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.
- 2014
Art & Sustainability (with some thoughts on theatre)
Sacha Kagan (Lecturer)
21.11.2014 → 23.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Conference of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy - ASMI 2014
Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)
21.11.2014 → 22.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014
Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)
20.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop of the Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg and the Centre for Research on Anti-Semitism at the TU Berlin
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
19.11.2014 → 21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Creative Cities. Die Kulturalisierung der Stadt: Kommentar zu Andreas Reckwitz
Volker Kirchberg (Panel participant)
18.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Art Agora 2014
Sacha Kagan (Participant)
16.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Aesthetics of complexity, artists and resilient communities in urban anthropo-scenes
Sacha Kagan (Keynote Speaker)
15.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Schreckgespenst Gentrification? Das Beispiel Hamburg Ottensen
Martin Pries (Lecturer)
15.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Video, Affekt, Aktivismus: Authentizität und Zeugenschaft von Web-Video-Ereignissen
Sascha Simons (Panel participant)
13.11.2014 → 14.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The revolution will not be liked. On the systemic limits of protests and political campaigns on commercial social media platforms
Oliver Leistert (Speaker)
12.11.2014 → 15.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research