications for Political Science
Marcus Kronfeldt (Speaker)
01.02.2015 → 13.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Three Questions on Media Criticality: A Critical Media Salon
Christoph Brunner (Speaker)
01.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
02.2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Sacha Kagan (Executive member)
02.2015 → 08.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Guest lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Christian Welzel (Lecturer)
02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Situating Global Art - 2015
Lisa Gaupp (Participant)
02.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Unterwachen und Schlafen. Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface - 2015
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
31.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Lokale Politikforschung - 2015
Sybille Münch (Organiser)
30.01.2015 → 31.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop „Kulturkontakt und Raumkonzept“ - 2014
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
30.01.2015 → 31.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Jury-Mitglied: Vergabe des Hanns-Lilje-Stiftungspreises Freiheit und Verantwortung 2014: Die bildende Kraft von Kunst und Kultur
Volker Kirchberg (Reviewer)
28.01.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research