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
Teaching Game Studies at DiGRA 2014
Paolo Ruffino (Speaker)
03.08.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Digital Games Research Association - DiGRA 2014
Paolo Ruffino (Speaker)
03.08.2014 → 06.08.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Urban struggles, frontiers of capital, and migration in the current global crisis: A perspective from Berlin
Manuela Bojadžijev (Speaker)
30.07.2014 → 03.08.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Emotions as Causes and Effects of Creative Urban Artist Areas
Volker Kirchberg (Oral presentation)
23.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Scene & DIY vs. current social developments: updating concepts for future research?
Robin Kuchar (Speaker)
16.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Hypotheticality. Der Schnelle Brüter SNR-300 und das Ende der Planbarkeit
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
15.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Emotions as Rationale in Urban Artist Districts and Artist Housing Complexes: Examples from Phoenix AZ, Baltimore MD, and Hamburg GER
Volker Kirchberg (Oral presentation)
14.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tagung Medien, Krieg, Raum 2014
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
11.07.2014 → 13.07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- Keep it simple make it fast
Robin Kuchar (presenter)
08.07.2014 → 11.07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Karl Leipold - Heimat und Ferne 2014
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
06.07.2014 → 15.02.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer